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Skilled trade workers plan to strike at CSU campuses, Salinas healthcare workers wait for their first union contract, Monarch butterfly population continues to decline, and more in this week's local news roundup.
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Local instrumental rock trio Yeobo release debut album "Keeping Score" on Valentine's Day
- Salinas musician Flaco El Jandro enters original song "Cobarde" in NPR's Tiny Desk Contest
- WATCH: Actor Nick Offerman brings woodworking and bookish mirth to Monterey
- Comedian Samantha Bee Finds the Funny in Menopause
- Actor William Shatner brings classic Star Trek film to Monterey
- NPR Journalist and cabaret singer Ari Shapiro brings songs and stories to Santa Cruz
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In a joint statement, the foreign ministries of the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands say Navalny was poisoned by Russia with a lethal toxin derived from the skin of poison dart frogs. -
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center on the United States and Europe, about the Trump administration's strategy to end Russia's war with Ukraine.
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A Ukrainian athlete was disqualified from competition this week by the International Olympic Committee because his helmet had images of other Ukrainian athletes killed in Russia's war on his country. -
Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives. -
Little Women (2019), Blade Runner (1982) and more favorites from NPR staff. -
Some of these power couples span multiple sports, while others compete in the same discipline — or even on the same team. -
People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past celebrations. -
Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is advancing a $50 billion plan to modernize rural health care. -
Attorney General Pam Bondi faced pointed questions on Capitol Hill, and lawmakers continued to press the Justice Department about its decision to redact certain information. -
An NPR listener says they've become increasingly concerned by their friends' marriage and feels a sense of duty to fix their relationship problems. Can they tell them what they really think?
