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Stay up-to-date with the latest news on the Ukraine invasion.

-- Secretary of State Blinken spells out the Biden administration's approach to China

-- A missing Ukrainian woman's family wants to know if she was forcibly taken to Russia

-- Three months of war: Russia underachieves, Ukraine overachieves

-- How a Facebook page for Irish setter lovers helped Ukrainians flee with their dogs

Mass Shootings in America

-- Voices from Uvalde: How a community mourns and comprehends 21 lives lost

-- The U.S. is uniquely terrible at protecting children from gun violence

-- 2 mass shootings — 1,700 miles apart but bound by startling similarities

-- The Buffalo shooting is a reminder that millions don't live near a grocery store

-- The FDA is investigating a hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to strawberries

-- Tennessee is about to become the 1st state to make camping on public land a felony

-- Tennessee OB-GYNs are concerned that abortion ban could complicate care for miscarriages

TN Politics: Prayer Remains Top Republican Strategy to Curb Massacres of Children in U.S.

Another mass shooting in Texas again spurs politicians to respond to gun violence.

This shooter, a legal gun owner who bypassed school security guards and killed 21 people while heavily armed police stood by, has left Republicans struggling to assign blame for this carnage that ignores the destructive power of the murder weapon.

BTH: Pandemic was "Finest Hour" of Academic Medicine, says New Head of UTHSC.

While the COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly devastating and vast in impact, it also yielded "academic medicine's finest hour," says Dr. Peter Buckley, the new Chancellor of UT Health Science Center (UTHSC).

Dr. Buckley says that the science community was able to shift their means of operations, work more closely together, and in some areas, find quicker ways of doing things.

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The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South | Planting Peppers & Tree Borers

This week, UT Extension Residential and Consumer Horticulture Specialist Dr. Natalie Bumgarner demonstrates how to plant peppers in a square foot garden. Also, UT Extension Entomologist Dr. Frank Hale discusses some common wood-boring insects.

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Asian American And Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2022

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the U.S. NPR has compiled a list of stories and other content that chronicles the experiences of AAPI communities.

The Metropolitan Opera

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June 4 | Dean's Hamlet | Met Minute Preview | V iew Entire Schedule

Listen as Anthony Roth Costanzo discusses starring in the title role.

This Saturday, live from the Metropolitan Opera, join us for the network broadcast premiere of Hamlet, the striking new opera by Brett Dean with a libretto by Matthew Jocelyn based on Shakespeare’s towering tragedy.

Tenor Allan Clayton sings the tour-de-force title role of the prince of Denmark, tormented by his father’s murder and his mother’s hasty re-marriage. He’s joined by soprano Brenda Rae as Ophelia, mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly as Gertrude, baritone Rod Gilfry as Claudius, and bass-baritone John Relyea as the ghost.

Nicholas Carter conducts the Met Orchestra and Chorus in the opera’s audacious and riveting score.

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