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  • A battalion of Marines based in Ohio is mourning the loss of 14 comrades, who died in a roadside bomb attack Wednesday in Iraq's Anbar province. It's the battalion's second loss in three days: six other marines died Monday in the same area.
  • Astronaut Steve Robinson successfully removes two small pieces of fabric that were poking out of the shuttle's heat shield. NASA engineers worried the fabric could cause superheated air to damage the shuttle when it returns to Earth next week.
  • Jerome Powell was confirmed to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman. The Senate vote comes as the central bank faces intense pressure to bring down inflation.
  • Director Isaac Greggs is stepping down after nearly 40 years with the marching band at Southern University. The group's intricate, animated performances have thrilled crowds for decades.
  • Quincy Jones went from performing and arranging to producing. As a record executive, he churned out chart toppers. Always restless, he moved to producing films and TV shows in the 1960s and '70s. Through the '80s and '90s there were more hits: The Color Purple, Michael Jackson's blockbusters and humanitarian work in Africa. At 75, he's still keeping up a blistering pace.
  • For a musician, essential tremor disorder can be devastating. The disease affects fine motor coordination, causing hands to shake. But guitarist Richard Crandell has found a new way to continue composing and performing.
  • Students have been personally affected by mass shootings, including the 2012 attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School. A local student-turned-activist in Newton, Conn., sees the work as more urgent now.
  • NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with defense policy expert Andrew Exum about whether the U.S. and its allies will continue to endure the economic cost of supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression.
  • This wedding season is set to be very busy after two years of COVID-postponed celebrations. Many couples are cautiously optimistic that their fourth or fifth wedding date will be the real one.
  • The Senate Judiciary Committee opens Supreme Court confirmation hearings Monday for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman on the high court.
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