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NPR’s Rob Schmitz talks with David Whelan about his feelings about the release of Trevor Reese, while his brother Paul remains in a Russian prison on espionage charges. Read More at NPR

Researchers are turning to a unexpected treatment for cognitive disorders: video games. Read More at NPR

A Polish farming town on the Ukrainian border has organized weekly shipments of protective equipment to exhausted Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline. Read More at NPR

California’s attorney general is investigating oil and gas companies for allegedly deceiving the public that most plastic can be recycled, citing NPR and PBS Frontline’s investigation of the industry. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Read More at NPR

“Unfortunately, the longer this conflict goes on, the more violations we’re finding,” says the head of a U.N. team documenting possible human rights abuses in Ukraine. (Image credit: Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR

The agency says the proposal has the potential to significantly reduce disease and death from tobacco by “reducing youth experimentation and addiction.” (Image credit: Jeff Chiu/AP) Read More at NPR

The non-binding declaration doesn’t require the Canadian government to take any action — but the lawmaker who proposed it says she hopes it will have that effect. (Image credit: Sergei Supinsky /AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR

The Walt Disney World complex’s governing board says that when Florida created its special district, the state pledged not to alter that status unless all its debts are paid off. (Image credit: Octavio Jones/Getty Images) Read More at NPR

The program applies to undergraduate and graduate students who are members of federally recognized Native American, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and will begin in the fall. (Image credit: Eric Risberg/AP) Read More at NPR