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3M has agreed to pay 1 $6 billion settlement to troops and veterans whose hearing was damaged from the company's dual-ended "Combat Arms" earplugs.

3M has agreed to pay $6 billion over faulty earplugs. Now, plaintiffs must decide whether to accept.

About a quarter million troops and veterans have signed on as plaintiffs in litigation claiming the "Combat Arms" earplugs — manufactured by a 3M subsidiary — damaged their hearing.

The medical examiner's official autopsy report for 29-year-old Tyre Nichols showed he "died of brain injuries from blunt force trauma," according to the Shelby County, Tenn., District Attorney's Office. Here, the screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards on Jan. 28.

Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries to the head from his beating, autopsy shows

The 29-year-old's official cause of death was ruled a homicide, according to the report released Thursday by the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center.

A wounded Ukrainian soldier who goes by the call sign Flame awaits evacuation after being injured in fighting near the eastern town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on Sept. 4. Ukraine has been waging an offensive against Russian forces since June, but so far has made only limited gains.

In Ukraine, the focus is the fighting, but are negotiations possible?

Ukraine's military offensive is making only limited progress. This is contributing to a debate on whether the U.S. needs to send even more powerful arms, or try to lay the groundwork for peace talks.

A motorcyclist rides past a mural of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, left, and revolutionary hero CÃ©sar Augusto Sandino<em> </em>during general elections in Managua, Nov. 7, 2021. Ortega won a fourth consecutive term against a field of little-known candidates while those who could have given him a real challenge sat in jail.

I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear

NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and known as the Western Hemisphere's newest dictatorship.

This combo of images provided by the Memphis Police Department shows officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, and bottom row from left, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith. The five former officers are now facing federal civil rights charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from the killing.

5 former Memphis officers are indicted on federal charges for death of Tyre Nichols

The five former police officers face charges of excessive force, deliberate indifference and witness tampering for the January death of the 29-year-old Nichols.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is working hard to convince more Americans to embrace electric cars — and she knows this means the country's charging infrastructure needs to improve, fast.

Electric cars have a road trip problem, even for the secretary of energy

A road trip I took with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed one thing: The U.S. is wrestling with an inadequate charging network (unless you're a Tesla driver).

A team from NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em> visited makeshift refugee homes in Camp Adré, Chad, near the border with Sudan.

Sudanese refugees in Chad scramble to survive

As the refugee crisis in Chad continues to grow, international attention on the situation remains limited in the face of numerous other global humanitarian challenges.

Senate Republicans are facing continued questions about the health of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell after the Kentucky Republican suffered two public health incidents.

McConnell tries to shift Senate focus from his health to spending

Reporters repeatedly asked the Senate GOP leader to provide details of what caused two incidents where he froze at events. Mitch McConnell instead referred them to a recent letter from his physician.

Members of Safe Street Rebel place a cone on a self-driving Cruise car in San Francisco.

Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars

Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.

A woman passes by a mural of the rapper Biggie Smalls on a wall in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.

As hip-hop turns 50, Biggie Smalls' legacy reminds us of what the genre has survived

Author Justin Tinsley discusses the life and legacy of the Notorious B.I.G., who was killed in 1997: "You can't talk about the story of hip-hop without mentioning the name Biggie Smalls."

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