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  • So, what have the five Republicans of the Ohio Redistricting Commission been doing since the Ohio Supreme Court told them last week that their latest version of state legislative district maps were unconstitutional and they had seven days to fix it? Not much. Nothing in fact, except twiddling their thumbs and watching the sand drain out of the hourglass.
  • Many people who worked from home for almost two years during the pandemic are finally heading back to the workplace after multiple delays. The transition will be easier for some than others.
  • A poll finds that nearly 90% of Americans are concerned about the mental health of youth. Another report ranks states by the how they are fairing in terms of access to school based mental health care.
  • The McDonald's Arch Deluxe is one of the most infamous product failures in history. In his new book, The Voltage Effect, economist John List says it's an example of a good idea failing to scale up.
  • NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sanam Vakil, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House in London, about European countries' actions around the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
  • Oscar-winner Chris Cooper has found one of his most intense roles yet as Robert Hanssen, who sold secrets to the Soviets while working at the FBI. Cooper talks about Breach and the techniques he used to portray Hanssen.
  • The new film The Queen looks at England's royal family following the death of Princess Diana. It's directed by Stephen Frears and features Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. The movie opened the New York Film Festival on Friday. NPR critic Bob Mondello has a review.
  • The movie version of the controversial book The Yacoubian Building premiered this week in Cairo. The all-star production, the most expensive film ever in Egypt, touches on topics that are often taboo, such as Islamic extremism and homosexuality. It's opening at a time when the Egyptian government is taking a hard line on most expressions of dissent.
  • When Detroit milliner Luke Song made Aretha Franklin's now-iconic 2009 inaugural hat — you know, the one with the big bow? — he had no idea he'd be making thousands more.
  • The heads of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art have made a Super Bowl wager: The IMA will loan William Trevor's The Fifth Plague of Egypt, to NOMA if the Colts lose the Super Bowl. If the Saints lose, NOMA will loan Claude Lorrain's Ideal View of Tivoli.
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