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Michael Mayo's 'Fly' is a soaring testament to his artistry and creative vision

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Vocalist Michael Mayo reached new heights through his latest album Fly, with the project earning the crooner his first Grammy nominations of his career.

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The FBI conducts a search at the Fulton County election office in Georgia

An election worker walks near voting machines at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center on Nov. 5, 2024.

The FBI would not clarify whether the action is tied to the 2020 election, but last month the Department of Justice announced it's suing Fulton County for records related to the election.

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Fed holds interest rates steady, taking a pause from rate cuts to assess the economy

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues held their benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday.  President Trump has been waging a pressure campaign to get the central bank to lower rates more aggressively.

The central bank cut rates at its three previous meetings in an effort to support the job market. But with inflation still elevated, the Fed is cautious about additional rate cuts.

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Trump's National Guard deployments could cost over $1 billion this year, CBO projects

Members of the National Guard stand at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on Jan. 19 in Washington, D.C.

The operation in Washington, D.C. alone is projected to cost upwards of $660 million if it runs through the end of this year as expected, according to new data released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

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Inside the Trump administration's effort to reverse climate change policies

President Trump calls global warming "a hoax." As the U.S. faces more severe storms and extreme weather events, the New York Times' David Gelles describes what this means for climate change policy.

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Here's what to know about the $50 billion states are getting for rural health

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz look on during a rural health roundtable on January 16, 2026 in Washington, DC.

To satisfy Republicans opposed to last summer's cuts to health care, the Trump administration launched an ambitious 5-year initiative known as the Rural Health Transformation Program.

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Greetings from Mumbai, where residents take breathing space where they can find it

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Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

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Rubio braces for Senate scrutiny over Venezuela

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tues. May 20, 2025.

At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since Nicolas Maduro was seized, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's adminstration.

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Trump admin rewrites nuclear safety rules. And, NTSB releases findings on D.C. crash

Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) during a NTSB hearing on Jan. 27 in Washington, DC. The NTSB is meeting to release the findings of its investigation into the January 2025 midair collision of a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 passenger jet and a U.S. military Sikorsky UH-60 Helicopter. Inaction by government agencies and other systemic failures contributed to a 2025 crash that was the worst US civil aviation disaster in more than two decades, the head of the US National Transportation Safety Board said.

NPR obtains documents showing the Trump administration secretly cut nuclear safety rules to fast-track new reactors. And, investigators blame systemic failures for a deadly midair crash near D.C.

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As the U.S. bids adieu to the World Health Organization, California says hello

Gavin Newsom, governor of California, at the 2026 Davos gathering of political leaders, executives and celebrities. Newsom met with World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the event to talk about working together to monitor emerging public health threats.

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring network. Are others following?

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CBP has a history of excessive force. Critics say they were unprepared for Minnesota

Border Patrol police disperse pepper spray at demonstrators, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)

Experts say federal immigration agents' skills are a dangerous mismatch for urban settings such as the Twin Cities

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To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog

Chanea Bond teaches composition and American literature classes at Southwest High School in the Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas. Bond has banned AI from her classroom; swapping computers for pencils and paper — lots of paper.

Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.

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Americans may love football, but did you know its origins are in medieval England?

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"Football" is a word used to refer to different games: American football, the game played at the Super Bowl, where a foot is rarely used to direct the ball. And elsewhere in the world, football refers to what Americans call "soccer." But where does this word really come from?

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3 generations of women in one family show how choices on motherhood have changed

Caroline Brown (left) and Cynthia Briscoe Brown look at family photo album with their grandmother and mother Barbara Briscoe (seated) in Atlanta.

In one family, three generations of American women explore how choices around becoming mothers have changed at the same time the U.S. birth rate has dropped.

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How bystander videos of law enforcement have shaped public understanding

Demonstrators record Seattle police officers during a march against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Seattle on Feb. 8, 2025. Bystander videos have become central to public understanding of many news events.

Bystander videos have shaped public perception for decades. The ability to now spread video widely can lead to real-time access and transparency, but experts say videos can't tell the full story.

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The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules

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The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.

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Mexican president says her country has paused oil shipments to Cuba

A driver refuels others wait in a long line behind to fill up at a gas station in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the pause was part of general fluctuations in oil supplies and that it was a "sovereign decision" not made under pressure from the United States.

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Spain will grant legal status to immigrants lacking authorization

FILE - Migrants sit together with their belongings after being evicted by police from an abandoned school where they had been living in Badalona, near Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.

Spain's government announced Tuesday it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization.

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It's the foundation of psychiatric diagnosis. And it's about to get a makeover

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The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is known as the DSM-5. What will the next version be called? That's one of several open questions as the "Bible of psychiatry" goes online.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar rushed on stage and sprayed with liquid at town hall event

A man is tackled after spraying an unknown substance at US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (L) during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 27, 2026. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar was speaking at a town hall event when she was rushed by a man who sprayed a liquid at her via a syringe.

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Internal review contradicts White House narrative of Pretti's death

A picture sits at a memorial to Alex Pretti on Jan. 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn.

The preliminary assessment from Customs and Border Protection makes no mention of Alex Pretti attacking officers or threatening them with a weapon — as the administration first described the incident.

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NTSB blames 'deep' systemic failures for deadly midair collision near Washington D.C.

National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Jennifer Homendy briefs reporters on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. The NTSB released its investigative findings into the January 2025 midair collision of an American Airlines regional jet and U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The collision killed all 67 aboard both aircraft.

After a yearlong investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board did not find a single cause for the deadly collision near Washington, D.C., but blamed the crash on multiple systemic failures.

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Bitter cold grips the eastern U.S. as storm deaths rise and power outages linger

Emma Teske shovels out her car following a winter storm that dumped more than a foot and a half of snow across the region on Tuesday in Haverhill, Mass.

Three Texas siblings who died in an icy pond are among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold. A massive storm dumped deep snow across more than 1,300 miles from Arkansas to New England.

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Fourth graders ask whether kids or adults have it better as part of NPR challenge

Who's got it better in life, kids or adults? A group of fourth-graders in New Jersey did some serious reporting on this topic and sent us their findings as a part of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

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Italian officials voice outrage at the presence of U.S. ICE agents at the 2026 Olympics

Military personnel stand guard in Piazza Duomo ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games Milan, Italy, on Monday. Agents from ICE

U.S. Homeland Security agents provided security support at past Olympics. But after violence by ICE agents in Minneapolis, some Italian officials say an ICE unit is unwelcome in Milan Cortina.

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Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in U.S.

In this June 1, 2011, file photo, Sepp Blatter gestures during a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad.

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A crackdown on immigration is leading to a sharp drop in U.S. population growth

Immigrants study for a U.S. citizenship exam in Connecticut. The Census Bureau says net immigration dropped sharply in the 12 months ending last June.

A sharp drop in net immigration has led to a slowdown in U.S. population growth. The Census Bureau says the population grew only about half as fast in the year ending last June as it did the previous year.

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'Fireworks' wins Caldecott, Newbery is awarded to 'All the Blues in the Sky'

<eFireworks, by Matthew Burgess and illustrated by Cátia Chien has won the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children, and All the Blues in the Sky, written by Renée Watson has been awarded the Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature.'/>

The best books for children and young adults were awarded the country's top honors by the American Library Association on Monday.

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How did Tucker Carlson become one of the far right's most influential voices?

Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and oil executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9, 2026.

Writer Jason Zengerle says Carlson had the foresight to see Trump's potential in 2015. Now he's someone the president "definitely listens to." Zengerle's new book is Hated by All the Right People.

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Scientists shed new light on the brain's role in heart attack

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Researchers discovered a feedback loop between nerve cells, the immune system and the heart. They think it shows promise as a target for future therapies.

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