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After Israel's invasion, many in southern Lebanon worry they'll never go home

Joseph Elias Issa, 56, was displaced from Kfar Houneh where he lived with his family in southern Lebanon following the Israeli invasion. A farmer, he took two mules and is now staying in a a shepherd

Israel says it's creating a "security zone" inside Lebanon, where homes will be demolished, and residents won't be allowed to return home until people in northern Israel feel safe.

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Greetings from London, where a big COVID memorial holds vigil over the halls of power

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Britain's 1,640-foot-long National Covid Memorial Wall stretches along the River Thames, with over a quarter million hearts representing the lives lost during the pandemic — across from Parliament.

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The oil industry is betting big on plastics. Here's what that means for the future

Journalist Beth Gardiner says the fossil fuel industry is increasingly reliant upon plastic products. Her book is Plastic Inc.: The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Bet.

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Trump to address nation on Iran war. And, SCOTUS considers birthright citizenship

President Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2026.

Trump is set to address the nation after saying the U.S. will withdraw from Iran in 2-3 weeks. And, the president will be at the Supreme Court today as arguments on birthright citizenship begin.

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Trump to address nation after saying U.S. may leave war within weeks

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks after signing an executive order to limit mail-in voting as U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick looks on in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2026 in Washington, DC.

President Trump is set to address the nation on the Iran war at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday night, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying he would be providing "an important update," without providing further details.

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NASA's Artemis II astronauts are hours away from moon launch. Watch it here

The Artemis II crew includes three NASA astronauts — Reid Wiseman (left), Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency

NASA's Artemis II mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey that could help pave the way toward a future lunar landing.

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From scrappy startup to tech giant, Apple celebrates its 50th year

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Countercultural mythmaking and global corporate dominance have helped the tech corporation sail through criticism.

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Supreme Court considers a historic case about who is — and isn't — born a citizen

Demonstrators hold up anti-Trump signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2025.

At issue is President Trump's challenge to a constitutional provision that has long been interpreted to guarantee American citizenship to every child born in the United States.

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4 takeaways from the U.S. men's national soccer team's World Cup tune-up games

Weston McKennie of the United States (right) and Samu Costa of Portugal compete for the ball during a match in Atlanta on Tuesday. Portugal defeated the U.S. 2-0, giving the USMNT another disappointing loss ahead of this summer

The two losses — 5-2 to Belgium and 2-0 to Portugal — were a wakeup call for the USMNT and the team's ambitions for this summer's World Cup. But the Americans said they welcomed the lessons learned.

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Homesick in a foreign country, a teenager meets a lifelong friend

Holly Deiaco-Smith (left) and Chantal Jouve (right) in Strasbourg, France, in 2014. The two met in the 1990s, during an encounter in a post office.

Holly Deiaco-Smith was feeling homesick while studying abroad in France when she was 19 years old. An encounter at the post office changed everything and led to a decades-long friendship.

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Trump tells allies who need Strait of Hormuz for oil to get it themselves, how the Iran war is impacting the U.S. and global economy, SCOTUS to hear arguments on birthright citizenship.

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Suspension lifted for helicopter pilots who hovered near Kid Rock's home

Kid Rock performs during the final day of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee.

The Army pilots who hovered two helicopters near Kid Rock's Tennessee home during a training run while he clapped and saluted have had their suspension lifted, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday.

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Trump plans to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens.

President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation's highest court.

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Food assistance slashed for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees trapped in Bangladesh camps

FILE - An aerial view of a Rohingya refugee camp, home to over a million of Myanmar

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh's overcrowded camps will see their food assistance slashed starting on Wednesday, raising alarm throughout the increasingly desperate community.

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Tiger Woods says he'll seek treatment after pleading not guilty to DUI

Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned vehicle in Jupiter Island, Fla., on Friday, March 27, 2026.

Woods said Tuesday he is stepping away to seek treatment, four days after his vehicle crashed in Florida and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. He will miss the Masters for the second straight year.

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Trump signs a new executive order on voting. Experts say he lacks the authority

An election worker sorts mail-in ballots in Reno, Nev., on Nov. 5, 2024.

President Trump has signed an executive order as part of an effort to end the practice of voting by mail in the U.S., though election law scholars say he doesn't have the authority.

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Iranians debate whether the war is worth it

A member of the Iranian security forces stands guard next to a banner honoring Iran

As the war in Iran enters its second month, and President Trump signals an end to the war, many Iranians are urging the U.S and Israel to keep striking their country.

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Judge rules White House ballroom construction must halt until Congress OK's it

Viewed from the observation level of the Washington Monument, demolition work continues where the East Wing once stood at the White House on January 05, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

Trump responded to the ruling by complaining that the National Trust for Historic Preservation doesn't appreciate his efforts at "sprucing up" Washington's buildings.

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Runners misled at a qualifier race will still get invites to the world championship

Elite female runners take off at the start of the Atlanta Half Marathon on March 1. Jess McClain, middle left, was the likely winner before she was led off course. Now she

The U.S. will nearly double its contingent for the women's half marathon championship to fix what officials call an unprecedented problem: an official vehicle took the leading runners off the course.

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Federal judge finds Trump violated free speech by ordering NPR defunded

View of the sign outside National Public Radio headquarters on July 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.

A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive ordering the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.

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Trump shares a look at his future presidential library. Here's what to know about it

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Trump posted the first architectural renderings of his future presidential library, planned for a prime plot of land donated by Miami Dade College.

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The wellness world is eager for RFK Jr.'s promised move on peptides

Synthetic peptides are gaining popularity as a treatment, though most having not been tested for safety in humans. The government may make a change to allow compounding pharmacies to produce them.

A month ago, Health Secretary Kennedy said his agency would soon give compounding pharmacies the greenlight to make the products, which have exploded in popularity despite a lack of data.

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One of the first people known to change their gender was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh

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NPR art director and illustrator Jackie Lay tells the story of Hatshepsut, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest pharaohs in Egypt's history — but whose legacy was erased for over 3,000 years.

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Supreme Court strikes Colorado ban on conversion therapy

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on March 4 in Washington, D.C.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado's law banning conversion therapy "regulates speech based on viewpoint."

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Domino, the warty frogfish, is the first of its kind to be raised in captivity

This juvenile warty frogfish was raised in captivity at the Shedd Aquarium.

Scientists say the little fish may hold broader lessons for raising other marine species in captivity.

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Former Alex Jones employee says: 'It was nonsense, it was lies'

Infowars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 21, 2022. Several victimsThe Madness of Believing.

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Gas crosses $4 a gallon in U.S. for the first time in 3 years

A man uses a gas pump at a Shell gas station in Houston, Texas, on March 16, 2026. Oil prices retreated and equities rose Monday as investors remained focused on the Strait of Hormuz, with US allies pushing back against President Donald Trump

The war with Iran has driven up gas prices at a time when affordability is high on people's minds.

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6 books named finalists for the 2026 International Booker Prize

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The shortlisted titles include novels and novellas from authors and translators spanning four continents, with stories that range from Japanese-controlled 1930s Taiwan to the streets of Tehran in 1979.

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DHS resumes asylum decisions. And, Iran's strike injures over 12 U.S. personnel

Venezuelan migrants browse the CBP One mobile app searching for an appointment to enter the United States outside the temporary stay of the National Migration Institute (INM) in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on May 5, 2023.

The Department of Homeland Security has lifted its ban on reviewing asylum applications. And, NPR has confirmed that an Iranian strike injured over a dozen U.S. personnel.

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Iran hits oil tanker off Dubai as fighting continues on all fronts

A resident gestures from an upper floor of a ruined residential building that was hit in an airstrike earlier this morning on March 30, 2026 in the west of Tehran, Iran.

Iran attacked and set on fire a massive Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai overnight, as Gulf states increasingly suffer the fallout from the war.

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