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Japan's Kishida plans to visit Yoon in South Korea before G-7

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he wants to travel to South Korea to further strengthen ties between the two countries after President Yoon Suk Yeol's March visit to Tokyo.

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Palestinian prisoner dies in Israel after long hunger strike

A high-profile Palestinian prisoner has died in Israeli custody after a months-long hunger strike. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets into southern Israel in response.

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Writers Guild of America calls for a strike

Members of the Writers Guild of America are asking for a larger piece of the streaming platforms' pie. The WGA said picketing would begin Tuesday afternoon.

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Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dies at 84

The Canadian singer-songwriter wrote classics like "If You Could Read My Mind," "Early Morning Rain" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

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7 bodies have been found during a search for missing Oklahoma teens

The bodies were discovered during a search of a rural property near the town of Henryetta, agency spokesman Gerald Davidson said.

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Here are all the best looks from the Met Gala 2023

The annual Met Gala fundraiser pays tribute to designer Karl Lagerfeld, who has a controversial legacy in the fashion industry.

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The U.S. could run out of cash to pay its bills by June 1, Yellen warns Congress

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned lawmakers that unless the debt ceiling is raised soon, the federal government may not have enough money to pay its bills as early as June 1.

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Why an NBA star's response to a reporter's question about losing hit a nerve

The Bucks star was prompted on whether he considered his past season a "failure" after an unexpected playoffs loss. His perspective has been praised around the league and beyond.

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A Florida principal who was fired after showing students 'David' is welcomed in Italy

Among those who were in support of the ousted Florida principal was the director of Florence's Accademia Galleria, where Michelangelo's David is housed. On Friday, the two finally got to meet.

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How South Africa nearly descended into civil war instead of a multi-racial democracy

Journalist Justice Malala explains how Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk kept the country on a path to peace after the 1993 assassination of Chris Hani. His book is The Plot to Save South Africa.

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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over her removal from House floor

Zephyr was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters.

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The guy who ate a $120,000 banana in an art museum says he was just hungry

The banana installation by artist Maurizio Cattelan evokes everything from slapstick comedy to global trade. But to a college student, it was a reminder of how very hungry he was.

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Arkansas woman pleads not guilty to selling over 20 boxes of stolen human body parts

She was hired to cremate medical cadavers. But first, she harvested organs, skin and genitalia and sold them to a man she met through a Facebook group called Oddities, according to court documents.

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A decoder that uses brain scans to know what you mean – mostly

Scientists have decoded streams of words in the brain using artificial intelligence and the data from MRI scans.

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Latest on Ukraine: May Day's another war day as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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In graphic memoir 'In Limbo,' a Korean American finds healing and humanity

Deb J.J. Lee's debut YA graphic memoir focuses on the author's struggles with mental health and their relationships with their family and friends during their childhood and teenage years.

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Norway unveils a life-size sculpture of Freya, the euthanized walrus

Freya became a global celebrity last year after she was seen frolicking and basking in a Oslo fjord before she was euthanized by the authorities. A bronze sculpture now honors her in Norway's capital.

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The Senate holds its Supreme Court ethics hearing this week — with no justices

Ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform, Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono tells NPR that the highest court in the U.S. should have the highest ethical standards.

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Supreme Court justices need a strong code of ethics, Sen. Hirono says

NPR's A Martinez talks to Democratic Sen. Maizie Hirono of Hawaii about the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on ethics reforms and the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Roberts declined to testify.

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Tracking the impact of U.S.-China tensions on global financial institutions

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks the president of a China-led development bank about the impact of the friction between the U.S. and China.

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'I'll lose my family.' A husband's dread during an abortion ordeal in Oklahoma

Jaci and Dustin Statton didn't think Oklahoma's abortion bans would affect them. They were open to having more kids. They didn't imagine Jaci would face a life-threatening pregnancy, though.

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Failed bank First Republic is bought by JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase is buying the troubled First Republic Bank's deposits, a "substantial amount of their assets and certain liabilities," JPMorgan Chase said in a press release Monday.

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Paraguay's long-ruling party scores an easy presidential election win

The Colorado Party remained the dominant force of Paraguayan politics as the vote count from Sunday's election gave an overwhelming lead to its presidential candidate, Santiago Peña.

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Basketball legend Larry 'Gator' Rivers, longtime Globetrotter, has died at 73

Rivers, who helped integrate high school basketball in Georgia before playing for the Harlem Globetrotters and becoming a county commissioner in his native Savannah, died on Saturday.

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'Succession' season 4, episode 6: 'Living+'

The Waystar Royco team travels to L.A., where Kendall pitches eternal life (kind of), Shiv reconnects with the most unlikely of men, and Roman can't stop firing women.

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Authorities are offering $80K for information about the suspected Texas shooter

Police say 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa shot five people to death in a home in Cleveland, Texas, early Saturday and then fled the area. Investigators are still searching for the suspect.

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Pope Francis says he is open to helping return Ukrainian children taken to Russia

Speaking aboard the papal plane, Francis said he would be willing to help facilitate the return of childre taken to Russia since the war began. And he revealed a secret peace "mission" was under way.

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2 teens were killed in a shooting at a house party on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Police have charged a 19-year-old man for killing two and wounding for others in the city of Bay St. Louis, about 15 miles west of Gulfport.

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Elephants are a menace for these 6th graders. Then they went on a safari ...

Botswana has one of the last thriving elephant herds – and a history of human-elephant conflict that threatens both sides. A nonprofit has a program to shift that dynamic. Will it work?

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Neil Young and Snoop Dogg joined Willie Nelson on stage for a 90th birthday concert

17,000 fans turned up to the Hollywood Bowl for a concert by Willie Nelson and his famous friends. Owen Wilson, Helen Mirren, Ethan Hawke and Jennifer Garner all did the introductions.

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