Trump's plan for movie tariffs leads to global confusion

The Hollywood sign in January 2024. Production in Hollywood has been declining.

Production in Hollywood has been suffering. But it's unclear how a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States would work – or who it would help.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 8:48 PM

'James' wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Percival Everett has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel James.

The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 8:26 PM

Fast-moving Eta Aquarid meteor shower to light up the predawn sky

An Eta Aquarid meteor streaks over north Georgia on April 29, 2012.

The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower is set to peak early on May 6 and will be viewable in the dark predawn skies.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 8:08 PM

Minor infractions lead to big problems for international students

$Thousands of international students studying at U.S. universities have had their visa records terminated by the Trump administration, sometimes for infractions as minor as a traffic violation.$

After weeks of confusion, the Trump administration confirmed that it terminated visa records for thousands of international students because of past brushes with law enforcement, many of them minor.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 7:39 PM

It's last call for Skype as the once-popular video calling app shuts down

A Skype logo is seen at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. The video conferencing app is shutting down on Monday.

Microsoft has announced that the pioneering online video calling service that's been around for more than two decades will go offline on Monday.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 4:01 PM

A Maryland town backed Trump's cost-cutting pledge. Now it's a target

Emmitsburg Mayor Frank Davis voted for Donald Trump in hopes he would cut federal spending. Now Davis hopes those cuts don

Emmitsburg is home to the National Fire Academy, effectively the war college for U.S. firefighters. The Trump administration's decision to halt classes has some townspeople pondering their votes.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 3:36 PM

Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz for the 'most ruthless and violent' prisoners

The former federal prison complex on Alcatraz Island is seen in 2005. The site has been operated by the National Parks Service for decades — but President Trump says he is ordering federal agencies to rebuild and expand a penitentiary site on the island in San Francisco Bay.

The prison on a forbidding island off San Francisco was operated at a prohibitive cost.Now, President Trump says it's time to substantially enlarge and rebuild Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 12:26 PM

Why midwives are worried

A pregnant woman brought her child to a health clinic in Farchana, Chad. They are sitting under a mosquito net. MIdwives play a critical role in addressing the country

In Chad, they're a key force in addressing the country's high rate of maternal mortality. But U.S. aid cuts have affected their salaries.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 11:16 AM

Talk therapy is up, and use of psych meds without therapy is down, a study finds

The study found that more people who start psychotherapy stick with it than in previous years.

A study from the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests that psychotherapy is becoming more accessible to people. The study looks at trends in mental health treatment from 2018 to 2021.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 11:00 AM

With disability rights under attack, history offers hope and a possible playbook

If Congress cuts Medicaid funding, health policy researcher Ari Ne

Harvard researcher Ari Ne'eman says the policy shifts underway under the Trump administration pose a unique threat to people with disabilities, but that they've fought for rights before and won.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 10:56 AM

Why Israel plans to limit life-saving aid into Gaza. And, Diddy's trial begins today

Palestinians receive bags of flour and other humanitarian aid distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.

Israel's cabinet approved a plan to limit the way life-saving aid is distributed in Gaza. And, Diddy's trial begins today wth jury selection.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 10:47 AM

Trump diminishing 'own scope of control' with Rubio in dual roles, says John Bolton

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaves after high-level talks on Ukraine and its security, at the French Foreign Ministry in Paris Thursday, April 17.

Marco Rubio serving as both Secretary of State and national security adviser could be "ultimately disadvantageous" to President Trump, says former adviser John Bolton.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 9:30 AM

Jury selection in Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial begins today

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 15: Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The trial for the rap mogul, who faces criminal charges for sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transporting to engage in prostitution, is underway. Opening statements are slated for May 12.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 9:00 AM

NIH cuts baby 'Safe to Sleep' team. Here's what parents should know

The Safe to Sleep campaign has greatly reduced cases of sudden infant death syndrome and other sleep-related deaths.

For three decades the NIH has led 'Safe to Sleep,' helping parents reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related injuries. The NIH cuts come as cases have been rising.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 9:00 AM

A Soviet probe orbiting Earth since 1972 will soon reenter the planet's atmosphere

The crescent moon and Venus are pictured in Bangkok in 2023. A failed Soviet lander bound for Venus in 1972 and stranded in orbit is finally set to return to Earth.

Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades. It's still unknown if the craft will fall to Earth intact or burn up upon atmospheric reentry.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 9:00 AM

'Tailoring Black style' is the theme of the 2025 Met Gala. Here's what to know

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky at the 2023 Met Gala. The rapper is one of the co-chairs of this year

Expect to see a focus on menswear: jackets, trousers, suits, hats, and maybe a cane or two.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 8:41 AM

Tourist boats capsize in sudden storm in southwest China, leaving 10 dead

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers conduct a search and rescue operation at one of the two passenger boats capsized in Qianxi City, southwest China

More than 80 people fell into a river when strong winds hit the scenic area in Guizhou province late Sunday afternoon, state broadcaster CCTV said.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 8:13 AM

Israel plans new control of food and supplies in Gaza

Wedad Abdelaal and her husband Ammar , feed their 9 month old son Khaled, in their tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Mawasi Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Friday.

The United Nations and major groups currently running aid operations in Gaza, briefed by Israel on the plans, said they would not cooperate with the plans.

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NPR NewsMay 5, 2025, 12:52 AM

An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters

Attorney General Merrick Garland looks at an exhibit titled the Faces of Gun Violence while on a tour led by Steve Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, at ATF headquarters on April 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The display has now been taken down.

The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.

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NPR NewsMay 4, 2025, 3:34 PM

Catholic leaders criticize Trump for posting apparent AI photo of himself as the pope

President Trump is pictured at the Vatican in 2017 with Pope Francis, who died last month. Trump posted on social media Friday what appears to be an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope.

When asked about the image, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with Trump, said "it wasn't good" and that he hoped Trump had nothing to do with it.

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NPR NewsMay 4, 2025, 2:58 PM

Does a president need to uphold the Constitution? Trump says 'I don't know'

President Donald Trump arrives to give a commencement address at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The president says a third term is 'not something I'm looking to do,' and the US economy is in a 'transition period'

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NPR NewsMay 4, 2025, 2:45 PM

Kidnappers in France target cryptocurrency entrepreneurs for ransom

FILE - An employee watches an electronic signboard displaying the prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at the lounge of Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 21, 2024.

French police say they rescued the father of a wealthy crypto entrepreneur, the second ransom case linked to the crypto world this year.

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NPR NewsMay 4, 2025, 1:11 PM

Ports brace for the impact of tariffs as shipments from China drop drastically

The Trump administration's tariffs are already having an impact on the nation's ports. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mario Cordero, CEO of the Port of Long Beach, about the effect.

NPR NewsMay 4, 2025, 12:39 PM

Houthi missile strike at Israel airport halts flights ahead of key vote on Gaza war

Israeli security forces inspect the site where the Israeli military said a projectile fired by Yemen

Israel said it would retaliate after four people were injured and flights temporarily suspended.

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NPR NewsMay 4, 2025, 10:00 AM

How this teen fled Russian occupation to become an unassuming hero in Ukraine

Ivan Sarancha, 18, who left Luhansk after 11 years of living under occupation, stands in front of a memorial for the fallen at Maidan Square — where the pro-Europe uprising known as the "Revolution of Dignity" took place in February 2014 — in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 26.

An 18-year-old from Russian-occupied Luhansk tells NPR how and why he escaped to Kyiv.

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NPR NewsMay 4, 2025, 9:11 AM

Lady Gaga rocks Copacabana Beach with a free concert for more than 2 million fans

Lady Gaga performs during her free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, May 3, 2025.

"Tonight, we're making history. (...) Thank you for making history with me," Lady Gaga told a screaming crowd.

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NPR NewsMay 4, 2025, 8:49 AM

Mexico's president says she rejected Trump's plan to send US troops across the border

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attends her morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, April 2, 2025.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops into Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking but she rejected it.

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NPR NewsMay 4, 2025, 12:36 AM

The Vatican installs chimney to signal the selection of the next pope

Workers have completed the installation of the chimney on top of the Vatican building in Rome, Italy. The color of the chimney smoke will give hints to the public about how the papal selection process is going.

Ahead of the election of the next pope, a chimney was installed atop the Sistine Chapel on Friday, which will help notify the public of the 267th pope.

NPR NewsMay 4, 2025, 12:05 AM

Sovereignty beats out favorite Journalism to win the Kentucky Derby

Sovereignty, ridden by Junior Alvarado, left, crosses the finish line to win the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race followed by Journalism, ridden by Umberto Rispoli, at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Louisville, Ky.

The victory hands Venezuelan jockey Junior Alvarado his first career win in the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty's trainer, Bill Mott, has won the Kentucky Derby once before.

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NPR NewsMay 3, 2025, 9:33 PM

Florida lawmakers try to balance condo safety with cost

The skyline Sunny Isles Beach in Surfside, Fla., shows dozens of high-rise condo and luxury hotel buildings in this photo from December 2024.

Florida lawmakers have sent the governor a bill that would provide financial relief to condo owners. The measure softens mandates passed after the deadly 2021 collapse of a condo tower in Surfside.

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