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Low prices and Trump's trade war are pushing these Northwest farmers to the brink

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Almost all of the wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest is for export, and even before President Trump's trade war, farmers were dealing with rock bottom prices and slagging global demand.

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Centrist wins Romania's tense presidential race over hard-right nationalist

Supporters of presidential candidate Nicusor Dan celebrate on the street after polls closed for the second round of the country

A huge turnout Sunday played a key role in the tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice between East or West.

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Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer

Former President Joe Biden speaks at Joint Base Andrews.

Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from his personal office.

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A deadly explosion outside a California fertility clinic is investigated as terrorism

A damaged building is seen after an explosion in Palm Springs, Calif., on Saturday.

One person was killed and four were injured in the weekend blast, said Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office.

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Guy Edward Bartkus named person of interest in California fertility clinic bombing

A damaged building is seen after an explosion in Palm Springs, Calif., on Saturday.

One person was killed and four were injured in the weekend blast, said Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office.

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SNL's 50th season proved it's still relevant. Can it stay that way?

On Saturday Night Live

The season finale, with host Scarlett Johansson and musical guest Bad Bunny, didn't give any answers about rumored cast departures.

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Zelenskyy meets Vance in Rome, hours after Russia's largest drone attack on Ukraine

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following Russia

The intensified diplomacy came as Russia launched its largest drone barrage against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022.

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These Democratic governors are trying to curb health care for unauthorized immigrants

Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom presents his revised 2025-2026 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

After expanding state Medicaid programs to cover people in the country without legal status, Democrats are considering changes that would reduce immigrant access.

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Israel holds ceasefire talks with Hamas, as new ground operation in Gaza begins

Israeli soldiers move tanks around staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Israel and Hamas have entered the most substantive negotiations in months in Qatar. The talks come amid intense Israeli airstrikes that have killed more than 500 Palestinians in the past five days.

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Losing faith: Rural religious colleges are among the most endangered

Wednesday night Mass at St. Ambrose University attracts a congregation of mostly students. On one recent evening, they added a prayer for the university

Some religious colleges and universities are cutting programs. Others are seeking mergers to reduce costs and expand offerings.

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A study finds stacking bricks differently could help this country fight air pollution

Smoke comes out from kilns at a brickfield on the outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 6, 2021.

Bangladesh suffers from extreme air pollution, but a new study shows the brick industry can make small changes to have a big effect on the country's smog problem.

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Poles vote for a new president as security concerns loom large

Supporters of conservative presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki hold up signs as they rally in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. The writing reads: Karol, the man who will become president, Wake up, Poland! and Our president Karol Nawrocki.

The vote comes amid rising security fears over the war in neighboring Ukraine and uncertainty about continued U.S. support for Europe's defense.

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Ritual, symbol and a popemobile tour mark Pope Leo XIV's installation Mass

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central balcony of St. Peter

Leaders from around the world will be in attendance, including Vice President JD Vance, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte.

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Hundreds of Rwandans who fled to Congo after the 1994 genocide return home

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 Rwanda genocide are repatriated by bus from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

The U.N. refugee agency said it helped repatriate 360 Rwandan refugees, mostly women and children, as part of a broader plan to return about 2,000 people home.

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Photos: Deadly tornadoes hit Kentucky and Missouri

Anthony Broughton digs through the debris of his destroyed home following a severe storm in London, Ky., on Saturday.

Over 20 people have died since severe storms and tornadoes hit Kentucky and Missouri overnight. Meteorologists are beginning to survey the damage.

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Paleontologists discover a 500-million-year-old, 3-eyed predator

A reconstruction of Mosura fentoni, an extinct sea creature from more than 500 million years ago.

Fossils of the underwater predator shed new light on biodiversity from the Cambrian period.

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Investigators respond to scene of an explosion rocking Palm Springs, Calif.

This image provided by Nima Tabrizi shows firefighters at the scene of an explosion at Palm Springs, Calif., on Saturday,  May 17, 2025.

The explosion occurred at the site of a fertility clinic. A doctor there said the office space was damaged but the IVF lab and its stored embryos were unharmed.

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More than 20 dead after tornadoes sweep through Kentucky and Missouri

Storm damage is surveyed in Laurel County, Ky., after tornadoes brought destruction to the region Friday night.

Powerful storms and tornadoes tore through several Midwestern and Southern states overnight Friday, leaving carnage and flattened buildings in their wake.

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Opinion: A wealth of wisdom for a bargain price

A copy of the 1300 version of the Magna Carta on display at the Harvard Law School.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy of the Magna Carta is actually an original.

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Amid global competition for production business, Hollywood is hurting

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Hollywood's plummeting film and TV production levels have studio executives and grassroots groups pushing for better incentives to keep business in California.

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A Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people, officials say

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, rescuers recover the bodies of passengers after a Russian drone struck a passenger bus at the village of Bilopillya in the Sumy region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 17, 2025.

The drone hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region Saturday, hours after Moscow and Kyiv had held their first direct peace talks in years.

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The first time we had 'one big, beautiful bill' we called it Reaganomics

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Budget reconciliation may not be catchy, but it's been a vital tool for many presidents, including Ronald Reagan, whose first federal budget was a watershed in the history of federal fiscal policy.

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How DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch

The Government Accountability Office, which falls under the legislative branch, has rejected DOGE

NPR has identified nearly 40 small, independent entities – both inside and outside the federal government's control – that a team of young DOGE staffers has tried to access in recent weeks.

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Trump's DOJ focuses in on voter fraud, with a murky assist from DOGE

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is seen during a press conference on May 7 in Washington, D.C. Bondi

President Trump and his allies have long made false claims of widespread noncitizen voting. Now, as the GOP pursues new restrictions, experts worry isolated arrests will be used to push the new rules.

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At least 7 people dead and widespread damage left in the wake of severe Midwest storms

Part of Centennial Christian Church in St. Louis, Missouri, collapsed on Friday, May 16, 2025 when severe storms, including a possible tornado, swept through the city.

The storms were part of a severe weather system Friday that caused damage in Missouri, left hundreds of thousands without power in the Great Lakes region and brought a heat wave to Texas.

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Wisconsin judge's case is rare but not unprecedented. There's another near Boston

District Court Judge Shelley Joseph leaves Boston federal court in April 2019 for allegedly helping a man in the country illegally evade immigration officials as he left her Newton, Mass., courthouse.

Massachusetts Judge Shelley Joseph was accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade authorities more than seven years ago. Her case is still unresolved.

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Sean Combs trial: Cassie concludes four days of testimony

Cassie Ventura (left) and Sean Combs at the Met Gala in New York City in 2017. Ventura testified for the prosecution in the criminal trial of Combs, who is charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transporting to engage in prostitution. Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

On Friday, Sean Combs' defense lawyers questioned Cassie Ventura about how much of the former couple's activities she willingly participated in. "I had to fight my way out," she said.

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More than 100 Palestinians are killed in Gaza in a day of Israeli airstrikes

People surround the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike in front of the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday.

It has been a deadly week of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

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DOJ may drop case against Boeing over deadly 737 Max crashes, despite families' outrage

Relatives of victims hold a placard with photos of victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash in March 2019, prior to a hearing in Fort Worth, Texas, in January 2023.

Boeing agreed last year to plead guilty to defrauding regulators after the crashes of two 737 Max jets, in 2018 and 2019, that killed 346 people. But a federal judge rejected that proposed plea deal.

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ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan is on leave amid a sexual misconduct investigation

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan attends a United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan in January in New York City.

Facing allegations of sexual misconduct, Karim Khan has temporarily stepped aside as a U.N. investigation enters its final stage, the International Criminal Court announced Friday.

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