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It's a working-class staple. And it could be priced out of the market by government efforts to make bakeries change from wood-fired ovens to other fuels to curb air pollution.
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NPR visits a hospital in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, in a town where many residents have fled but some young couples are holding on and hoping to raise their children one day in peace.
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Five years after George Floyd's death sparked worldwide protests over police brutality and racism, NPR's Michel Martin reflects on Morning Edition's return to Minneapolis to examine what has changed.
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At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in strikes that hit more than 30 cities and villages across Ukraine.
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Hundreds more prisoners were exchanged Saturday in the largest swap since Russia's invasion. Drone strikes in Kyiv, meanwhile, left at least three people dead.
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A section of California's scenic Pacific Coast Highway that has been closed since January's deadly Palisades Fire reopens in time for holiday weekend traffic, to mixed emotions and high hopes for Malibu businesses.
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there.
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The Pentagon restrictions on media covering the military follow a series of moves by the Trump administration to curtail press access. The changes overhaul historic access for the press.
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The singer canceled his summer tour dates and revealed he has a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus. It's treatable but tricky to diagnose, doctors say.
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Your state DMV probably won't text you about unpaid fees — but scammers will.
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The latest criticism from the Trump administration of Harvard University highlighted the number of international students entering the United States each year for higher education.
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Cerro San Cristobal in the heart of Chile's capital offers stunning views of wildflowers, pine forests and the soaring Andes.
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Trump's misleading video of a 'burial site' for white South African farmers reopened 'new wounds,' victim's son tells NPR.
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Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sit-com "Cheers." He died this week at the age of 76.
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Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
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Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers share stories of the loved ones they've lost.
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The sometimes uncomfortable sensations we feel in our teeth may be an evolutionary holdover from the scaly exteriors of ancient armored fish.
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Khalil's lawyers are trying to convince an immigration judge that if he's deported, Israel could target him over his advocacy for Palestinian rights.
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The NSC has traditionally played a pivotal role in advising the president for his biggest diplomatic and security decisions. But in Trump's second term, it has seen its influence shrink.
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A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.
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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem got a pop quiz at a senate hearing this week. The question came from Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, of New Hampshire.
Hassan asked Noem to to explain habeas corpus.
For the record, habeas corpus is the legal principle, enshrined in the Constitution, that protects people from illegal detention.
The reason that this bit of Latin is under discussion – is because the Trump administration says it's considering suspending habeas corpus.
This core constitutional protection has been an obstacle to the President's mass deportation plan.
Habeas corpus is a principle that's hundreds of years older than America itself.
What would it mean if the President suspended it? And could he, under the Constitution?
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Remains of the "Scattered Man John Doe" began washing ashore in New Jersey in 1995 and went unidentified for the next three decades. Students at Ramapo College set about to solve the mystery.
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A series of executive orders aims to promote new kinds of nuclear reactors while restructuring the body in charge of nuclear safety.
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The Justice Department says it has reached an agreement in principle with Boeing to drop criminal charges over two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets, despite objections from some victims' family members.
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Throughout the more than three years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, drones have been a key tool and weapon used by both sides in the conflict. Because of this, Ukraine is at the cutting edge of drone innovation, churning out some two million unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, last year. These flying drones come in all sizes and they're produced in factories large and high-tech, as well as small and shoestring. In today's episode, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley takes us inside a drone-making operation in Kyiv.
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DOGE's push to cut some federal surveys conducted by the Census Bureau may be duplicating a White House agency's oversight work and weaken U.S. data infrastructure, experts warn.
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Shira Perlmutter's termination came shortly after the Copyright Office published a long-anticipated report on artificial intelligence.
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This comes in response to a lawsuit Harvard filed on Friday morning, challenging the Trump administration's abrupt move to revoke the school's ability to enroll foreign students.
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The White House budget office rejected the conclusion of a nonpartisan congressional watchdog that said the Trump administration is breaking the law by not spending funds as directed by Congress.
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Five years after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, the future of the intersection where it happened is uncertain. Today, a memorial is set up in the partially blocked street. But some want to move on. How does a community reckon with its past and confront its future?
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