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Israel attacks Iran's nuclear and missile sites, prompting retaliation from Tehran

A firefighter calls out his colleagues at the scene of an explosion in a residence compound in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025.

The Israeli strikes killed top Iranian military leaders and nuclear scientists ahead of planned weekend negotiations aimed at addressing international concerns over Iran's uranium enrichment program.

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A Texas father builds a brotherhood of dads to support each other

After his bout with postpartum depression, a Texas father created the "Daddy Stroller Social Club." Now, with chapters in multiple cities, the club has become a way for dads to support each other.

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Asian shares slide while oil prices surge after Israel's strike on Iran

Specialist Glenn Carell works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Markets in Asia opened lower early Friday while oil prices surged after Israel attacked Iran's capital amid the ramping up tensions over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program.

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Owner of Dominican club whose roof collapsed and killed 236 is arrested

Rescue workers search for bodies at the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed during a merengue concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in April.

Prosecutors accused the owner and his sister of trying to intimidate or manipulate company employees, adding that they could serve as witnesses in the case.

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The FIFA Club World Cup is here. Here's what you need to know

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The stage is set for 32 club teams — including some of the top ones around the world — to compete for the chance to emerge as the champion of a revamped tournament. It hasn't gone great so far.

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Israel strikes Iran and braces for retaliation

Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran

Israel launched an airstrike on Iran overnight. Blasts were heard in the capital Tehran around 3am local time. Israel's defense ministry warned it expects missile and drone retaliation.

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Judge issues a temporary ruling against Trump using the National Guard in LA

U.S. National Guard stand protect buildings Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo Damian Dovarganes)

The White House could appeal the injunction issued by the judge but the decision in a federal court is a setback for President Trump.

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DHS vows immigration raids will continue as resistance mounts

Secretary of Homeland Security  Kristi Noem held a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday. She vowed to continue the immigration raids that have led to days of protests in the city and accusations that the Trump Administration is abusing its power.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Trump administration will continue to build up its deportation operation in Los Angeles. Nationwide protests are planned for this weekend.

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Tensions Rise with Iran

Iran declared it would accelerate its nuclear enrichment program. That announcement came after the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Iran is violating its obligations. Meanwhile a new round of talks between Iran and the U.S. are scheduled for the weekend and President Trump says he is preventing Israel from striking Iran and he wants to see cooperation. We hear the latest developments and the voices of average Iranians who seem unfazed by news from the talks.

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What's next in the case that symbolizes Trump's immigration crackdown?

Signs are left on the ground including two that read "This was a kidnapping" and "Bring Kilmar home now!" as protesters stood outside the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on May 16, 2025 in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia: a name that's become near-synonymous with the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown.

Abrego Garcia was arrested by ICE agents on March 12th, as he was leaving his job in Baltimore. In the days and months that followed, the fate of the 29-year-old father of three was in the hands of the Trump administration and El Salvador's President.

At the time of his arrest the administration alleged he was an active member of the Salvadoran gang MS-13.

His family and his legal team deny this. He was deported to a supermax prison in El Salvador despite a protective order that he should remain in the U.S.

But then – less than a month after his arrest, a federal judge and then the Supreme Court ruled the government should facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S.

Now nearly three months after Abrego Garcia was sent to a prison in another country... he's back on US soil.

What happens now?

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Trump warns a strike on Iran 'could very well happen' if no nuclear deal is signed

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (second right) listens to the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, as he visits an exhibition of Iran

President Trump warned that a "massive" war could break out in the Middle East over Iran's nuclear program, after the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Iran wasn't complying with its nonproliferation duties.

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Protests erupt in Kenya's capital over blogger's death in police custody

A protester holds a banner and shouts at a Kenyan police officer during a demonstration over the death of Kenyan blogger Albert Ojwang, who died in police custody. June 12 2025

Demonstrators take to the streets in Kenya's capitol over the suspicious death of a popular blogger in police custody — a flashpoint of outrage in a country still reeling from last year's deadly crackdown on anti-tax protests.

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Denounced by GOP lawmakers, blue state governors defend immigration policies

Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, from left, J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois, and Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. For Republicans, the hearing is a chance to amplify an issue important to President Donald Trump and perhaps regain control of the sanctuary narrative after DHS published a list of jurisdictions it identified as hostile to immigration law enforcement, and then pulled it down after strenuous accuracy objections from targeted communities and the head of the National Sheriffs Association. Photographer: Allison Robbert/Bloomberg via Getty Images

GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump's escalating migrant sweeps as a dangerous assault on civil liberties.

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A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff

A plowed field near Brawley, Calif. In recent years, drought, climate change and overuse of the Colorado River have led some farmers to fallow their fields. The federal website climate.gov publishes information about drought conditions, among other climate-related topics. The site will stop being updated at the end of the month.

Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.

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What led the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to crash in India with 242 people aboard?

The back of Air India Flight 171 juts out of a building after the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

"It just appears to me that the airplane is unable to climb," former NTSB investigator Jeff Guzzetti tells NPR. Several explanations could account for that, the aviation expert says.

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Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference in Los Angeles

Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat from California, is removed from the room after interrupting a news conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 12.

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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The GOP's massive bill would benefit the rich the most -- while hitting the poor

A new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office shows the top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains from the House-passed tax and spending package. Those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.

The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.

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Almost all of the Fulbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference

The State Department, which administers the Fulbright Program. Eleven members of the 12-person Fulbright board have resigned over alleged Trump administration interference.

Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program.

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Why there's an unexpected surge in people claiming Social Security

Bill Armstrong is among the 62-year-olds who have filed for Social Security retirement benefits in recent months. "I decided I better get in the system before they move that age higher," he says.

Some early filers say worries about the future under the Trump administration moved up their timelines.

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Unanimous Supreme Court makes it easier to sue schools in disability cases

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Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the unanimous opinion, with Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing separate concurring opinions.

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Supreme Court says family can sue over wrong-house raid

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A unanimous Supreme Court said a family whose house was wrongly raided by law enforcement can sue.

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Public polling on Trump's immigration policies. And, preparing your home for flooding

Falling snow piles up and partially covers a sign informing voters where to vote on Election Day, outside the Oak Creek Town Hall in Oak Creek, Colorado, on November 5, 2024.

NPR analyzes the public opinion polling on Trump's immigration policies. And, ways to protect your home from flooding this 2025 hurricane season.

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As protests spread, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace wants to defund 'lawless' cities

Union members and supporters rally in Grand Park calling for the release of union leader David Huerta, who was arrested during an immigration enforcement action on June 9 in Los Angeles.

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a bill this week that would give the federal government the ability to withhold federal dollars from cities deemed "lawless."

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Flight carrying 242 people bound for London has crashed in Ahmedabad, India

Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India

An Air India flight with 242 passengers and crew that was bound for London crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad shortly after departure.

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London-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes in Ahmedabad, India

Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India

A Boeing 787 crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad city five minutes after taking off. The flight was bound for London's Gatwick Airport. There were 232 passengers and 12 crew members onboard.

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Public media funding up in the air as House prepares to vote on claw backs

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House GOP plan to gut green energy tax credits meets resistance in Senate

Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah, seen here on Capitol Hill in January,  wants to see a careful evaluation of the merit of each tax credit and thoughtful phase-outs. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Several Republican senators say they're opposed to the wholescale repeal of certain clean energy tax credits passed by the House. Their phones have been ringing off the hook from industry leaders and energy lobbyists who want to make sure the Senate makes changes to the bill.

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More than 400 CDC staff may be called back to work after being laid off in April

Health and Human Services sent emails to 400 laid off CDC workers saying the notices they received regarding a reduction in force had been "revoked."

Laid off workers were told their notices of an upcoming reduction in force were "revoked." Officials didn't explain why HHS appeared to be restoring hundreds of jobs it previously called duplicative.

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By the numbers: A look at the Army's 250th anniversary parade on Trump's birthday

Workers set up the reviewing stand in front of the White House on June 10 for the U.S. Army

In a few days, the nation's capital will host its largest military parade in more than three decades. We look at some numbers behind the celebration and the key historical moments leading up to it.

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Live in a hurricane-prone area? Here's how to prepare your home for flooding

A vehicle drives on a flooded street after Hurricane Milton in Siesta Key, Fla., on Oct. 10, 2024. The monster weather system sent tornadoes spinning across the state and flooded swaths of the Tampa Bay area.

If you're worried about flooding this hurricane season, here are some ways to harden your home with flooding and climate change in mind.

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