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Trump's spy chief claims the Obama administration 'manufactured' intel on Russia

President Trump, accompanied by Tulsi Gabbard, speaks after Gabbard is sworn in as director of national intelligence on February 12.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has published the latest in a series of reports that scrutinize years-old intel community conclusions about Russian interference in the 2016 election.

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Trump said he'd 'try to save' Afghan refugees in the UAE. That could be complicated

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat from Massachusetts, about President Trump's recent social media post about Afghan refugees in the United Arab Emirates.

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Community bail funds face backlash from GOP lawmakers after a 2020 surge in popularity

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Bail Funds — where community members donate money to help others post bail — exploded in popularity after the 2020 protests against police brutality. Since then, they've faced political blowback, and a wave of legislation working to restrict them.

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Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 'Cosby Show' star, has died at the age of 54

Malcolm-Jamal Warner at the 65th GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles, California.

The actor and Grammy Award winner died in a drowning accident Sunday while on vacation in Costa Rica.

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Airline pilot was about to land in N.D. when he saw a B-52 'coming at us'

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A Delta Connection flight from Minneapolis was preparing to land in Minot, N.D., when the flight crew spotted a large military aircraft flying toward them.

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After his father died in the hospital, a nurse held him in his arms

Alek Hermon as a baby with his father, Michael, in 1992.

Alek Hermon didn't think much of his father's overnight nurse until his father died.

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Beyond polo shirts and presidents, Martha's Vineyard has an indigenous past and present

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In Nothing More of This Land, Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee takes readers past the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries.

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A Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashes into a Dhaka school, killing at least 19

Firefighters work at the site of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft that crashed into a school campus shortly after takeoff in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday.

The jet crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, shortly after takeoff on Monday.

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A creek with atomic waste from WWII is linked to increased cancer risk

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., speaks in favor of reauthorizing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in 2024. The legislation, which will benefit people sickened by radiation exposure in uranium mining and nuclear weapons testing, was included in the budget bill President Trump signed on July 4, 2025.

A new study in JAMA shows how proximity to Coldwater Creek, where nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project was improperly stored, affected cancer rates over the decades.

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Assad is gone. But can Syrians go home?

Adham Aljamous, 32, and his father Nouruldeen, 72, on their rooftop in Gaziantep, Turkey. They fled Syria over a decade ago. Now, with a chance to return, they

After over a decade in exile, many Syrians living abroad are contemplating what was once unthinkable: going home. But what does home look like today?

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COMIC: Exploring the ocean's wonderous, mysterious depths

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Did you know that we know less about the sea than we do about space? With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do know about Earth's ocean.

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The world keeps millions of vaccines on ice. Is it worth it?

A child receives a cholera vaccine at a temporary treatment center during a past outbreak in Lusaka, Zambia.

It costs nearly $100 million a year to maintain global stockpiles of vaccines for Ebola, cholera, meningitis and yellow fever in case of emergency. A new study estimates how many lives they've saved.

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Harvard and Trump admin. face off in court. And, Texas seeks new congressional map

People leave Harvard University on April 17, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard and the Trump administration are facing off in federal court today over the freezing of over $2 billion in grants and contracts. And, Texas lawmakers are seeking a new congressional makeup.

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Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he's witnessing firsthand

People and traffic pass the fence of the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis which was hit in an Israeli strike at dawn that targeted the southern Gaza Strip city on May 13, 2025.

Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.

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Texas Republicans want to redraw congressional districts in special session

Texas lawmakers begin a special session Monday. Republicans want to redraw congressional districts in order to skew voting results so the GOP wins more seats. Trump favors the idea.

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Teens are trying to bulk up on protein supplements. What should parents watch for?

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Teenage boys especially are getting lots of messages — from peers and from social media — about the power of protein supplements. Doctors caution there can be too much of a good thing.

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In the spotlight after floods, Texas lawmakers eye disaster plans amid FEMA uncertainty

President Donald Trump speaks as first lady Melania Trump, left, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listen during a roundtable discussion with first responders and local officials at Hill Country Youth Event Center in Kerrville, Texas, during a tour to observe flood damage July 11.

The Legislature will look at proposals for emergency preparedness in a special session that was already planned over hemp laws. A bill to help build emergency systems failed in the spring.

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Lawyers for Harvard and Trump square off in court in Boston

Students walk through Harvard Yard.

With more than $2 billion dollars in federal research grants at stake, the two sides will argue before a federal judge as the university pushes back on the administration's demands.

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U.S. coffee drinkers and businesses will pay the price for Trump's Brazil tariffs

Jeff Yerxa, co-owner of Lost Sock Roasters, shows bags of coffee beans, many from Brazil, at the company

President Trump plans to levy a 50% tariff on all goods from Brazil — the source of about 30% of U.S. coffee imports. This looming tariff threat has sent shock waves through the U.S. coffee industry.

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Many beauty products have toxic ingredients. Newly proposed bills could change that

Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced a set of bills called the "Safer Beauty Bill Package," aiming to bring safety and transparency to the largely unregulated cosmetics industry.

The "Safer Beauty Bill Package" would ban the most toxic ingredients in everyday cosmetics and create protections for the women of color and salon workers who are disproportionately exposed to them.

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Trump has a welcome message for new citizens. It's different from past presidents

A naturalization ceremony at the Nevins Library in Massachusetts on Oct. 30, 2024.

Trump released his video message to newly naturalized citizens. He welcomes them to the "national family," adding that they have a responsibility to "fiercely guard" and preserve American culture.

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Ecuador extradites leader of violent Ecuadorian drug gang to the United States

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José Adolfo Macías Villamar, whose nickname is "Fito," escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and was recaptured late June. In April, a U.S. Attorney indicted him in New York City on charges he imported thousands of pounds of cocaine into the United States.

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Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city

Syrian government security forces block Bedouin fighters, background, from entering Sweida province, in Busra al-Harir village, southern Syria on Sunday.

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria's already fragile postwar transition.

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Trump threatens to derail Washington Commanders' new stadium deal over team name

A view of the Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium, defunct and currently under demolition, in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2025. President Trump is threatening to intervene in a deal for a new stadium.

President Trump said the Washington Commanders should change their name back to their former name, which many Indigenous people consider a slur. He threatened to derail a deal for a new stadium.

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Trump administration shuts down EPA's scientific research arm

The United States Environmental Protection Agency building is seen in August 2024 in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration is shutting down the agency

The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic chemicals, climate change, smog, wildfires, water pollution and more.

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After plea deals are canceled, what happens next with the Guantanamo 9/11 trials?

Georgetown University Law professor Stephen Vladeck explains where things stand with the 9/11 Guantanamo cases now that the plea deals have been canceled.

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Nearly 100 people killed seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say

Palestinians react after carrying the bodies of those killed while trying to reach aid trucks entering northern Gaza through the Zikim crossing with Israel, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on Sunday.

Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.

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Jake Larson, a WWII veteran who became a TikTok star as 'Papa Jake', has died at 102

World War II veteran Jake Larson meets youths during ceremonies at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, on June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy.

Papa Jake Larson joined the US National Guard at 15 years old.

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Jane Austen fans mark 250 years since the writer's birth with a wave of parties

Dancers perform in St Swithins Church, Bath, at the Jane Austen Festival, 2023.

Jane Austen fans are celebrating 250 years since the writer's birth with a series of celebrations – including Georgian costume balls, where attendees try out period dancing.

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Age didn't kill India's beloved centenarian marathon runner. A speeding car did.

Centenarian marathon runner Fauja Singh.

Indian marathon runner Fauja Singh was 114 years old when he was killed in a hit-and-run.

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