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In Gaza, more Palestinians are killed while waiting for food aid

Palestinians carry bags and folded cardboard boxes as they return from a food distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation group, near the Netsarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday.

Dozens of Palestinians were killed, many while waiting for food aid, amid a deepening starvation crisis and despite Israeli assurances of a humanitarian pause in some areas of the territory.

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Officials scour mountainous area for suspect in Montana bar shooting that killed 4

Law enforcement personnel respond to a reported shooting in Anaconda, Mont., on Friday.

Authorities were scouring a mountainous area of western Montana for a military veteran who they say opened fire at a bar in the small town of Anaconda, killing four people.

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Tea encouraged its users to spill. Then the app's data got leaked

In this photo illustration, the Tea app logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. The dating advice app suffered a major data leak last month.

A popular women's dating advice app suffered a major data breach, revealing users' drivers' licenses, messages and other sensitive information. The hack put a spotlight on the flaws in "whisper networks."

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A jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash

Dillon Angulo, who was seriously injured in a Florida crash involving Tesla

A Miami jury decided Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly 2019 crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology. The automaker said it will appeal.

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Opinion: A little league heartbreak

Members of the Southwest Region team from Boerne, Texas and the Latin America Region team from Barquisimeto, Venezuela shake handsafter Latin America won the Little League World Series Consolation Game 4-3 at Howard J. Lamade Stadium on August 25, 2024 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The State Department denied one Venezuelan Little League team entry into the U.S., but allowed another. NPR's Scott Simon questions how the sports exemption to Trump's travel ban is being applied.

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Trump tariffs global reactions

We look at international reaction to President Trump's latest round of tariffs.

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How surgeons build a new bladder for cancer patients like Deion Sanders

Head coach Deion Sanders of the University of Colorado speaks about his journey beating bladder cancer during a press conference.

University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders announced he got a new bladder this week as part of his cancer treatment. Here's how doctors construct a new bladder from a patient's small intestine.

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Millions of Ukrainians abroad hope to return home once Russia's invasion ends

Iryna Schestova, 50, and her daughter, Liia Kazakova, 26, sit in the living room of a friend

Some Ukrainians have already returned after fleeing Russia's invasion, and almost half of the more than 5 million still abroad want to, according to a survey this year.

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If compliments make you feel super awkward, this comic is for you

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When someone says something nice about us, it can make us feel awkward and uncomfortable. Researchers explain the science behind those emotions — and make the case for accepting genuine praise.

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Art of the praise: Why flattering Trump is now the go-to diplomatic move

President Trump is given a letter from King Charles III, by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb 27

World leaders have lavished praise on President Trump in order to smooth diplomatic relations — and get better deals too.

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Appeals court keeps order blocking indiscriminate immigration sweeps

People wait outside of Glass House Farms, a day after an immigration raid on the facility, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Camarillo, Calif.

A federal appeals court ruled Friday to uphold a lower court's temporary order blocking the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California.

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3 big takeaways from the NTSB hearing on the DCA midair collision

Members of the National Transportation Safety Board speak before an investigative hearing about the January midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

A three-day National Transportation Safety Board hearing on the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in decades dug into problems with altimeters, chopper routes and the busy Washington, D.C., airspace.

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States sue Trump administration after more hospitals stop treating transgender youth

Transgender rights activists hold signs as they march through the University of Montana campus on May 03, 2023 in Missoula, Mont.

A coalition of 16 states and D.C. argue in the lawsuit that the Trump administration is trying to effectuate a national ban on gender-affirming care for youth by intimidating hospitals and doctors.

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A pediatrician working in Gaza on how she finds the will to keep going

Dr. Seema Jilani is a pediatrician who has been providing medical care to children in Gaza.

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States sue Trump administration over its actions against gender-affirming health care

Today 16 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in support of children's hospitals and doctors that have provided gender-affirming care for minors, contending the Trump administration has acted illegally in pressuring doctors and children's hospitals to stop.

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Researchers find some bird parents get 'divorced' after breeding

A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons.

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The ad campaign that launched a thousand critiques: Sydney Sweeney's jeans

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One topic dominated online conversation this week: the American Eagle jeans ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. We break down why people are so worked up about it.

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The economist who coined the acronym BRICS talks about how his original vision evolved

BRICS is an economic alliance that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and several other nations. So why has this alliance generated so much animosity from President Trump?

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Remember running the mile in school? The Presidential Fitness Test is coming back

President Trump displays a signed executive order during Thursday

The Cold War-era test was a staple of school gyms for half a century before the Obama administration replaced it. Trump says his focus on childhood fitness is for both physical and patriotic reasons.

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ICE recruits former federal workers to join its ranks amid hiring spree

In this handout photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two federal law enforcement officers coordinate with other officials in February 2025 near Washington, D.C.

The push to rehire retired workers comes as the administration has also sought to downsize large swaths of the federal government through mass layoffs and other changes.

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Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend, transferred to a prison camp in Texas

Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020.

The federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday that Maxwell had been transferred to a prison camp in Texas, but did not explain the circumstances.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it's shutting down

Corporation for Public Broadcasting President and CEO Patricia de Stacy Harrison, shown here in 2017, announced on Friday that CPB would wind down operations by Sept. 30 after losing all federal funding.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal money to public media stations, says it's winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.

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Trump's impeachments have been removed from a Smithsonian exhibit, for now

Children look at the Star Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired the lyrics of the American national anthem, at the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian says a reference to President Trump's impeachments that was removed last month will be restored once the exhibit is updated.

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SpaceX launches international crew to space station on 6-month NASA mission

Crew-11 mission astronauts wave as they head to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Friday. From Left to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, NASA astronaut and mission commander Zena Cardman and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui. The crew will live and work aboard the International Space Station for at least six months.

NASA and SpaceX's Crew-11 mission is made up of two U.S. astronauts, one from Japan and a Russian cosmonaut. They'll be aboard the International Space Station for six months conducting research.

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Do neck cooling fans really help you beat the heat?

Jeffrey Pagulong and his son Christof stand in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on July 29. Pagulong, who is visiting from Boston, said his neck fan "helps a lot" in the high temperature. It makes noise, he said, but the noise is better than the heat.

You might see more people wearing a neck cooling fan to fight the summer heat. But can they really help? We talk to experts about how our bodies deal with heat — and to people using the fans.

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Accordion master Flaco Jimenez has died at 86

The accordion playing of Flaco Jimenez, seen here performing during the 2014 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., came to define contujo and Tejano music of South Texas over a career that spanned more than 70 years.

Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez' playing came to define the Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched conjuto sound all over the world and across genres.

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Hasan Piker: a "himbo gateway drug" for progressives?

Hasan Piker, Twitch streamer and political commentator, poses at NPR

Hasan Piker likes fitness, gaming, and progressive politics, and millions of young men flock to him for his opinions. Is he the Joe Rogan of the left that Democrats are looking for? Hasan says no.

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US officials on rare visit to controversial Gaza aid distribution site

Smoke rises amid destroyed buildings following an Israeli shelling in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.

U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee inspected an aid distribution center operated by the U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Rafah.

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Stock markets drop as Trump unleashes new round of global tariffs

Stocks slumped after President Trump unveiled a new round of global tariffs and after the U.S. created fewer jobs than expected in July.

Stocks slumped after Trump announced tariffs on a wide range of countries. A weaker-than-expected jobs report magnified the concerns about how these import taxes would impact the economy.

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Today is the last day for many Education Department workers. Here's what they did

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Employees across multiple divisions agree: They can't imagine how the department will fulfill its legal obligations with roughly half its staff gone.

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