Typhoon Ragasa batters Hong Kong and southern China

Strong waves crash against the waterfront in Heng Fa Chuen area as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches in Hong Kong, on Wednesday.

Typhoon Ragasa whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese coast after leaving deadly destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines.

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NPR NewsSep 24, 2025, 8:39 AM

UAE diplomatic adviser talks about the country's role in Middle East conflicts

NPR speaks with Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates, about the country's role in the conflicts in the Middle East and Sudan.

NPR NewsSep 24, 2025, 6:01 AM

'We have to speak out,' Jimmy Kimmel says in his late night return

Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

The comedian was suspended for nearly a week by ABC's parent company, Disney, before returning to airwaves on Tuesday night.

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NPR NewsSep 24, 2025, 3:48 AM

Camp Mystic plans to reopen in Texas next summer, a year after floods killed 27

Campers belongings sit outside one of Camp Mystic

Camp Mystic plans to reopen next summer near the site where 27 girls and counselors died in a July flood.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 9:08 PM

Want a seat at this synagogue for the High Holidays? You have to register to vote first

Shaare Zion (pictured in 1995) started as a small congregation in the 1940s. It is the largest Syrian synagogue in New York, and sits on a busy street in the neighborhood of Gravesend in Brooklyn.

A Brooklyn synagogue has taken an unusual step by requiring congregants to show proof of voter registration in order to secure seats for High Holidays. Their biggest concern? The city's mayoral seat.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 9:08 PM

Want a seat at this synagogue for the High Holidays? You have to register to vote first

Shaare Zion (pictured in 1995) started as a small congregation in the 1940s. It is the largest Syrian synagogue in New York, and sits on a busy street in the neighborhood of Gravesend in Brooklyn.

A Brooklyn synagogue has taken an unusual step by requiring congregants to show proof of voter registration in order to secure seats for High Holidays. Their biggest concern? The city's mayoral seat.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 8:57 PM

Trump, in major shift, suggests Ukraine can win back territory long held by Russia

President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly on September 23, 2025.

Last month, President Trump said Ukraine needed to be open to giving up some of its territory in peace talks with Russia. But those talks haven't happened. Now, he says Ukraine could win it all back.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 8:55 PM

MLB will allow players to challenge balls and strikes starting in 2026

Taylor Walls of the Tampa Bay Rays argues with umpire Adam Hamari after being called out on strikes during a game against the Cincinnati Reds on July 27, 2025.

With a tap of their head, players will be able to trigger an automated review when they disagree with an umpire's call. In spring training this year, just over half of challenges were successful.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 7:55 PM

When it comes to Tylenol, what are parents to do?

The Trump administration has linked use of the painkiller acetaminophen during pregnancy to autism. Here

The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 6:48 PM

World health officials reject Trump's claims that Tylenol is linked to autism

Packages of Tylenol are displayed on a shelf at a CVS store on September 22, 2025 in Greenbrae, California. The Trump administration linked use of the painkiller acetaminophen during pregnancy to autism in a White House press conference Monday.

The President says pregnant women should stay away from Tylenol due to possible autism link. World health authorities strongly disagree, say the drug is safe in pregnancy.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 6:43 PM

Jury convicts Ryan Routh on all charges in attempted assassination of Donald Trump

This courtroom sketch shows Secret Service agent Robert Fercano identifying the defendant on Sept. 11, 2025 in the trial of Ryan Routh, who is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at a golf course in South Florida.

Jurors convicted Routh on five charges, including last year's attempted assassination of Trump as he golfed at his South Florida course. Routh represented himself in court and faces life in prison.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 6:28 PM

You can now experience Björk's heartbreak in VR

A publicity shot for Björk

Vulnicura VR Remastered revisits a project the Icelandic pop artist debuted a decade ago, now reimagined with advanced technology.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 4:30 PM

Trump cancels meeting with Democrats as prospects for shutdown increase

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

President Trump called off a planned Thursday meeting with top Hill Democrats to discuss a possible deal to avoid a shutdown. He called Democrats' demands "unserious." Democrats say he chickened out.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 4:01 PM

After fireworks caused her dog to panic, a stranger offered them a ride home

Lara Friedman and her dog, The Dude.

Lara Friedman was walking her large rottweiler on July 4 when fireworks went off. Her dog went into panic mode. Then a stranger offered to help, ensuring both got home safely.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 4:00 PM

The surprisingly lucrative business of making a list of 500 stocks

A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the S&P 500, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

What even is the business of the S&P 500, and how does it make so much money?

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 3:48 PM

Former VP Harris endorses Mamdani for NYC Mayor as some Democrats stay silent

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference in the Bronx where he was endorsed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on September 17, 2025 in New York City. The endorsement from a significant Bronx politician comes after New York Governor Kathy Hochul wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times declaring her support for Mamdani.

Zohran Mamdani is leading in the polls in the NYC Mayor's race. Kamala Harris says he's earned Democratic backing, but some party leaders have been slow to endorse the Democratic-Socialist candidate.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 3:07 PM

Devices seized near U.N. meeting could have shut down cellphone networks

A view of the United Nations headquarters building in New York on Sept. 17. The first day of high-level General Debate for the 80th session of the U.N. General Assembly began on Tuesday.

The Secret Service said it found over 300 SIM servers, 100,000 SIM cards and other illicit materials in multiple sites surrounding New York City ahead of the U.N. General Assembly.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 2:10 PM

Americans are crazy for shrimp. Much of it came from India — until now

Mounds of dried shrimp sit at India

India's shrimp exports to the U.S. were once a success story. Now the industry faces ruin amid President Trump's 50% tariff on imports from the country.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 2:00 PM

Trump administration fires more immigration judges

Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on Aug. 28.

Nearly 20 immigration judges received emails this month informing them that they are being let go, NPR has learned, the largest single month of firings since the process began in February.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 11:17 AM

ICC charges former Philippine President Duterte crimes against humanity

FILE - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the troops during the 82nd anniversary celebration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines on Dec. 20, 2017.

Duterte was arrested in March by Philippine authorities on a warrant issued by the ICC. He is now being held at an ICC facility in the Netherlands.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 10:48 AM

Trump suggests unproven tie between Tylenol and autism. And, Jimmy Kimmel returns

President Trump answers questions after making an announcement on "significant medical and scientific findings for America

President Trump linked the active ingredient in Tylenol to autism, but science doesn't back his claim. And, Jimmy Kimmel Live! returns to the air tonight.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 9:01 AM

Did Amazon trick people into paying for Prime? Federal case goes to trial

Amazon and the U.S. government begin oral arguments in a case that focuses on how the company gets people to pay for its Prime membership program.

The U.S. government says Amazon manipulated people into signing up for Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel. The company says its designs and disclosures follow industry standards.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 9:00 AM

Georgia senators demand answers on more than a dozen deaths in immigration detention

Detainees are seen in a yard at the Folkston ICE Processing Center on Sept. 9, 2025, in Folkston, Georgia. The state

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 9:00 AM

How to reintegrate over a million veterans? Groups in Ukraine are working on it

Andriy Khrystiuk exercises during a CrossFit class at the Lviv Habilitation Center where he

Many Ukrainian war veterans have physical and mental trauma, and struggle to return to civilian life. Here is a look at some groups trying to help ease them back into the community.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 9:00 AM

5 takeaways from Kamala Harris' new book about her sprint for the presidency

Then-Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at Philadelphia International Airport for a campaign event on Aug. 6, 2024, in Philadelphia.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris writes about her brief run for the presidency last year and her relationship with former President Joe Biden in her new book, out on Tuesday.

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NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 8:13 AM

Despite lack of evidence, Trump suggests link between acetaminophen use and autism

The Trump administration announced Monday that the FDA will be updating drug labelling to discourage the use of acetaminophen by pregnant women, suggesting a link between the painkiller and autism.

NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 8:05 AM

France joins growing list of Western countries that recognize Palestine as a state

France on Monday joined the growing number of Western countries that have announced they'll recognize Palestine as a state. Israel has denounced the move.

NPR NewsSep 23, 2025, 5:23 AM

Judge orders Trump administration to restore $500 million in grant funding to UCLA

Students walk past Royce Hall at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2024.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding that it froze at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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NPR NewsSep 22, 2025, 8:55 PM

Jimmy Kimmel will be back on air on Tuesday, Disney says

Jimmy Kimmel in 2021.

The late night comic was suspended last week under pressure from the Trump administration after comments about Charlie Kirk's killing.

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NPR NewsSep 22, 2025, 8:24 PM

Unease grows at the Justice Department as Trump's threats get even more blunt

President Trump talks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday in Washington, D.C.

President Trump is directing the Justice Department to prosecute his perceived political enemies, upending the career ranks and raising questions about selective prosecution.

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