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Iran's foreign minister says the nation is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, center, attends a conference titled "International Law Under Assault: Aggression and Self-Defense," in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025.

Iran's foreign minister on Sunday said that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country.

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Hundreds of thousands rally in Manila against flood-control corruption scandal

Members of the religious sect Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) gather during a three-day anti-corruption rally at Manila

Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful members of Congress and top government officials.

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How do you find peace after war? A combat vet and NPR reporter's bond points a way

Dave Carlson, of Eau Claire, Wis., poses for a portrait outside his home on May 30. NPR Veterans Correspondent Quil Lawrence and Carlson began corresponding 10 years ago when Carlson, an Iraq vet, was incarcerated. Their conversations follow the evolution of Carlson

NPR Veterans Correspondent Quil Lawrence interviewed Dave Carlson over 10 years, as the Iraq war vet went from war to incarceration to redemption on his long journey home.

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Trump issues two pardons related to Jan. 6 investigation

Violent insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents.

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Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51

Alice Wong, a disabled activist, writer, editor, and community organizer based in San Francisco and the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, worked to amplify disabled culture and the voices of disabled people and dismantle ableist systems in the United States.

The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.

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A red meat allergy caused by ticks killed a N.J. man. Here's what to know

An adult female lone star tick crawls on a blade of grass.

Researchers say they believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by tick bites.

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U.S. official says the 'table is being set' for possible military action against Venezuela

The USS Gerald R. Ford is anchored in the Bay of Palma after arriving to Spain

The country's largest aircraft carrier is expected to join thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear if President Trump will use military force.

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Americana troubadour Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter, dies at 59

Jason Isbell, from left, Todd Snider, and Sheryl Crow perform at the To Nashville, With Love Benefit Concert at Marathon Music Works on Monday, March 9, 2020, in Nashville, TN.

Known for his cosmic-stoner songwriting and freewheeling tunes, Todd Snider's career spanned three decades.

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Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining UC over alleged discrimination

Students walk past Royce Hall on the University of California, Los Angeles campus on Aug. 15, 2024.

The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus.

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A stock of U.S.-bought birth control, meant for sub-Saharan Africa, goes bad in Belgium

The warehouse in Geel, Belgium, where contraceptives purchased by the U.S. have been sitting since July. An additional supply has been identified in another Belgian warehouse; a local official said due to improper storage those products are largely unusable.

Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives have been stored in Belgium since the U.S. froze foreign aid. A local official says some products were stored improperly and are largely unusable.

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Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada

Pope Francis dons a headdress during a visit with Indigenous peoples at the former Ermineskin Residential School in Maskwacis, Alberta, on July 25, 2022. The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada.

The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.

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Opinion: Pope Leo's hope-inspiring favorite films

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia of St Peter

Pope Leo likes movies. As he meets with Hollywood stars today, we have a look at his four favorite movies.

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As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research

Leading neuroscientists say that ongoing disruptions in federal funding are causing many young scientists in the field to reconsider their career choice — with potentially dire consequences for research into Alzheimer

Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.

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More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns out of fear

Lara Smith, national spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club, says membership has surged since President Trump

The image of gun ownership in America has been white, rural and Republican, but that's been changing as more liberals and minorities have been buying guns, especially after the 2024 election.

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The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over. Here's what you need to know

This photo taken on Nov. 12  shows the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night passed a Senate-approved spending package, ending the congressional deadlock that led to the longest government shutdown in American history.

The government is back open. There are lots of questions about what this means, how we got here and where we go from here. Let's dig in.

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Right-wing media shrugs off latest Epstein document release

A protester holds a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 12, 2025.

"To me, these are nothingburgers. If they're even real," said one pro-Trump podcaster, of the thousands of documents that were released this week, including several that named the president.

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The deal to end the shutdown exposed rifts among Democrats. Just ask Maine

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Maine's four-person Congressional delegation is one of the smallest in the country. Yet their mixed votes on the bill to reopen the government reflect the national divide over the fraught issue.

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At Trump's urging, Bondi says U.S. will investigate Epstein's ties to political foes

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a roundtable on criminal cartels with President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington.

Acceding to President Donald Trump's demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Trump political foes.

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Trump cuts ties with Marjorie Taylor Greene, once among his top MAGA-world defenders

Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., presides over a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington.

The dismissal of Greene — once the epitome of "Make America Great Again" — appeared to be the final break in a dispute simmering for months.

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Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices

President Trump speaks during an event on foster care in the East Room of the at the White House on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

President Trump's executive order comes after voters in off-year elections this month cited economic concerns as their top issue, resulting in big wins for Democrats in races in Virginia and New Jersey.

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Better late than never: The delayed September jobs report will be out next week

A key report on the September job market is now scheduled for release next  week.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says it will report on September's job gains and unemployment rate next week. That's the first of many overdue economic reports held up by the government shutdown.

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Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs

Mathew Hunter, 26, works at KYUK in Bethel. Due to the funding cuts his position will drop from full-time to 10-15 hours on call.

A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.

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A storm devastated Alaska Native villages. Now their public media lost funding

A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK faces severe cuts to its staff and news department.

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Judge says he'll approve opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family

Jen Trejo holds a photo of her son Christopher as she is comforted outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2023, in Washington.

A federal bankruptcy court judge said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma's latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.

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In Kansas and elsewhere, some state lawmakers are skeptical of the redistricting rush

Kansas state Rep. Mark Schreiber, seen here in 2023, was one of 10 Republican holdouts in the chamber for a special session on redistricting.

Kansas Republican leaders couldn't rally enough support this fall for a special session on redistricting. It's just one example of lawmakers pushing back on a new round of partisan gerrymandering.

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Scientists pull ancient RNA from a wooly mammoth's body

The body of the young wooly mammoth known as Yuka was so well-preserved that scientists were able to recovery ancient RNA molecules.

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a wooly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died.

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Seizures, broken spines and vomiting: Scientific testing that helped facilitate D-Day

Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered unethical today. Her book is Chamber Divers. Originally broadcast April, 10 2024.

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The Trump administration plans major cuts to long-term housing for homelessness

Tents are set up in a homeless encampment along a Los Angeles freeway in May.

The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.

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The Trump administration plans major shift away from long-term housing for homelessness

Tents are set up in a homeless encampment along a Los Angeles freeway in May.

The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.

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She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she's been put on leave

Jenna Norton, a program director with the National Institutes of Health, says she has been put on leave following the end of the government shutdown. She spoke critically of the Trump administration both before and during the shutdown.

Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.

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