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Thanksgiving could be more expensive this year. Here's how to navigate higher prices
Wholesale prices for a turkey have jumped 40% from a year ago.
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NPR NewsNPR NewsFAA to lift all restrictions on commercial flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is lifting restrictions imposed during the country's longest government shutdown. Airlines can resume their regular flight schedules beginning Monday at 6 a.m. EST.
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NPR NewsIn a shift, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files
Members of the House, including some Republicans, have forced a vote as early as Tuesday to release unclassified files held by the government.
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NPR NewsWhat to know about names such as Operation Charlotte's Web
There is renewed criticism over the names of military and DHS operations, including the most recent, Operation Charlotte's Web.
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NPR NewsHundreds of National Guard troops will leave Portland and Chicago
The decision by the Defense Department comes as Guard deployments in Chicago and Portland have been stalled for weeks by the courts.
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NPR NewsThe USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is in the Caribbean. Here's its backstory
It was deployed to support Operation Southern Spear. The ship is the first of a new class of aircraft carriers being built for the U.S. military.
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NPR NewsTornado survivors in St. Louis say recovery is a mess, due to FEMA changes
Six months after the St. Louis tornado, residents say Trump's new disaster policy has left them on their own.
NPR NewsMarjorie Taylor Greene says Trump policies are 'not America first' in fight over MAGA
Trump called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a "traitor" after his revoking political endorsement of her. Greene said Sunday his words can "put my life in danger."
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NPR NewsYour artificial Christmas tree will cost more this year, thanks in part to tariffs
If you're planning on buying an artificial Christmas tree this year, you may want to make your purchase sooner rather than later.
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NPR News'We have no choice': Indigenous guards take on cocaine gangs in Peru's Amazon
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard patrols their ancestral land armed with spears, machetes and a drone — risking their lives to keep cocaine producers out of the forest.
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NPR NewsIran's foreign minister says the nation is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country
Iran's foreign minister on Sunday said that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country.
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NPR NewsHundreds of thousands rally in Manila against flood-control corruption scandal
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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NPR NewsHow do you find peace after war? A combat vet and NPR reporter's bond points a way
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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NPR NewsTrump issues two pardons related to Jan. 6 investigation
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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NPR NewsDisability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
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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NPR NewsA red meat allergy caused by ticks killed a N.J. man. Here's what to know
Researchers say they believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by tick bites.
NPR NewsU.S. official says the 'table is being set' for possible military action against Venezuela
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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NPR NewsAmericana troubadour Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter, dies at 59
Known for his cosmic-stoner songwriting and freewheeling tunes, Todd Snider's career spanned three decades.
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NPR NewsJudge indefinitely bars Trump from fining UC over alleged discrimination
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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NPR NewsA stock of U.S.-bought birth control, meant for sub-Saharan Africa, goes bad in Belgium
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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NPR NewsPope Leo returns 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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NPR NewsOpinion: Pope Leo's hope-inspiring favorite films
Pope Leo likes movies. As he meets with Hollywood stars today, we have a look at his four favorite movies.
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NPR NewsAs funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research
Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.
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NPR NewsMore liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns out of fear
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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NPR NewsThe longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over. Here's what you need to know
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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NPR NewsRight-wing media shrugs off latest Epstein document release
"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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NPR NewsThe deal to end the shutdown exposed rifts among Democrats. Just ask Maine
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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NPR NewsAt Trump's urging, Bondi says U.S. will investigate Epstein's ties to political foes
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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NPR NewsTrump cuts ties with Marjorie Taylor Greene, once among his top MAGA-world defenders
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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NPR NewsTrump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
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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