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Woman remembers the age-defying love she shared with her husband
A woman who was married to a man twice her age remembers their relationship, and the important question she asked him when they spoke to StoryCorps 20 years ago.
NPR NewsNPR NewsA South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 years in prison on charges related to martial law decree
A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison, the first verdict in eight criminal trials for allegations that include his 2024 martial law decree.
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NPR NewsVenezuela's Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during their meeting
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday even as he has questioned her credibility to take over her country after the U.S. ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro.
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NPR NewsA federal judge dismisses the DOJ's effort to get voter data from California
The Trump administration has been dealt its first legal setback in its unprecedented effort to consolidate voter data traditionally held by states.
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NPR NewsBehind the front lines of the legal battle against Trump's National Guard deployments
As President Trump began a pattern of deploying the National Guard to democratic-led cities, several Democratic attorneys general and their staffs worked to coordinate their fight against the deployments – and, ultimately, they won.
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NPR NewsTrump health care plan doesn't help people facing skyrocketing ACA premiums
President Trump announced a plan that addresses drug costs and health savings accounts, but not the health insurance premium spikes millions of Americans are facing.
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NPR NewsVerizon just had a big outage. Here's what we know
Verizon says a software problem caused the glitch and they are conducting a postmortem, but experts say outages are "a fact of life" these days.
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NPR NewsTrump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act (again). What is it?
As protests grow over violent ICE enforcement actions in Minneapolis, the president said he could invoke a centuries-old law that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military in U.S. cities.
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NPR NewsThere's an internet blackout in Iran. How are videos and images getting out?
Starlink is illegal in Iran, but people are still using the satellite internet service to get around the government's internet shutdown.
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NPR NewsIran's protests appear increasingly smothered after a deadly crackdown
The nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy appear increasingly smothered a week after authorities shut the country off from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown.
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NPR NewsJulian Barnes says he's enjoying himself, but that 'Departure(s)' is his last book
Part memoir and part fiction, Barnes' hybrid novel publishes the day after his 80th birthday. He's been living with a rare form of blood cancer for six years.
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NPR News24 hours of chaos as mental health grants are slashed then restored
For 24 hours, it was unclear which mental health and addiction programs would survive and who would still have jobs when the dust settled.
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NPR NewsThis country taxes menstrual pads as luxury goods. She's suing to end the tax
Bushra Mahnoor remembers the shame she felt when she had her period as a teen and did not have the supplies she needed. Today she leads a campaign to lower prices for pads in Pakistan.
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NPR NewsFBI searches WaPo reporter's home. And, Trump restores $2B to public health funds
The FBI searches the home of a Washington Post reporter as part of a leak investigation. And, the Trump administration restores $2B for mental health and addiction programs.
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NPR NewsEuropean troops arrive in Greenland to boost the Arctic island's security
Troops from several European countries, including France, Germany, Norway and Sweden, are arriving in Greenland after talks between Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. on Wednesday highlighted disagreement.
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NPR NewsMore students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors
Overall enrollment is up slightly at colleges and universities, driven by gains at community colleges and public four-year programs.
NPR NewsWhat Teddy Roosevelt has to do with Trump's moves in Venezuela and Greenland
Presidents James Monroe and Theodore Roosevelt helped shape a policy that rationalizes U.S. intervention in Latin America and elsewhere. But Trump has brought that idea to a whole new level.
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NPR NewsUganda goes to the polls amid heavy security and internet blackout
Ugandans are voting in a tense presidential election as 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his four-decade rule amid an internet shutdown and heavy military deployment.
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NPR News4 ways to beat the anxiety of insomnia — and get back to sleep
People struggling with insomnia tend to hyperfocus on the fact that they can't sleep, which can prevent them from getting any shut-eye. Experts share effective practices to overcome sleep stress.
NPR NewsAfter a medical evacuation from space, NASA's Crew-11 returns to Earth a month early
Four people from NASA's Crew-11 mission splashed down off San Diego successfully completing five months aboard the International Space Station. The trip was cut short due to a medical issue.
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NPR NewsJulio Iglesias accused of sexual assault as Spanish prosecutors study the allegations
Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
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NPR NewsDHS: ICE officers in Minneapolis shoot Venezuelan man in the leg
The Department of Homeland Security says the shooting happened after the agent came under attack. Protestors have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, clashing with federal agents, after Renee Macklin Good's killing last week.
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NPR NewsFBI searches a Washington Post reporter's home as part of investigation
Hannah Natanson had a phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch seized. The Justice Department says this is part of an investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of taking home classified information.
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NPR NewsTrump administration rolls back $2 billion mental health, addiction grant cuts
Sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed. After a political backlash from Republicans and Democrats, the grant money will be restored.
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NPR NewsSenate Republicans block Venezuela war powers resolution
The resolution would have forced President Trump to get authorization from Congress before launching military operations in Venezuela. It was blocked after having previously advanced with GOP support.
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NPR NewsU.S. to suspend immigrant visas from 75 countries over public assistance concerns
The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.
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NPR NewsIn a win for Democrats, court allows California's redistricting plan to proceed
In November, California voters approved a new congressional map that could help Democrats win five more House seats and counter the Republican redistricting that President Trump has prompted in other states.
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NPR NewsDenmark says there's a 'fundamental disagreement' with Trump over Greenland
The two sides agreed to create a working group to discuss ways to work through differences as President Trump continues to call for a U.S. takeover of Denmark's Arctic territory of Greenland.
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NPR NewsKitchen countertop workers are dying. Some lawmakers want to ban their lawsuits
Some safety experts want California to stop the cutting of quartz countertops saying it can't be done safely. Lawmakers, meanwhile, contemplate a ban on workers' lawsuits against quartz manufacturers.
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NPR NewsCandidates have legal standing to challenge election laws, the Supreme Court rules
In a case related to Illinois state law about the return of mail ballots, the U.S. Supreme Court says political candidates have the legal standing to challenge election policies.
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