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U.S. cruise passengers head to Nebraska for hantavirus monitoring

American citizens arrive onshore after being evacuated from the M/V Hondius in the Granadilla Port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain.

Passengers are returning to their home countries after weeks on the ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak. The Americans aboard are headed for Nebraska to be evaluated by health officials.

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Israeli settlers force Palestinian family to exhume and rebury their father

The Sa-Nur settlement is pictured in the south of Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on May 7. Nearby, Israeli settlers dug up the grave of an elderly Palestinian man and forced his family to remove his body.

The relatives of Hussein Asasa described to NPR how they were forced to exhume and rebury their father when Israeli settlers interfered with his grave.

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Trump rejects Iran's latest response to U.S. ceasefire proposal

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Iran delivered its response to Pakistani mediators on Sunday, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.

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Willy Wonka would love this laboratory that checks the quality of chocolate

Julien Simonis, Programme Manager for Cacao of Excellence, smells and meticulously inspects halved cocoa beans during a physical quality evaluation at the laboratory in Perugia. This sensory and visual assessment allows for the immediate verification of fermentation levels and the identification of aromatic potential or internal defects in the samples

The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) Consumers and farmers stand to benefit from the "Standard of Excellence" program.

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Keir Starmer's party lost big in U.K. local elections. Here's what comes next.

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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour party suffered major losses in local elections held across Britain last week. So far, Starmer has rejected calls for his resignation.

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Temple Israel rebuilds after terror attack

Two months ago, a gunman drove through the preschool at Temple Israel, the largest synagogue in Michigan. Every child and teacher survived, but the community is still displaced and navigating the trauma of the attack.

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Happy Mother's Day to the kindest mom. P.S. Your kindness annoyed me when I was a kid

Bertha Ngumbi (right) with daughters Esther (left) and Faith.

She and her siblings had to make tea for and share food with every visitor. That did not make her happy. Today she has a different perspective. So she finally asked her mom: What made you so kind?

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How a pill approved 25 years ago transformed cancer treatment

Dr. Brian Druker, director of the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University, championed the drug that became Gleevec.

When the Food and Drug Administration approved Gleevec to treat a form of leukemia in 2001, it ushered in a new era in cancer care.

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Of course we look for ourselves in art — but if we stop there, we're missing out

David McKenna as Piggy in Netflix

As I watched the new series, I only cared about Piggy — the thoughtful, smart kid stranded on an island with other boys. That made me think about what we look for in art.

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Cape Verde: Tiny nation, massive World Cup dream

Praia, Cape Verde (April 9, 2026) — Pedro Bettencourt, president of the country

In Cape Verde, a small island nation off West Africa, World Cup qualification is transforming dreams on and off the pitch.

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Iran ceasefire tested as cargo ship catches fire after being hit off Qatar's coast

This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates.

A cargo ship caught fire Sunday after being hit by an unknown projectile off Qatar's coast, the British military said.

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Gas, groceries and getting by: How voters in one Ohio district see affordability

Ohio voters headed to the polls last week for primary elections, and in competitive districts like the one where Toledo is primarily located, the message was clear: affordability is a top priority.

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Protests and boycotts rock prestigious Venice Biennale

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The 61st edition of the international art event launched on Saturday in an atmosphere marked by geopolitical strife.

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'We're dry:' The new U.S. Wildland Fire Service prepares for extreme fire season

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Brian Fennessy, new head of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, says his agency is 'trying to bring on additional aircraft and bring them on early,' and dismisses criticism of prevention methods.

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Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame manager of Atlanta Braves, dies at age 84

Former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox waves to the crowd as he is introduced at a ceremony to open the Braves

The Braves announced Cox's death on Saturday. He managed the team to prominence during the 1990s and the team's only championship in 1995, before retiring after the 2010 season.

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CDC says threat of widespread outbreak of hantavirus remains low

Members of the press report from an expected reception point for passengers from the MV Hondius at the Granadilla Port on May 09, 2026 in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain.

As hantavirus has dominated headlines, sparking fears of another debilitating pandemic, the CDC stressed that the risk of sweeping contagion was small.

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Frontier Airlines plane strikes and kills pedestrian

A Frontier Airlines jetliner waits for clearance to take off as high winds strafe Denver International Airport Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Denver.

Denver International Airport said the person had jumped a fence and dashed into the aircraft's path minutes before being struck.

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An expert on Iranian politics reviews the status of negotiations to end the war on Iran

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to Mehrzad Boroujerdi of the Missouri University of Science and Technology about the status of the Trump Administration's negotiations to end the war on Iran.

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Why saying hello to strangers can be good for you

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A study establishes that "social ties" — a fancy way of saying being nice to other, even those you don't know — has benefits. A teacher asked her students to test the thesis in real life.

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They graduate to six figure salaries, and grueling work

Students on the aft deck of the Empire State VII preparing for this year

Cadets from the nation's Merchant Marine academies are finding lots of demand and great salaries because of a shortage of licensed mariners.

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Southern Republicans redistrict after Supreme Court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia

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The Supreme Court weakened minority voting rights and prompted Republicans in four states to move to redistrict as part of Trump's push. A court nullified Democratic redistricting in Virginia.

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How the 1994 World Cup kicked off America's love affair with soccer

Soccer fans fill the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., prior to the World Cup final between Brazil and Italy on July 17, 1994.

Soccer — or football as it's known around the globe — was far from mainstream in the U.S. leading up to the 1994 World Cup. But in the end, the tournament was considered a resounding success. How exactly did that happen?

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Moscow marks Victory Day with a Red Square parade under tight security

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Security was tight in Moscow as Putin and several foreign leaders attended the parade, even as a U.S.-brokered three-day ceasefire eased concerns about possible Ukrainian attempts to disrupt the festivities.

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What is a radical? It's the question of M.I.A.'s vexing career

M.I.A. performs at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater in Austin, Texas, on May 1. A day later, in Dallas, she gave a performance that got her fired from her tour with Kid Cudi.

Fans who danced to "Paper Planes" might hardly recognize the conspiracy-touting artist before them today — but in a certain way, she's the same button-pusher as ever.

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National mood is against Republicans, but redistricting could help prop them up

Voters depart after casting their ballots at a polling location at the Westover Library on April 21, in Arlington, Va.

The national political landscape looks bad for President Trump and Republicans, but recent wins in the redistricting fight could soften the blow they might have suffered without them.

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ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech

Federal Communication Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 27, 2026.

In a filing, ABC accuses the Trump administration of trying to chill its constitutionally protected free speech. The point of contention: "The View," and whether it's subject to equal time rules.

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Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a 3-day ceasefire

President Donald Trump walks through the Colonnade of the White House as he arrives to attend a luncheon for mothers Friday, May 8, 2026, in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Yuri Ushakov, President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs adviser, both confirmed the agreement for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.

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UFO files spanning decades are released by Defense Department

An image recorded on the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission in 1969 shows the shadows of astronauts, along with a highlighted area above the horizon showing "unidentified phenomena," according to the Defense Department.

Cold War reports of mysterious rotating saucers; recent sightings of metallic elliptical objects floating in mid-air. Those and other reports of unidentifiable anomalous phenomena or UAPs — the military's term for UFOs — are described in documents released Friday.

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Canvas is back online, but questions — and final exam disruptions — linger

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Some schools are warning users not to log back into Canvas yet, after a ransomware group claimed credit for a data breach. Half of North America's higher education institutions use the platform.

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Colombia's rogue hippos could find refuge in India

Hippos wallow at a lagoon in the Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia.

In Colombia, a plan to cull Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos is challenged by an Indian billionaire's offer to relocate dozens of the animals to India's wildlife reserve instead.

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