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'Cool Ladies Club' is directed by 10 working-class women. They live up to the title

These ten women from a working-class neighborhood in Mumbai were completely new to film-making. They got smart phones and started filming their lives. Here they pose with filmmaker Shilpi Gulati, taught them filmmaking basics. Gulati, wearing red, stands at the far right in the second row.

They gave smartphones to 10 women from a working-class Indian community to make a documentary about their unseen and unheralded lives. The results are .... pretty cool.

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COMIC: How excessive heat kills and how to stay safe

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Human bodies have a natural cooling system, but it can do only so much in high temperatures and humidity. Here's the science behind how heat kills. And how to protect yourself.

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Pope Leo XIV's flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came to his aid

In this handout photo provided by Vatican Media, Pope Leo XIV is accompanied by King Felipe VI of Spain as he deplanes after a technical problem at Tenerife Norte-Los Rodeos International Airport in Tenerife, Spain, Friday, June 12, 2026.

Leo's Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a weeklong visit to Spain, was grounded by a technical problem Friday, prompting Spain's king to offer his private jet instead.

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Trump says U.S. military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang

President Donald Trump is pictured during an event where he signs a proclamation about the fishing industry, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington.

President Trump said Friday that a U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called "the infamous leader" of the Tren de Aragua gang in Venezuela.

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Gene Shalit, longtime 'Today' show movie critic, dies at 100

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Known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and a love for puns, Gene Shalit joined Today in 1970 and became arts editor in 1973. He was a middle-of-the-road critic, known for his wit and intelligence.

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Trump's name is poised to be removed from the Kennedy Center

Workers construct scaffolding below the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts sign on Friday in Washington.

A judge rejected a request to pause a court-ordered deadline of Friday to remove references to President Trump from the building. The institution appealed, an effort that was also rebuffed Friday evening.

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Kennedy Center removes Trump's name from the building

A tarp covers the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2026. Workers removed President Donald Trump

Workers finished removing President Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove references to Trump from the building.

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Paramount-Warner Brothers merger gets Justice Department approval

The Justice Department closed its investigation into the proposed $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery, saying it found no threat to competition or consumers.

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Justice Dept. approves Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery

The main gate to Paramount Studios is seen on Melrose Avenue, July 8, 2015, in Los Angeles.

The decision paves the way for a proposed $110 billion merger uniting two rival studio giants — Paramount, owner of CBS, and the much larger Warner, which includes HBO and CNN.

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A Trump push to cut 'statistical noise' could mean less data from the Census Bureau

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical "noise," or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people

New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.

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A judge clears the way for Trump's name to be removed from the Kennedy Center

On Friday, a federal judge denied an appeal by the Kennedy Center's board of trustees for a stay on the removal of President Trump's name from the building. Then the Trump administration filed for an emergency stay, and that too was denied.

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Trump says he has canceled planned strikes on Iran and peace deal is near — again

President Trump has canceled planned strikes in Iran, claiming, once again, that a peace deal is near. This is just the latest salvo in a series of whiplash proclamations when it comes to the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran.

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What would it take to stop women from bleeding to death after childbirth?

A senior midwife sutures a woman who has just given birth in Borno State, Nigeria. Around the world, postpartum bleeding is a serious issue, leading to 43,000 deaths a year. A new series of reports proposes ways to prevent and to treat it.

A newly published series of reports calls attention to a dire situation facing millions of women after childbirth — and the solutions that can prevent death from postpartum hemorrhage.

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To read more this summer, stop waiting for the perfect moment

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So you want to ignite a reading habit this summer. How do you get back into the groove? We talk to reading enthusiasts for their best tricks — like allowing yourself to read wherever, whenever.

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China arrests a U.S. scholar with a history of Myanmar activism, suspected of spying

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China's government said Min Zin, who heads a think tank focused on Myanmar, was detained on suspicion of engaging in "espionage and endangering Chinese national security."

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A key U.S. spy tool is set to lapse on Friday — now what?

A view of the U.S. Capitol dome on June 4, 2026. Efforts in Congress to renew a key surveillance tool failed before the House left Washington, D.C. this week for a scheduled recess.

The government says more than 60% of the president's daily intelligence briefing relies on information collected under a tool known as FISA Section 702. But Congress has struggled to renew it.

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It's SpaceX's first day on the stock market

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The initial public offering from the rocket and AI company raised some $75 billion, making the company one of the biggest in the world — and likely making Elon Musk a trillionaire.

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Canada is ready to become a soccer nation as it hosts World Cup opener against Bosnia-Herzegovina

Canada head coach Jesse Marsch, left, with Stephen Eustaquio, speaks during a press conference, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Toronto, on the eve of the team

The World Cup is drawing attention to soccer's growing popularity in Canada. Soccer has surpassed hockey and all other sports in youth participation, according to a recent report by Jumpstart, a Canadian charity. Canada coach Jesse Marsch said Thursday he has "felt a real momentum behind this team and behind this moment."

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Pope Leo defends migrants at 'dock of shame' in Spain

Pope Leo XIV blesses a child during a meeting with migrants at the "Las Raices" center, in San Cristobal de la Laguna in Spain.

Pope Leo XIV visited the Canary Islands on Thursday, where he issued a forceful defense of migrants.

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Trump cancels further Iran strikes. And, U.S. men's soccer takes on Paraguay

A small motorboat passes anchored vessels in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on June 11.

Trump canceled new Iran strikes and signaled that a peace deal could come soon, but Iran says it hasn't been finalized. And, the U.S. men's soccer team plays its first 2026 World Cup match today.

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She waited decades for Scotland to make the World Cup. At 93, she'll be cheering in person

Moira Brown, 93, at her home in Glasgow, where the walls are plastered with Scotland soccer memorabilia.

Moira Brown, perhaps the oldest of Scotland's Tartan Army of soccer fans, will be in Boston when Scotland's team plays against Haiti on June 13. "I'm the luckiest person in this world," she says.

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Which billionaire said they learned a 'significant lesson' this week? The quiz knows

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This week, Knicks fans had a big win after a big loss; fans of inflation were delighted and World Cup fans went broke. How will quiz fans fare?

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How small-business loans got caught in Trump's immigration crackdown

A small-business loan helped Sayuri Tsuchitani open her own storefront: a Japanese head spa. But today, she wouldn

For decades, immigrants who are legal permanent residents in the U.S. could get loans through the Small Business Administration, a core pillar of small-business lending. Not anymore.

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Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone in 2007.  A new working paper suggests the spread of smartphones helps explain the persistent decline in birth rates in the nearly two decades since.

Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.

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Your cheat sheet to the 26 players on the U.S. World Cup team

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The U.S. is opening its 2026 World Cup on Friday evening against Paraguay. For the 26 Americans on the team, this match is the culmination of years of hard work and training.

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Referees at the World Cup have new rules to whistle during games

FIFA match officials, including Slovene referee Slavko Vincic, shown here issuing a yellow card in March, will have new rules to apply during the World Cup.

FIFA has introduced several changes to the laws of soccer for the World Cup. These include efforts to eliminate time-wasting and to ensure potentially game-changing officiating mistakes are corrected.

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Trump's DOJ can't get names and medical files of trans youth in California, for now

People in favor of healthcare for transgender youth march outside NYU Langone hospital in New York City in February 2025.

Trump's Department of Justice is seeking patient files that include the names of young people who have been treated in transgender clinics, as well as hospital staff who have provided care.

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The U.S. men's team is set to take on Paraguay in its World Cup opener

The U.S. and Paraguay play their opening World Cup match Friday at Los Angeles Stadium (temporarily renamed from SoFi Stadium) in Inglewood, Calif.

Friday's game, the first of three group stage matches for the U.S., has been eight years in the making as a generation of players has reached their prime just in time for a World Cup on home soil.

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Morning news brief

Trump says a deal with Iran will be announced "soon," White House readies for UFC event as Trump navigates rocky political ground, Trump names new nominee for national intelligence director.

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