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CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters denied access to White House following Trump ban

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts towards members of the media after a courtesy call with Irish President Catherine Connolly at Áras an Uachtaráin on September 12, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland.

Three reporters were blocked from the White House grounds Saturday morning, a day after President Trump said CNN, Politico, and MS NOW would be banned for reporting "FICTION and LIES."

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Opinion: Remembering Annie Dillard, nature writer

Writer Annie Dillard talks about her book "Teaching A Stone To Talk," during an interview at her home in Middletown, Conn. Jan. 24, 1983.

With her 1974 book, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek," Annie Dillard became the youngest woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. We take a moment to remember her and her work.

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Life in Kabul 5 years after the Taliban's return

Five years after the return of Taliban rule, NPR visited Kabul to see how Afghans are dealing with their new government's strict social restrictions.

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Ancient teeth pose a mystery: What made those strange grooves?

A woman cracks the hull of a betel nut with her teeth to get to the meat to chew.

New research on ancient human remains suggests the habitual usage of betel nuts, a plant seed with mind-affecting properties that is popular in parts of Asia despite the health risks it presents.

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An Alaska storm scattered artifacts. Archaeologists are racing to save what's left

A crew of volunteer excavators and archaeologists searches the soil for artifacts at the Nunalleq dig site near the coastal village of Quinhagak, Alaska, on June 8.

Last year, remnants of a typhoon damaged homes, infrastructure and an archaeological dig site. Now, archaeologists are trying to get as many objects out as possible before the next storm.

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Ever wonder how the Fed's interest rate actually works? We've got answers

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The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates this week for the first time this year. So how does it actually work? And what does it mean for the economy — and the rest of us? Here are some answers.

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Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas it seized from Ukraine in the war

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Russia's parliamentary election for the first time is being held in Ukraine's regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago.

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As Europe warms, Italy sees West Nile virus spread

Francesco Severino, a senior researcher in medical entomology, places a net over a cage containing mosquitoes inside a laboratory at the Italian National Institute of Health in Rome, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026.

Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year.

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US and Denmark reach deal to build US military presence in Greenland

Houses covered in snow are seen on the coast of a sea inlet of Nuuk, Greenland, March 7, 2025.

President Donald Trump says he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland. The announcement comes after months of threatening to take the island by force from the NATO ally.

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Alaska's salmon-feasting bears face off in biggest Fat Bear Week ever

A mother bear and two cubs in Brooks River, where brown bears living in Katmai National Park and Preserve are entered into a tournament celebrating bears that have put on pounds to survive the winter. <!-- raw HTML omitted -->

This year's single-elimination tournament will see 16 competitors face off, compared to 12 in past years. Officials report more cubs in Katmai National Park than they've seen in recent memory.

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Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House

President Trump speaks Thursday during a dinner in the Rose Garden at the White House.

The president chalked the ban up to what he called unfavorable coverage, and he threatened that bans on other media companies could be coming.

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When Trump and Xi meet they will discuss AI. 'Track Two' talks are already buzzing

Chinese and US flags wave outside a technology company in Beijing, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)

An informal network of dialogues at think tanks and universities is bringing together experts from the U.S. and China to talk about the shared perils of AI — and possible paths forward.

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Syrian regime planned American journalist's kidnapping for weeks

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New reporting finds the abduction of journalist Austin Tice was planned by the Syrian government for weeks.

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What expensive sulfur means for your dinner table

Lego does not measure up to Hollywood

Oil supplies are falling, sulfur prices are threatening food costs, and we measuring Lego against Hollywood

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Will even one of the U.N.'s 17 'sustainable development goals' be met by 2030?

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The 17 goals agreed upon by world leaders are incredibly ambitious. Are we even close to achieving any of them? If we don't, is the project a failure?

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Judge says Trump can't demolish Kennedy Center. And, lawsuits target voter intimidation

Protesters in kayaks along the Potomac River protest near the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2026.

A federal judge ruled yesterday that President Trump cannot tear down the Kennedy Center without a 30-day notice. And, recent lawsuits seek to keep armed federal officers away from polling sites.

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Ms. Rachel has entered her album era, and she is so happy about it

Honoree Rachel Accurso (aka Ms. Rachel) and her husband, Aron Accurso, attend the Glamour Women of the Year Awards at The Plaza Hotel on Nov. 4, 2025, in New York.

Ms. Rachel has conquered YouTube, Netflix and the toy aisle. Now she's making an album, with real instruments, big feelings and her littlest listeners in mind.

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Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman

FILE - Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a game of bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting May 5, 2019, in Omaha, Neb.

Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after serving in the role for more than 50 years. His son, Howard, will become Berkshire Hathaway's new chairman

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South Africa 'feels like a prison' for women amid spate of femicides

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South Africa has some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world, and a spate of killings of nine women in the same area in recent weeks has led to renewed outrage.

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True or false: Trump's name is now on the Kennedy Center. The quiz has the answer

From left: Macklemore, Kim Kardashian, Celine Dion.

The world made it to another Friday without an AI apocalypse, so here's the quiz! See you next week … maybe.

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A DHS email raises new questions about the Trump administration's election plans

Signage directs voters at a polling place in White Bear Township, Minn., on Aug. 11.

A heavily redacted email from last year, reported first by NPR, reveals that DHS personnel shared a list of jurisdictions that offer election materials in non-English languages. It's unclear why.

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Google is helping write AI chatbot safety laws — while pushing for loopholes

Cynthia Montoya sits in the living room of her home in Thornton, Colo., where photographs and memories of her daughter, Juliana, surround her. Juliana was 13 years old when she started using AI chatbots, and within a year she died by suicide.

As states push to regulate chatbots, tech companies are trying to write safety rules in ways that exempt some of their key products.

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Could trees developed with gene-editing technology protect Florida's citrus industry?

Guy Davies, an inspector for the Florida Division of Plant Industry, checks an orange tree for the insect Asian citrus psyllid that carries the bacterium causing disease, "citrus greening," from tree to tree on May 13, 2013, in Fort Pierce, Florida.

A bacterial infection is wiping out Florida's citrus trees. Growers hope a rootstock developed with gene-editing technology could keep the disease at bay.

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Republican 'cavalry' arrives with a Trump-backed $150 million ad blitz in key races

When speaking this month at the Republican convention in Dallas, Texas Senate nominee Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, made no secret of the fact he needed financial backup.

To counter a difficult political environment, two Trump-aligned super PACs have reserved more than $150 million in ads — primarily in deep red House and Senate races that have now become competitive.

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Trump threatens to tear down the Kennedy Center amid court battle, Trump's other priorities also get pushback this week, Poland's PM warns Russia could strike countries that support Ukraine.

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Couple shares how chance encounter brought them together after meeting online

A couple, now married, tell the story of how they met online and then crossed paths in an unexpected place.

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Poland's prime minister warns of Russian 'accidental' attacks on Ukraine's allies

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that these potential strikes "intend to paralyze NATO" in an attempt to demonstrate that Article 5 "exists only in theory."

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What to know after a week of Houthi attacks that threaten Saudi oil

Tents are lined up in the Al-Firdaws camp for displaced Yemenis in Ras Imran, on the western outskirts of Aden, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026.

The Houthis' biggest land grab in years reignited Yemen's 12-year civil war and pushed up global fuel prices, extending their reach to a key maritime chokepoint and threatening Saudi Arabia's oil exports.

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It's illegal for armed federal officers to be at polls. Lawsuits seek to ensure that

A voter casts her ballot in Colorado

The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation.

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The driver who slammed into an LA bus before helicopter crash is charged with murder

Savannah Sampson, right, and Nicole Lewis, help set up a vigil for the victims of Tuesday

An SUV driver was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane, blew a red light and slammed into a Los Angeles city bus, killing two riders, prosecutors said as they charged her with murder.

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