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FIFA president defends high World Cup ticket prices
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- FIFA president defends high World Cup ticket prices
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- 17 days ago
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- FIFA President Gianni Infantino is defending the 2026 World Cup's high ticket prices by saying the tournament is attracting unprecedented demand.
Fans have reacted with outage at the ticket prices for the World Cup being held across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, but Infantino says FIFA has received a record 150 million ticket requests already this month. People can still apply for a chance to get tickets through Jan. 13.
Infantino said this week that most of the proceeds will be invested toward growing the sport.
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- Forget New Year's resolutions. For 2026, sit with a question instead
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Journalist and author Krista Tippett talks about how an open question can help you navigate big changes.
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- A fire in a Swiss ski resort bar has left about 40 people dead
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- 18 days ago
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- About 40 people were killed and another 119 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar's New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, police said.
The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue, and overnight, its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of potentially one of Switzerland's worst tragedies. The country will hold five days of mourning.
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- Flu cases surge across the U.S.
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- 18 days ago
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- It’s looking like it will be a bad flu season, and the CDC has released new data documenting influenza’s spread as cases surge across much of the United States.
The CDC estimates there have been 7.5 million cases so far this season — up from 4.6 million just the week before — and already more than 3,000 deaths. Lisa Grohskopf is a medical officer at the CDC: "Probably the most important thing is that if you haven't gotten a vaccine, is to get one ... It is by no means too late."
With adult flu vaccination rates in the U.S. just above 40%, NPR received a follow-up email from a different CDC spokesperson clarifying that vaccines are a personal choice and that people should speak to their healthcare providers about the risks and benefits.
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- Public libraries name their most popular books of 2025
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- 19 days ago
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- Public libraries around the country are releasing their lists of their most popular books of the year.
One of the most popular was Kirsten Hannah's “The Women,” which came out last year and is about a U.S. Army nurse who serves in Vietnam.
Other top books included Rebecca Yarros' “romantasy” Empyrean series, about elite soldiers and their dragons. All of the top 10 books on Libby, the public library app, were authored by women, including the only non-fiction one: "The Let Them Theory," by Mel Robbins, about the art of not caring about other people’s opinions.
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- Celebrating the new year in Mumbai with Pappanji
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- 20 days ago
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- Celebrating the new year in the Indian port city of Mumbai has its quirks. An old man, or Pappanji, dots the streets, from the slums to the gentrified neighborhoods of Mumbai.
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- Cities around the world ring in 2026 with spectacular fireworks
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- 20 days ago
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- Across the globe, cities are welcoming 2026 in style. From Sydney to Dubai, Taipei to Nairobi, fireworks displays marked the start of the New Year.
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- Protesters take to the streets as Iran's economy collapses
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- 20 days ago
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- Iran's leaders are facing protests this week over the state of the country’s economy.
The country has struggled under sanctions for more than a decade, the local currency — the rial — has plummeted, inflation is running over 40%, and the government recently published a draft of the budget that predicted the real incomes of the middle class will fall by about half.
The protests are the largest in Iran in years.
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- Trump says U.S. strike hit Venezuelan dock
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- 20 days ago
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- President Trump says the U.S. military has targeted a dock in Venezuela, where he claims drugs were being loaded onto boats, marking an escalation in the administration’s pressure campaign against the Venezuelan government.
Trump was about to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he confirmed to reporters that the U.S. had “hit” a Venezuelan dock. Trump did not provide further detail but such a strike, which hasn’t been confirmed by the Department of Defense.
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- Trump continues to push for peace in Gaza, Ukraine
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- 22 days ago
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- President Trump is expected to talk with Israel's prime minister about a proposal aimed at ending the war in Gaza today.
Meanwhile, Trump also says he’s making progress in talks to end the war with Russia. He spoke with leaders of the EU and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday. Zelenskyy says he’s open to withdrawing troops from the eastern Donbas region — if Russia does the same — and turning the area into a demilitarized zone.
Visit npr.org to read more about the U.S. offer to provide Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee.
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- Baking cookbooks see rise in sales in 2025
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- Baking cookbooks saw a boom in 2025, with an 80% growth over the past 12 months. That's bucking a trend in cookbooks, which saw overall sales down this year.
Brenna Connor, who analyzes the U.S. book market for the research company Circana, said the double-digit growth was a surprise. Instead of going to a bakery to buy a $4 cookie, Connor said she believes more people want to save money by making those cookies at home.
Circana also tracks grocery store sales, and Connor says there's been an uptick in the baking aisles. She has also noticed an uptick in sales of specific kinds of baking cookbooks.
"Gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free and even vegan are standing out among top growth titles," she said.
The last time baking cookbooks saw a spike in sales was during the pandemic in 2020, when bread cookbooks led sales.
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- Elusive street artist Banksy unveils new mural in London
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- Two similar murals have appeared in London this week, one of which the mysterious street artist Banksy has claimed as his own.
The artwork depicts two children lying on their backs in coats, hats and boots. One child has their hands in their pockets. The other points a finger skywards.
Banksy posted two photos of the mural on the side of a building in Bayswater, west London. It looks just like another mural that recently appeared in front of the Centerpoint building in central London, though Banksy has not yet acknowledged its authorship.
The meaning of the image is up for debate. Art world publications like "Art News" are interpreting the image as a statement on the UK’s escalating child homelessness crisis. According to a report published earlier this year by the British government, more than 160,000 homeless children are currently living in temporary accommodation — the highest number on record.
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- Israel is seizing a historical site in the West Bank to create a tourist attraction
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- An ancient historical site stretching to the time of the Bible is at the center of a new battle for land in the occupied West Bank. Israel is seizing the area to turn it into a tourist site aimed at Jewish settlers. It's the largest ever Israeli expropriation of archaeological ruins in the West Bank. Palestinians say it's a step toward Israeli annexation. NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi reports.
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- FDA approves new weight loss pill, joining injectables in the fight against obesity
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Federal regulators have approved a pill version of the popular weight loss drug Wegovy, which is currently only available as an injection. The pills could hit the market by early next year.
Meanwhile, injectable GLP-1 weight loss drugs have transformed obesity care, but they don’t work for everyone.
Roughly half of those who take GLP1s lose 15% or more of their bodyweight, but a minority — about one in six — lose very little. Doctors specializing in obesity care say this is because dozens of factors can contribute to a person’s obesity, and the new class of popular medicines may not address a person’s particular biology.
In few years, though, experts expect genetic and other tests to make it easier to personalize treatments to individual needs.
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- Smog blankets New Delhi, making people sick
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- 24 days ago
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- Smog is blanketing parts of South Asia, including the Indian capital New Delhi. As NPR’s Diaa Hadid reports — it’s making people sick, and has triggered a ban on a beloved street snack.
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- Trump administration to send 350 National Guard Troops to New Orleans before the end of the year
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- The announcement came just minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency decision blocking President Trump’s deployment of troops to Chicago.
The court ruled 6-3 against President Trump Tuesday, one of only a handful of times the conservative court has ruled against the president on the emergency docket this term. This ruling from the court applies only to Illinois, and the issue could come before the high court again.
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- Rome to start charging tourists to access famed Trevi Fountain
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Rome's Trevi Fountain is a popular destination for tourists — especially for those who want to throw a coin over their shoulder and make a wish. But soon, even approaching the fountain will soon come at a cost.
In recent years, the piazza beside the baroque masterpiece is often so crowded there’s little room to move. This year, the fountain has had some nine million visitors, according to Rome’s mayor. So the city plans to charge from February a 2 euro (around $2.35) tourist tax for any non-resident wanting access to the fountain. It estimates it will make some $7.6 million in annual revenue.
The move is part of a broader effort by the Italian government to capitalize on the country’s famed heritage. For example, Verona this month began charging for access to the balcony in the northern Italian city that is associated with Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
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- Resistance training strengthens your bones, reduces chronic pain and bolsters the immune system.
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- 25 days ago
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- Sign up for Life Kit’s Guide to Building Strength, a free, month-long newsletter to help you start a lasting workout routine at NPR.org/StrongerIG.
What might you get out of it? Resistance training strengthens your bones, reduces chronic pain and bolsters the immune system. There’s accumulating evidence on how it changes your brain, preserving cognitive function and guarding against age-related diseases like dementia. And the list goes on and on.
Brad Schoenfeld, one of the top scientists in the field of strength training, sums it up nicely: "Basically, every organ system is positively affected,” he says.
Get started today at NPR.org/StrongerIG
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- Instacart pulls the plug on a controversial AI pricing tool
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- 26 days ago
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- Instacart is pulling the plug on its controversial AI pricing tool, Eversight, after backlash over inconsistent prices.
Eversight allowed retailers to run tests that led to shoppers seeing different prices for the same items from the same store. In a blog post, Instacart admitted the pricing model “missed the mark.” "Consumer Reports" found the AI-driven price swings could add up to more than $1,000 a year for some shoppers.
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- What’s in a kiss? Possibly 21 million years of evolution
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- 27 days ago
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- How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists found that kissing was likely present in the ancestor of all apes – which lived 21 million years ago.
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- Biden stopped the executions of 37 men. Trump's DOJ wants to punish them
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- A year after former President Joe Biden spared 37 prisoners on federal death row from execution by reducing their sentences to life in prison, the Trump administration is making good on its promise to treat them as harshly as possible anyway.
Ten of the prisoners were transferred to one of the most restrictive maximum-security prisons in the U.S., an infamous facility in Colorado nicknamed "the Alcatraz of the Rockies" where every prisoner is kept in solitary confinement. Two were taken to states where prosecutors have pledged to seek the death penalty against them again, in state court. Two others face death penalty charges in Florida. And the rest are stuck in limbo, having been told to expect a move to the Colorado prison, named ADX Florence, at any moment.
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- Trump issues new warning to Venezuela's Maduro
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- 28 days ago
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- President Trump has issued a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro: "He can do whatever he wants. I mean, we have a massive armada formed — the biggest we've ever had, and by far the biggest we've ever had in South America. He can do whatever he wants, it's alright. Whatever he wants to do — if he wants to do something. If he plays tough, it'll be the last time he's ever able to play tough."
The U.S. military has intercepted two oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela and is actively tracking a third ship linked to the country. The operations come amid a growing U.S. naval build up in the Caribbean, as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to cut off Venezuela's oil revenue.
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- Thousands mark the winter solstice at Stonehenge
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- 29 days ago
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- Thousands of people gathered at Stonehenge in England on Sunday to mark the winter solstice — the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
The ancient monument was built to align with the sun’s movement on both the summer and winter solstice.
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- DOJ goes back and forth over Trump photo in Epstein files
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- 29 days ago
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- The Justice Department has re-posted one of the photographs it had previously removed from its publicly accessible Epstein files involving the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The photograph in question showed President Trump.
NPR reported on Saturday that more than a dozen files released by the Justice Department a day earlier had been taken down from the department's Epstein files website. Among them was an image that showed a desk covered with photos, including at least one of President Trump.
On Sunday morning, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the images were pulled down because a judge had told them to listen to concerns from victims and victim rights groups. Later, the Justice Department posted on X that it had reviewed the photo of the desk, and found no evidence that any Epstein victims were depicted.
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- Why aren't there more cheap 'starter homes' in the U.S.?
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- 29 days ago
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- In the housing market, there are signs that things are starting to cool down. But the shortage of “starter homes” — smaller, more affordable homes — still remains a problem for people trying to buy for the very first time.
We’ve been asking readers and listeners for their questions about all things homebuying and renting, and the topic of starter homes came up a lot. So today, we’re answering a question from Gabriel Veasey from Bastrop, Texas, about why there aren’t many of these kinds of houses, and where they might be found.
Do you have questions about homeownership and renting for us? Drop them in the comments, and we may follow up with you.
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- Scott Simon’s audition for Pentatonix ended as quickly as it began
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- 1 month ago
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- Luckily Scott didn't quit his day job as the host of NPR’s Weekend Edition.
This week he spoke with members of the a cappella group about their new holiday album, "Christmas in the City, " which reimagines holiday standards, offers original compositions and features previously unreleased vocals from the legendary Frank Sinatra.
This album also has instruments, marking a new artistic direction for the group.
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- American Theatre names 50 most influential plays, musicals in the U.S. this century
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- 1 month ago
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- "American Theatre" magazine has released a list of the 50 most influential plays and musicals performed in the U.S. so far this century.
There are 37 plays and 13 musicals on the list. "Hamilton" tops the list — Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop infused take on the Founding Fathers from 2015 earned many awards, including a Pulitzer and 11 Tonys. "August Osage County," by Tracy Letts, and Suzan Lori-Parks’s "Topdog/Underdog" came in second and third.
The results are based on responses from more than 350 theatre workers, leaders and observers nationwide. Members of the theater community were asked to share the titles of 10 works that premiered in the U.S. since the year 2000. Respondents did not rank their results, and no distinction was made between plays and musicals or between work that originated in this country or from abroad.
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- Trump reclassifies marijuana, clearing way for research
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- 1 month ago
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- President Trump is re-classifying marijuana.
Marijuana has been classified as a “Schedule 1” drug, akin to heroin, since the 1970s. Now, it will be classified as a “Schedule 3” drug — a category that recognizes its usefulness and low risk. Medicare is expected to cover some cannabis products beginning next year.
As Trump signed the executive order, he said he’s been lobbied heavily to loosen marijuana restrictions: "We have people begging for me to do this, people that are in great pain."
Dozens of states have gone further, fully legalizing marijuana including for personal recreation use, but Trump said he’s not ready to take that step.
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- Forget about Broadway: four times as many people see live theater in schools
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- 1 month ago
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- When a show flops or has a short run in New York, it's not over. But adapting a Broadway musical for teenagers is a special challenge.
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- Trump continues to put his stamp on D.C.
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- 1 month ago
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- The Kennedy Center’s board of directors has voted to rename the cultural arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center as President Trump continues to put his stamp on the nation's capital.
Trump’s press secretary said that adding Trump’s name was a unanimous decision from the board — which Trump chairs, and he handpicked the members. But Democratic lawmakers say the name is written into Federal law and that changing its name requires Congressional action. Regardless, workers could be seen installing huge letters on the face of the Kennedy Center Friday morning.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace. The State Department said the new name would "reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history."
Meanwhile, a federal judge is allowing work to continue on Trump’s massive ballroom project at the White House. The judge denied a temporary restraining order to halt ...
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- Senate panel grills FCC chair over his agency's threats to media networks, free speech
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- 1 month ago
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- A senate panel grilled the chair of the Federal Communications Commission yesterday.
Brendan Carr has launched investigations of major media networks that President Trump doesn’t like, pressuring The Walt Disney Company to take action against Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show back in September, famously saying, "we can do this the easy way or the hard way."
Yesterday’s hearing highlighted the ongoing feud between the Trump administration and on-air hosts who have reported on, criticized or satirized the president, including Kimmel, who was pulled from the air over comments he made about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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- How do chain restaurants use food distributors to keep costs low? We take a closer look
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- 1 month ago
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- Trump installs new plaques beneath presidential portraits in the White House
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- 1 month ago
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- President Trump has installed plaques beneath the White House portraits of past American presidents.
The plaques mounted along the “Presidential Walk of Fame” are packed with insults, include lines like, "Sleepy Joe Biden was by far the worst president in American history" and "In 2016, President Clinton’s wife, Hillary, lost the presidency to President Donald J. Trump." The bio for former President Ronald Reagan asserts that he was a fan of Trump's long before his run for the White House.
In a statement, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says, "The plaques are eloquently written descriptions of each president and the legacy they left behind. As a student of history, many were written directly by the president himself.”
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- How do crash test dummies work? See how they're made
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- 1 month ago
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- Automotive crash test dummies are born in Ohio, brought to “life” near Detroit, and then sent around the world to make cars safer.
They’re not just mannequins — they’re engineered to move, bend, and feel force like real human bodies. Packed with sensors, these dummies help researchers understand what happens to us in a crash, again and again, so safety ratings can save real lives.
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- Dallas church’s nativity evokes immigration detention centers, homelessness
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- 1 month ago
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- A Dallas church is asking people to consider what it might look like if Jesus were born today with an unusual nativity — silhouettes of Mary and Joseph are surrounded by chain-link fencing topped with razor wire in front of Oak Lawn United Methodist Church. The manger is an old tire. Two burn bins and a shopping cart flank the scene.
Rev. Rachel Griffin-Allison says the arrangement reflects the lives of multiple people on the margins like immigrants, refugees and the unhoused. For her, the Christmas story is one of God choosing vulnerability over power, and she hopes the nativity expands viewers’ ideas of who is holy.
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- Luigi Mangione's lawyers work to suppress case evidence
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- 1 month ago
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- Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, will be back in a New York state courtroom today as his lawyers attempt to get some of the evidence in his case thrown out.
The defense has asked the court to suppress all evidence recovered from Mangione’s backpack — including a written-in notebook, a 9 mm handgun and a silencer — because they say it was unlawfully searched without a warrant. They also want statements Mangione made to law enforcement — before he was read his Miranda rights — to be suppressed, as well.
Mangione also faces a federal trial. If he’s found guilty in that case, he could face the death penalty.
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- In Tel Aviv, hundreds celebrate Hanukkah – and hold vigils
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- 1 month ago
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- In Tel Aviv, hundreds of people crowd around and light candles in memory of the Bondi beach massacre victims while Hanukkah celebrations continue. Israeli leaders are condemning the mass shooting at the popular Australian beach where a group of Jews were celebrating the first night of Hanukkah. At least fifteen people are dead and dozens injured in what Australian authorities are calling a terrorist attack.
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- Bystander hailed as hero for disarming Sydney gunman
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- 1 month ago
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- A man is being hailed as a hero after he disarmed one of the two men who opened fire at a crowd of people celebrating Hanukkah on Sydney’s Bondi Beach over the weekend. Officials says at least 15 people were killed and at least another 42 people were hospitalized.
Video shared on social media shows an unarmed man walking up behind one of the suspected gunmen and grabbing him around the neck, wrestling with and eventually disarming the gunman, who falls to the ground before walking away.
The gunmen were a father and son, according to officials. The elder gunman, aged 50, was shot and killed by police. His 24-year-old son was wounded and remains hospitalized.
The man being heralded for his bravery has been identified as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a fruit shop owner.
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- Severe winter storm drenches families in Gaza as aid groups say Israel is impeding shelter supplies
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- 1 month ago
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- Health authorities in Gaza say at least a dozen people died after their bombed out homes collapsed over their heads in heavy rain, and that two babies have died of hypothermia. Civil defense rescue teams say thousands of makeshift tents have also flooded, leaving families wet and cold.
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- Why do Americans love chain restaurants so much?
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- 1 month ago
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- Chain restaurants (think Red Lobster, Chili's, Cracker Barrel, etc.) can be found across the country, serving up familiar fare and comforting memories to millions. Even amid high food prices and increasingly stiff competition, these restaurants endure. Here's why and how — and what keeps people coming back.
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- The first official day of winter is almost here. If you're not excited, you're not alone
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- 1 month ago
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- Winter tends to get a bad rap. Shorter days, darker skies and plummeting temperatures. It's true that parts of winter can be unpleasant, but psychologist Kari Leibowitz, author of "How to Winter: Harness your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days," says that winter can also be a time of reflection, creativity and coziness.
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- Thousands of people in Lagos, Nigeria, have had homes abruptly seized and destroyed
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- 1 month ago
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- Over the past month, close to 10,000 people have been forcefully evicted from a riverside community in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos. Now, mass evictions are a recurring story in Africa's most populous city. Advocates say that these homes are being displaced by luxury developments. And as NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu reports, these displacements are often marked by deadly violence.
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- When Christmas is a little too bright ... look to Krampus
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- 1 month ago
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- The Christmas season is all about visitors — family, friends, Santa. But in Europe, there's a different December visitor, a terrifying monster who carries a whipping stick instead of toys. And weirdly, people seem to like him.
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- Evacuations underway as western Washington state faces historic flooding
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- 1 month ago
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- In western Washington state, days of torrential rain have led to historic flooding.
Water rescues took place, and first responders went door to door in Mount Vernon yesterday, issuing evacuation notices as the Skagit River passed its major flood stage of 32 feet — and it’s still rising.
The National Weather Service has issued flood watches and warnings for the area.
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- Brett Cooper on 'edgelord' Nick Fuentes: Listen to who you want to
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- 1 month ago
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- Brett Cooper recently got in an online fight with Sen. Ted Cruz about whether it was fair to label the activist Nick Fuentes as a Nazi. Cooper said it was wrong for Cruz to use that label.
Cooper told Steve Inskeep that she did not "agree with Nick Fuentes on everything," but largely didn't criticize him.
The 24-year-old’s online following includes nearly 2 million subscribers on YouTube, where she hosts The Brett Cooper Show. The YouTube series varies from American pop culture analysis, takes on current events, to the state of the Republican party, and rakes in hundreds of thousands of views per episode.
Watch the full interview on our channel.
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- A student loan repayment plan is ending. Here's what to watch for
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- 1 month ago
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- The U.S. Department of Education says it’s reached a proposed settlement – to officially shut down the student loan repayment plan known as SAVE – the Saving on a Valuable Education Plan. Legal challenges put SAVE borrowers in limbo for months, a time during which they were not required to make payments on their loans. That would change if the proposed settlement is approved.
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- Venezuelan opposition leader Machado reappears in Norway after months in hiding
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- 1 month ago
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- Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months Thursday after sneaking out of her homeland and emerging onto a hotel balcony in Norway in front of a crowd of cheering supporters.
Her appearance came hours after her daughter had accepted the Nobel Peace Prize award on her behalf, in recognition for mounting the most serious peaceful challenge in years to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's authoritarian government.
Her appearance also came hours after President Trump had announced that the U.S. had seized an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Coast Guard, FBI and Homeland Security executed a seizure warrant for the tanker, which they allege was being used to transport oil to Iran, in defiance of U.S. sanctions.
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- ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship
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- 1 month ago
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- The developer of ICEBlock, an iPhone app that anonymously tracks the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations after Apple removed the service from its app store under demands from the White House.
The suit, filed on Monday in federal court in Washington, asks a judge to declare that the administration violated the First Amendment when it threatened to criminally prosecute the app's developer and pressured Apple to make the app unavailable for download, which the tech company did in October.
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- Brett Cooper on tradwives
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- 1 month ago
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- Brett Cooper stands out among the ecosystem of conservative media personalities as a young woman and new mother. But when it comes to family values, Cooper says her approach is “traditional.”
The 24-year-old’s online following includes nearly 2 million subscribers on YouTube, where she hosts The Brett Cooper Show. The YouTube series varies from American pop culture analysis, takes on current events, to the state of the Republican party, and rakes in hundreds of thousands of views per episode.
She spoke to Steve Inskeep about the tradwife trend, what Gen-Z conservatives care about, and her hopes for the future of the GOP.
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- Why Brett Cooper disagrees with Trump on H1-B visas
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- 1 month ago
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- Brett Cooper is one part of the constellation of conservative voices online that help people process the news. The difference between Cooper and many of her peers is that she's also a young woman, and a new mother.
24-year-old Cooper's online following includes nearly 2 million subscribers on YouTube, where she hosts The Brett Cooper Show. The YouTube series varies from American pop culture analysis, takes on current events, the state of the Republican party, and rakes in hundreds of thousands of views per episode.
Sometimes her commentary leads to controversy. Last month, Cooper found herself at the center of internet discourse when she pushed back against President Trump's comments regarding the necessity of H1-B visas and a supposed lack of talent among Americans in the job market.
She spoke to Steve Inskeep about why her approach is so popular, what Gen-Z conservatives care about, and her hopes for the future of the GOP.
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