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Twitch faces backlash over plan to use creators' content to train Amazon's AI models
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- Twitch faces backlash over plan to use creators' content to train Amazon's AI models
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- 2 months ago
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- Some Twitch users are criticizing the company's plans to use creators’ content to train the parent company’s AI models.
Twitch says users can opt out if they so choose.
In the deluge of comments that accompanied a video Q&A session held on the Twitch platform Wednesday morning, many creators complained about having to opt out of having their videos used to train Amazon AI. Chief Product Officer Mike Minton defended the move, saying, "If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in."
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- ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
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- 1:11
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- 2 months ago
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- The Department of Homeland Security is planning to equip ICE officers with gloves that can deliver electric shocks to people being arrested. Compliant Technologies says the gloves are designed for de-escalation.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has faced intense scrutiny over its use of force, including multiple fatal shootings. Some immigrant advocates worry those guardrails won’t happen at the agency. In a statement, DHS told NPR that ICE is always assessing officer needs to ensure they have the tools to safely make arrests. Compliant Technologies declined to comment.
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- California democrat Ro Khanna talks about Silicon Valley executives favoring Trump
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- 1:28
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- 2 months ago
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- California democrat Ro Khanna represents a very liberal district, home of trillion dollar companies that once were at odds with President Trump but now curry favor with him. Asked by NPR’s Steve Inskeep if he thinks Silicon Valley executives 'blow with the wind', Khanna said “Yes, I think there’s opportunism. Now whether the next president wants them or not is a different question. But my view is we should mobilize them to invest in America.”
For more of what the potential 2028 presidential candidate said, watch the full interview on NPR’s Newsmakers video podcast.
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- Congressman Ro Khanna doesn’t think this branding will make a difference in the midterm elections
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- 1:05
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- 2 months ago
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- President Trump’s latest attack on the progressive wing of the democratic party is to label them as communists. Congressman Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who says he's seriously considering a run for president in 2028, doesn’t think this branding will make a difference in the midterm elections. “Labels usually don’t matter in American politics, in my view,” Khanna told NPR’s Steve Inskeep, adding “We’ve been calling the guy a fascist for ten years, and he’s won two terms.”
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- Ro Khanna lays out progressive agenda as he 'seriously' considers presidential run | Newsmakers
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- 45:04
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- 2 months ago
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- The California democrat spoke with NPR’s Steve Inskeep about why he says Democrats should nominate a progressive candidate for president and why he’s not afraid of being called a communist. Khanna also discussed his economic policy ideas inspired by FDR’s New Deal and how he sees a tax on billionaire wealth as a way to help pay for it.
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- Millions across Europe witness rare solar eclipse
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- 1:07
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- 2 months ago
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- A once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse wowed crowds across Europe Wednesday.
A total eclipse swept across Greenland, Iceland, Spain and parts of Portugal. The rest of the continent witnessed a partial eclipse that was also visible in Canada and the northern United States, from Alaska to North Carolina. The next partial solar eclipse will be visible across parts of the U.S. on Aug. 2, 2027. The next total solar eclipse won't be visible in the contiguous U.S. until August 2044.
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- Rescue teams race against the clock to find survivors in western Colombia
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- 0:53
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- 2 months ago
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- It’s a race against the clock to find survivors of an earthquake in western Colombia.
The earthquake struck Monday with a magnitude of 7.4. More than 250 people are confirmed dead, and hundreds more are still missing. Several hospitals were damaged and some are still operating but overflowing with patients.
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- Oxford-educated Jon Harvey's character Count Binface has become a fixture in U.K. politics
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- 2:18
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- 2 months ago
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- Oxford-educated Jon Harvey's character Count Binface has become a fixture in U.K. politics. If elected to Parliament, Binface pledges to build at least one affordable house, nationalize the singer Adele and "cut your taxes and raise everyone else's."
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- Report: Trump secretly swapped planes in Turkey over Iran threat
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- 1:29
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- 2 months ago
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- New reporting on an Iranian assassination threat against President Trump contradicts what the White House told the press traveling with the president during a recent trip to Turkey.
President Trump boarded Air Force One as usual on July 8 leaving the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. But "The Washington Post" reports he was then smuggled off the plane in a catering truck and flew on an entirely different aircraft.
NPR hasn’t confirmed the report, but journalists and White House aides who unknowingly flew on the decoy plane were firmly instructed to keep their window shades lowered.
When asked by a reporter later if there were any credible threats by Iran against Air Force One, Trump never let on.
“Well, I have a threat all the time. I’m number one on their list, before you," Trump said. "But if I go, you go. Right? So perhaps someday you want to change professions."
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- Many parents supporting children well into adulthood
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- 1:10
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- 2 months ago
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- Polling shows most Americans believe young adults in the U.S. have a harder time, financially, than their parents did at their age — and many parents are helping to support their children well into adulthood.
The share of adults under 35 living with parents shot up dramatically in the past two decades. And AARP finds most parents also provide financial support to grown children — needed or not — though many say they give even when it hurts their own budget.
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- 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes western Colombia
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- 1:12
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- 2 months ago
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- At least 111 people are dead after a powerful earthquake struck Colombia early Monday morning, rattling the South American country.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey the 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia and could be felt as far away as Venezuela and Ecuador. The quake comes more than a month after two strong back-to-back earthquakes hit neighboring Venezuela, killing more than 5,000 people and destroying hundreds of buildings.
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- Most U.S. doctors avoid treating patients with addiction, leaving millions vulnerable
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- 2:48
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- 2 months ago
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- Addiction treatments are safe, effective — and rarely offered to patients. That's because many doctors and nurses still view people with alcohol or drug addiction with suspicion and hostility.
Footage from the Milwaukie Police Department blurred the faces of the hospital staff.
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- More than 20 million Shia pilgrims converged on the holy city of Karbala in Iraq last week
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- 1:28
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- 2 months ago
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- More than 20 million Shia pilgrims converged on the holy city of Karbala in Iraq last week. The massive annual pilgrimage commemorates the killing of Imam Hussein 14 centuries ago. The pilgrims included more than 3 million Iranians who were also mourning the death of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei who was killed in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes earlier this year.
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- Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham talks about navigating film and television as a tall woman
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- 1:41
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- 2 months ago
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- Hannah Waddingham talks about navigating film and television as a tall woman who stands 5 feet 11 inches.
Her “Ted Lasso" character, Rebecca Welton, loves to wear heels — which makes Waddingham 6 feet 2 inches. Waddingham says Apple and the show's co-creator and writer Jason Sudeikis "never shied away" from her height.
But Waddingham adds that her height wasn’t always celebrated in the industry. In fact, when she first started in her acting career, she said she would stand "slumped down" in order to appear shorter.
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- Amanda Knox's comedy show, Cartwheel, sells out at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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- 1:02
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- 2 months ago
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- This weekend marks the start of Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe, billed as the world’s biggest comedy and theater festival, and one show, in particular, is stirring controversy — a comedy called "Cartwheel,” by Amanda Knox, the American former student who was convicted and later acquitted of her British roommate’s murder 19 years ago in Italy.
The title refers to how Knox was said to have done cartwheels at an Italian police station after her roommate, Meredith Kercher’s murder. Kercher's sister, Stephanie Kercher, told the BBC that any comedy about that is hurtful to her family.
Knox says the show is about what she calls her wrongful imprisonment, how she’s now juggling motherhood, and says she made it with deep heart and sensitivity: “I’m not the first person to invent using comedy to talk about traumatic and difficult material.”
Her sold-out show runs for 11 nights at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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- McDonald's says overwhelming marketing, product launches led to slump in sales
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- 1:13
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- 2 months ago
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- McDonald’s says its sales in the U.S. have slowed down much more than the company expected in the latest quarter.
The fast-food restaurant is often viewed as an economic bellwether, and its sales are often seen as indicative of family budgets across the country, but this time, McDonald’s says the problems were internal.
McDonald’s says it overwhelmed its stores with too many complicated launches. There was marketing around "KPop Demon Hunters," then the World Cup, a new lineup of drinks like craft sodas and big changes in the value meals. All of this, company officials say, overwhelmed stores and shoppers, leading to fewer visits in the U.S.
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- ICE says it will only release body cam footage when it's in agency's 'best interests'
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- 0:32
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- 2 months ago
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- Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to equip all of its field officers with body cameras by the end of September, but the agency’s policy does not require the automatic release of video from deadly or serious encounters.
The agency says it will release that footage only if it determines doing so is in the agency’s “best interests.”
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- Student kills at least 5 at a high school in Bangkok
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- 0:58
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- 2 months ago
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- Thailand’s prime minister is pledging stricter gun laws after police say a student opened fire at a high school near Bangkok, killing at least five people. He’s also accused of killing his two grandparents before the school attack on the school.
Police say the suspected shooter allegedly opened fire with a handgun before barricading himself on the third floor of the school, where, police say, he eventually turned the gun on himself. The dead include several students and teachers. The wounded were taken to nearby hospitals. Police haven’t shared a motive or the shooter's identity.
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- Hannah Waddingham on portraying complicated characters like Rebecca Welton in the show Ted Lasso
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Hannah Waddingham talks about portraying complicated characters like Rebecca Welton in the hit show Ted Lasso.
As the fourth season kicks off, Welton, an imposing English soccer club owner, figuring out who she is post-divorce, questions whether she’s a feminist. And her dilemma is unfamiliar to Waddingham, who describes herself as “very much” a feminist.
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- Here are some of NPR's favorite video games of the year
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- 2:34
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- 2 months ago
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- Big game releases, including Grand Theft Auto VI, are coming this fall. In the meantime, check out some of NPR's favorite games of the year.
From tactical cat-breeding to cursed solitaire to fantasy sleuthing, there's something for everyone on this list.
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- Some states have reported cyberattacks targeting their water systems. Could Iran be behind it?
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- 1:51
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- 2 months ago
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- Several states have reported cyberattacks targeting their water systems. The FBI is investigating whether Iran could be behind them.
Is this a new front in the war with Iran?
NPR cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin shares her reporting on Iran’s cyber capabilities with "Sources & Methods" host Mary Louise Kelly.
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- 'Trump-class' battleships will cost a lot more than expected
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- 1:03
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- 2 months ago
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- President Trump’s plan for new nuclear-powered battleships will take longer and cost a lot more than initially thought, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Trump announced the plan back in December, saying they would be “the fastest, the biggest and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.” They have been dubbed “Trump-class” battleships.
The first was initially said to cost around $15 billion — but the CBO found it will likely cost more than $23 billion, bringing the price tag for the whole fleet of 14 ships to $275 billion. U.S. shipyards also may not have the capacity to build such ships, the report found. It may also take eight years or longer to build the first; Trump had originally said at least two would be finished by the end of his term.
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- Country stars make history on this week's 'Billboard' charts
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- 1:00
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- 2 months ago
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- Ella Langley, Morgan Wallen and other country stars dominate this week’s "Billboard" charts.
Langley’s country hit “Choosin’ Texas” is now just the seventh song in history to spend 16 weeks at No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. But country music is having a huge week beyond the success of “Choosin’ Texas” — the entire Top 5 is made up of country songs for the first time in history. Two of those songs feature Morgan Wallen, who debuts at No. 2 with his new single, “Been By Now.”
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- Judge dismisses case against Oath Keepers members
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- 0:59
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- 2 months ago
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- A federal judge has dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right Oath Keepers group at the request of the Justice Department. A jury convicted leaders of the group in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building in 2021.
A federal judge had sentenced Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes to spend 18 years in prison, calling him "an ongoing threat and peril to this country," but the Trump Justice Department backed away from the case against Rhodes and other members of the group, so Judge Amit Mehta reluctantly agreed to dismiss it.
In a new court filing, the judge says the move diminishes the gravity of Jan. 6 and "denigrates" the work of prosecutors and police who tried to secure the convictions. A lawyer for Rhodes says charges should never have been brought.
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- Puerto Ricans brace for water rationing
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- 1:03
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- 2 months ago
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- The government in Puerto Rico will begin rationing water this week, cutting service to more than half a million of the island’s residents. The National Guard will help distribute drinking water as the U.S. territory copes with its worst drought in more than a decade.
People’s taps will go dry on a schedule — 48 hours with water, then 48 hours without — until reservoirs are restored. But that could be weeks or longer. Forecasters expect no significant rainfall for the Caribbean islands in the short term.
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- 3 years later, Gaza holds mass funeral for families killed in Israeli airstrikes
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- 1:37
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- 2 months ago
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- Nearly three years after an Israeli airstrike wiped out much of one extended family in Gaza City, relatives gathered Tuesday to bury more than 100 bodies recovered from beneath the rubble. Gaza Civil Defense says it's the largest mass funeral in Palestinian history.
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- David Hogg says special interests, corporations hold sway over both parties
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- 2:04
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- 2 months ago
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- David Hogg, co-founder of the progressive youth group Leaders We Deserve, calls for a radical change in what he labels the "geriatric" Democratic Party.
The 26-year-old gun violence prevention advocate wants a “more representative” party, that includes a cross-section of age groups.
Recently, Democratic leaders have blamed progressives, including Democratic Socialists, for dividing the party and creating fundraising challenges. But Hogg points instead to special interests and corporations that have long held sway over both dominant political parties in the U.S.
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- Trump says Pirro 'choked' as prosecutors drop Reflecting Pool charges
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- 1:47
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- 2 months ago
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- Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against three more people accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
The Trump administration has long accused vandals of damaging the pool’s liner. But the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia moved Friday to dismiss the case against a former Olympian who was indicted last month. Prosecutors said new evidence points to a rushed paint job. Then they dropped misdemeanor charges against three other people. President Trump pushed back on prosecutors’ assessment, continuing to blame vandalism.
The decision put Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, a Trump appointee and a longtime political ally of the president, at odds with Trump. The two met at the White House on Monday. Shortly after, Trump told reporters that he was unhappy with her office’s decision: "Frankly, I think she choked."
Trump did not answer a reporter's question about whether he was reconsidering Pir...
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- 1 in 4 babies in this Pakistani settlement are born prematurely
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- 2:39
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- 2 months ago
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- About 1 in 4 babies in the Pakistani fishing settlement of Rehri Goth are born prematurely. Researchers are trying to figure out how to bring the numbers down.
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- Senate Democrats say banks failed to report Epstein
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- 1:05
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- 2 months ago
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- Senate Democrats have released a report suggesting that big banks had concerns for years about money moves made by accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein — and the banks are accused of keeping those worries to themselves until after Epstein was arrested.
The report says more than a dozen bankers at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank raise red flags about the money that Epstein was moving around the world, but in most cases, bankers failed to alert the Treasury Department until Epstein was charged with sex-trafficking in 2019. Under the Bank Secrecy Act, bankers are supposed to notify the government whenever they suspect a client is moving funds to launder money or carry out other illegal activities.
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- Ukrainians cities increasingly vulnerable without more Patriot air defense missiles
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Ukrainians are far too familiar with air raid sirens wailing in the middle of the night and the boom of air defense weapons. But cities are increasingly vulnerable because Ukraine doesn’t have enough U.S.-made Patriot air defense missiles to guard against Russia’s ballistic missiles.
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- David Hogg says the Democratic Party needs to embrace radical change
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- David Hogg, co-founder of the progressive youth group Leaders We Deserve, wants Democrats to end their "milquetoast" messaging.
The 26-year-old survivor of the Parkland High School shooting says the Democratic Party needs to embrace radical change to make significant gains in the upcoming midterm elections. But Hogg is resisting calls for him to lead the embattled party, saying he's more effective from the outside by supporting progressive candidates with innovative approaches.
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- 'Spider-Man,' 'Odyssey' lead Hollywood to new records
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- 0:59
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- 2 months ago
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- Hollywood set several all-time records over the weekend.
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" sold $360 million worth of tickets in North America over the weekend, topping the previous all-time record "Avengers: Endgame" set seven years ago. "Endgame" swamped everything else that was then in cinemas, but this year, Christopher Nolan’s "The Odyssey" will not be swamped.
"Odyssey" is still playing to long lines at IMAX theaters and took in an impressive $51 million in its third weekend. Combined with the take from the still strong kid-flick franchises "Toy Story," "Minions" and "Moana," that helped bring the overall weekend take to $430 million — easily the highest total in Hollywood history.
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- Truth Social selling early access to Trump's posts
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- 0:55
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- 2 months ago
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- Investors hoping to get a jump on White House announcements can now buy early access to President Trump’s posts on social media. For up to $100,000 a month, Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, is offering early access to major posts — from the president and others — about global affairs and the economy.
Trump's posts can send company share prices up or down, so getting early access to them could make a difference in stock trading.
The new arrangement is raising major ethical issues. The special early access began Saturday.
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- Title
- Prince’s 'Purple Rain' coming to Broadway
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- 0:56
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- 2 months ago
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- A stage version of Prince’s Oscar-winning film and Grammy-winning album, "Purple Rain," is coming to Broadway next spring after debuting in the late musician’s hometown of Minneapolis last year.
Next spring will be a very busy time for new musicals: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s "Warriors" and the London hit "Paddington" are scheduled to open, as well as "Purple Rain," which features some of Prince’s greatest songs, including “When Doves Cry” and the title tune.
The show opens on April 12, 2027.
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- Israeli paraglider helping Jerusalem's swifts adopt to modern life
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Swifts have nested in Jerusalem’s Western Wall since it was built over 2,000 years ago. But that ancient site is now surrounded by a modern city. And the birds are finding help adapting from an unexpected source: an Israeli paraglider.
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- Survey: 3 in 4 voters say cost of childcare a major problem
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- 0:56
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- 2 months ago
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- A new survey finds 3 in 4 voters say the cost of childcare is a major problem — and it’s among the reasons affordability is a top issue this election year.
For parents who pay for childcare, more than a third say it’s one of their top two expenses, according to a poll commissioned by the First Five Years Fund, which advocates for expanding early learning and care. Nearly half of parents say childcare challenges affect their work. And nearly 40% of all voters say they’re affected when a colleague’s childcare is disrupted. Nationally, there’s a serious shortage of childcare, and in many places, it can cost more than housing or college tuition.
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- Zoox gets the green light to offer paid rides
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- 0:59
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- 2 months ago
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- The Department of Transportation has approved a request from the driverless vehicle company Zoox to start offering rides to paying customers.
A California-based company owned by Amazon, Zoox has been testing its driverless electric vehicle with free rides. Now, it has approval to commercially deploy up to 5,000 vehicles over the next two years, starting in Las Vegas. Unlike Google’s Waymo, which adds driverless technology to existing vehicles, Zoox's vehicles look like a box on wheels and don't have steering wheels or pedals.
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- BTS skipping the 2027 Grammys
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- BTS says it will boycott next year's Grammy Awards in an apparent protest over the awards' new Asian pop category.
BTS didn't specify the reason for their decision in a social media post, but they said that they hope "music is heard and loved for what it is and not divided by region or language." Last month, the Grammys announced a new category for songs with" meaningful use of one or more Asian languages." Some Black artists have accused the Grammys of pigeonholing them into certain categories and keeping them from the general fields awards: record of the year, album of the year and song of the year.
Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said he respects the decision by BTS but defended the new category, saying it doesn't exclude and artists from general fields consideration.
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- Scientists studying environmental fallout of Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon
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- The consequences of attacks in south Lebanon are being measured not only in lives lost and buildings destroyed, but also in potential environmental damage.
Scientists are investigating contamination in farmland after Israeli strikes they say may have introduced toxic chemicals and heavy metals into the soil.
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- Historic cottonwood trees torn down for border wall
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- 0:59
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- 2 months ago
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- In Southern Arizona this week, Contractors demolished a grove of historic cottonwood trees as the Trump administration makes way for new border walls in the area.
The move drew outcry from conservation groups and residents, who say the trees hold deep cultural and ecological significance. The Sierra Club estimates the trees are more than 200 years old. As of Thursday, one cottonwood remained standing, with conservationists organizing a sit-in to prevent its demolition.
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- Thousands breach border between Morocco, Spanish territory
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- 1:06
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- 2 months ago
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- Spain’s prime minister is visiting the Spanish territory of Ceuta, in North Africa, today. His visit comes as at least 18 deaths have been reported after a drastic increase in border crossings from Morocco.
What started as a moderate increase in crossings at one particular point of the border, where a breakwater separates Spain and Morocco, turned into a crisis on Thursday, as thousands were seen crossing into Spanish territory. Migrants started swimming around the breakwater, with no apparent border control enforcement on the Moroccan side of the border.
A cause of the increase was not immediately clear.
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- Violence continues in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
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- 1:45
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- 2 months ago
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- It's been a week of violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. This was set off on Friday, July 24, when Israel's military said Israeli settlers entered a Palestinian village in an area that is supposed to be off limits to Israeli citizens. In the confrontation that followed, two Israelis and four Palestinians were killed. There's been a wave of retaliation from settlers against Palestinian communities.
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- Ten Commandments go on display in Louisiana schools
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- 1:02
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- 2 months ago
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- Louisiana’s largest school district is hanging up posters of the Ten Commandments before the school year starts next week.
The Fifth Circuit allowed Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom to take effect in February, ruling a lawsuit filed by families and civil rights groups was premature because the posters hadn’t been displayed yet.
Some districts hung them right away, but others waited, including Jefferson Parish, a New Orleans suburb that enrolls more than 45,000 students. In July, the district’s chief legal counsel told principals to install donated posters before teachers returned to campus.
A spokesperson for the ACLU of Louisiana said they plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if the state’s law and a similar one in Texas violate the First Amendment.
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- Trump proposes $22B overhaul of Dulles International Airport
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- 0:58
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- 2 months ago
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- President Trump wants to revamp Dulles international Airport, outside D.C., but a new poll from CNN shows that Americans disapprove of Trump’s various construction projects — like the White House ballroom and the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall.
58% say they feel dissatisfied or angry about them. 73% say that Trump hasn’t paid attention to the country’s most important problems.
Still, Trump is forging ahead with plans to overhaul Dulles. He says he might need approvals from Congress, but he thinks construction could begin next spring.
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- FIFA announces plan to sell stakes in World Cup
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- 1:06
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- 2 months ago
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- FIFA has a new plan to raise billions of dollars: selling stakes of the World Cup to private investors.
It’s a complicated plan. FIFA would create a separate company to oversee all commercial decisions for the men’s and women’s World Cup — as well as to other FIFA tournaments like the Club World Cup. In this new venture, FIFA would partner with a firm called Thrive Eternal, run by Joshua Kushner — the brother of President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Thrive’s role would be to bring in new minority investors to this commercial venture — effectively selling a stake to the World Cup and other FIFA tournaments to others.
European soccer's governing body says it strongly opposes the plan, saying, “None of us are the owners of football. It is not FIFA’s to sell.”
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- Gov. Beshear asks McConnell to prove he can serve or resign
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- 1:23
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- 2 months ago
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- Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear says Sen. Mitch McConnell should share details on his health or resign, an ultimatum that comes as the former Republican leader continues to miss votes more than a month after being hospitalized.
Beshear says he’s received no word from McConnell, despite sending him two letters asking him to explain his ongoing absence from the Senate. McConnell has been away from Congress since June 14 from what his office said was due to a fall and pneumonia. Beshear says anybody else in the hospital for more than a month would be expected to be more transparent.
McConnell’s office has released two photos of the 84-year-old supposedly from a rehab center where he’s receiving physical therapy, as well as a statement from his doctor that said McConnell hasn’t been cleared for normal duties.
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- These nuns spent a lifetime helping others. In their last years, who will help them?
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- 2:24
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- 2 months ago
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- The sisters of Uganda are teachers, health-care advocates and more. Those who are in their twilight of their life need help. Who will come to their aid?
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- Wildfires rage in Spain, France ahead of yet another heat wave
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- 2:00
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- 2 months ago
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- Crews continue to battle wildfires in Western Europe, devastating nearly 200,000 acres in Spain and forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate in France.
A wildfire in the Spanish region of Ávila, which started last Wednesday, is now the largest on record in the country. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the affected areas in the region of Castellón, in eastern Spain, where another fire has been active for the past four days. Sánchez asked citizens to be extremely careful and take every measure to prevent more fires.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron says it’s the most severe situation the country has faced since World War II.
Officials are bracing as a fourth heat wave hits Europe. The European Union’s Copernicus climate service and the World Meteorological Organization say Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, heating at more than twice the global average.
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- Americans say government corruption is a problem as Trump's net worth soars
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- 0:52
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- 2 months ago
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- New research from the Brennan Center for Justice shows a large number of Americans say corruption in politics is a problem. They say corruption is responsible for policies that benefit the wealthy and powerful — all while ignoring the problems of regular people.
The main thing contributing to that feeling now is President Trump, who has shattered the norms around public service ethics, enriching himself and his family. He has increased his net worth by investing in companies with business before the government at a level never seen before.
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