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The deadly long-term problem hiding throughout Gaza: unexploded bombs
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- The deadly long-term problem hiding throughout Gaza: unexploded bombs
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- After two years of war, Gaza is littered with unexploded bombs often hiding in the rubble of destroyed buildings. And they can be deadly even decades later. We head to Gaza to hear about one family’s encounter with an unexploded bomb and learn how long it might take make the territory safe.
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- There are people making yogurt the old fashioned way… by dropping live redwood ants into fresh milk
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- At least 3 dead after typhoon crashes into the Philippines
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- At least three people are dead after a typhoon crashed into the central Philippines, sending tens of thousands of people inland to safety. Authorities are reporting significant flooding.
Officials in Vietnam say they’re preparing for the storm, which is strengthening, to reach them next.
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- Despite generous benefits for parents, Finland’s birth rate keeps dropping
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- Former Vice President Dick Cheney Dies At 84 | NPR News Now
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0:16 Dick Cheney Dies At 84
1:12 Trump Commits To Partial November SNAP Payments
2:03 Voters Head To The Polls In NYC
3:02 California Voters Head To The Polls
4:00 Virginians Head To The Polls
4:50 Typhoon Hits The Philippines
5:10 Death Toll Rises In Jamaica
5:32 U.S. Pushes For Peacekeeping Force In Gaza
6:27 OpenAI, AWS Forge Partnership
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- Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died. He was 84.
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- Shutdown puts thousands of schoolkids at risk of losing Head Start services
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- 3 months ago
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- Beginning Nov. 1, more than 65,000 children will be at risk of losing access to Head Start, the federal early-learning program for families living in poverty. That’s because a bunch of Head Start programs, all over the country, are due to have their federal funding renewed, but they can’t while the government is shut down.
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- In Chicago, a Halloween weekend of immigration arrests and violence
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- 3 months ago
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- President Trump's ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration led to muted Halloween and Day of the Dead celebrations in Chicago over the weekend. At least one Halloween parade was cancelled.
Volunteers monitored the streets of a predominantly Mexican neighborhood during a trick-or-treat event Friday after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's request that federal agents pause their operations was rejected by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and clashes broke out between protestors and ICE agents in a suburb of Chicago. Agents threw tear gas and witnesses posted video footage of an agent holding a man down and repeatedly hitting him on the head. In a statement to NPR, a spokesperson for DHS called the crowd hostile. Trump told CBS’s "60 Minutes" that he doesn’t believe the raids have gone far enough.
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- Shutdown A Day Away From Being The Longest Ever | NPR News Now
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0:16 Shutdown Nearly The Longest Ever
1:02 People With ACA Plans Get Sticker Shock
1:44 Trump’s Crackdown In Chicago Continues
2:50 Virginians Choose A New Governor This Week
3:48 New York City Sees Massive Early Turnout
3:59 Indiana Weighs New Congressional Districts
4:48 Trump Threatens Military Action In Nigeria
5:50 Hamas Returns Israeli Soldiers' Bodies
6:54 Powerful Earthquake Hits Northern Afghanistan
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- OpenAI, Oracle announce $7 billion data center in Michigan
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- 3 months ago
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- OpenAI and Oracle have announced a massive, $7 billion data center in Michigan to power artificial intelligence.
The companies say a 250-acre data center will start construction next year outside of Ann Arbor, Mich.
The data center boom in the U.S. is placing strain on local power grids and water systems, as the always-on computer networks suck up energy and have to be cooled to avoid over-heating. This latest announcement stoked new fears from investors that companies are pumping billions into a technology that has yet to prove the promise of its backers.
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- Survey: Weight loss drugs bringing down obesity rates
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- 3 months ago
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- Obesity rates have declined after hitting an all-time high of nearly 40%. A Gallup poll finds the drops correlate with sharp increases in use of obesity treatments known as GLP-1 medications.
Over the past three years, Gallup’s National Health and Well-Being Index finds obesity rates decreased to 37%, down from 39.9% in 2022. Meanwhile, over the past year and a half, the use of GLP-1 drugs has more than doubled, to 12.4%.
Still, the percentage of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has hit an all-time high of 13.8%.
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- White House limits refugees to 7,500 mostly white South Africans
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- 3 months ago
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- The Trump administration has alarmed refugee advocacy groups by setting the lowest refugee cap in U.S. history — and says it will accept mostly white South Africans.
In a notice in the federal registry, the Trump administration says it will cap the number of refugees to 7,500 this fiscal year, and most of those spots will be reserved for Afrikaners — white South Africans. A group that helps to resettle Afghan allies notes the administration is effectively shutting the door on Afghans who risked their lives to help the U.S. during the war there.
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- Trump Urges Senate To Scrap Filibuster To End Shutdown | NPR News Now
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0:12 Trump Urges Senate To Scrap Filibuster
0:42 Americans Lose Food Assistance
1:38 Health Insurance Premiums Soar
2:35 White House Limits Refugees
3:32 Democrats Excluded From Boat Strike Briefings
4:02 Senate Votes To End Trump’s Tariffs
5:02 Judge Rules On Abortion Pill Restrictions
5:19 OpenAI, Oracle Plan $7B Data Center In Michigan
6:16 King Charles Strips Brother Of Royal Titles
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- The rise of private credit, and why 'ordinary people's money is on the line'
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- When companies need a loan, traditionally they turn to a bank. But increasingly they’re turning to financial firms that are not really banks — but do have a lot of cash. This is called the “private credit” market. It has exploded in the past 15 years, valued now around $2 trillion.
Natasha Sarin, president of the Yale Budget Lab, argues that these private credit firms are making risky loans — so risky, they’ve got her thinking about a past financial crisis. “Ordinary people’s dollars are on the line, just like they were in 2008.”
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- Trump pushes to end medical care for trans youth nationally
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- 3 months ago
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- Access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth will be dramatically restricted by the Trump administration under new proposals by the Department of Health and Human Services being prepared for release in early November.
The two proposed rules would use Medicaid to try to force hospitals and doctors not to provide gender-affirming care for young people. NPR has obtained the draft text of one proposal rule that prohibits Medicaid reimbursement for care provided to transgender patients younger than 18. The other more sweeping rule would block all Medicaid and Medicare funding for any services at hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care.
Gender-affirming care — including puberty blockers, hormones and, rarely, surgery — is not against any federal law, but it has been banned in 27 states.
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- NPR revisits Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City, a month after Israeli drone attacks
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- 3 months ago
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- The Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City says it was struck by an Israeli drone on Sept. 16, 2025, destroying medical equipment and electrical systems.
NPR was the only news organization to document the aftermath of that attack just before Israeli tanks moved into the area, shutting down access to the hospital. Weeks later, a ceasefire was announced, Israeli troops withdrew from the area and NPR returned to find the hospital destroyed.
The Israeli military did not respond to questions on why its forces destroyed the hospital. The World Health Organization says Al-Rantisi was the only hospital in all of Gaza providing specialized treatment to children for cancer, gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory care and dialysis.
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- People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world's economy
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- 3 months ago
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- Worldwide, the number of children born to the average family has dropped by more than half since the 1970s, according to the latest United Nations data.
Economists say having fewer children is the norm for many families, especially in relatively prosperous countries like the U.S.
The trend is leading to populations that are dramatically older, and beginning to shrink, in many of the world's biggest economies.
Experts say a rapidly aging and gradually shrinking population in the world's wealthiest countries could force sweeping changes in people's lives, causing many to work longer before retirement, making it harder for business owners to find employees and destabilizing eldercare and health insurance programs.
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- NPR's College Podcast Challenge is back for its fifth year, with a $5,000 cash prize
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- 3 months ago
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- If you have a passion project or a story you want to get off your chest, here's your chance to make it happen. We'll air the winner, and many of our finalists and honorable mentions, too, on NPR programs like Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Whether you're a seasoned student journalist, or a math or science major recording your first podcast, we want to hear from you. Many of our prior standout entries came from students with little or no journalism or podcasting experience.
So, students, we want to hear from you. The 2025 College Podcast Challenge is open now and will close on Jan. 16, 2026. Submit your entry at npr.org/studentpodcastchallenge.
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- After a deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro, two very different stories emerge
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- 3 months ago
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- More than 130 people were killed in Rio de Janeiro's deadliest-ever police raid targeting a major drug cartel.
Two very different stories are emerging. The Rio state government is calling the operation, involving thousands of officers, a major success in its fight against one of the largest and most powerful drug gangs in Brazil.
But residents of some of the poorest, working-class neighborhoods where that deadly raid took place are calling the action a state-sponsored massacre.
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- Trump says the U.S. will start testing nuclear weapons again
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- 3 months ago
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- President Trump has announced that the U.S. will start testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China in what could mark a reversal of decades-old policy.
The U.S. hasn't conducted a test of a nuclear weapon since 1992. Instead, it uses scientific experiments and computer simulations to make sure its bombs still work. The voluntary test moratorium has been in place since the end of the Cold War.
It’s not entirely clear what resuming testing “on an equal basis” means. Russia and China haven’t tested nuclear weapons in decades — though both nations have been modernizing their arsenals in recent years.
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- How a $2 trillion 'cockroach problem' could crash the market
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- 3 months ago
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- When companies need a loan, traditionally they turn to a bank. But increasingly they’re turning to financial firms that are not really banks — but do have a lot of cash. This is called the “private credit” market. It has exploded in the past 15 years, valued now around $2 trillion.
Natasha Sarin, president of the Yale Budget Lab, argues that these private credit firms are making risky loans — so risky, they’ve got her thinking about a past financial crisis. “Ordinary people’s dollars are on the line, just like they were in 2008.”
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- Shutdown Puts Families' Access To Head Start At Risk | NPR News Now
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0:18 Shutdown Threatens Head Start Programs
1:19 Trump Says U.S. Close To A Deal With China
2:19 U.S. To Test Nuclear Weapons Again
3:13 Trump Pushes To End Care For Trans Youth
4:17 U.S. Destroys Another Boat In The Pacific
4:38 Israel Carries Out More Strikes In Gaza
5:30 Melissa Moves Toward Bermuda
5:44 Senate Votes To Block Trump’s Tariffs On Canada
6:25 5 More Arrested Overnight Over Louvre Heist
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- Trump fires members of commission that would have reviewed ballroom plans
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- 3 months ago
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- President Trump has fired six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts — an independent agency that advises the president and Congress on design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.
As first reported by The Washington Post, the White House fired six commissioners; the chair position was vacant. The commissioners would have advised the president on the proposed White House ballroom and his plans for a monument similar to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
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- South Korea's President Gifts Trump A Golden Crown | NPR News Now
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0:00 Today’s Top Stories
0:19 Hurricane Melissa Continues To Weaken
0:43 South Korea's President Gifts Trump A Golden Crown
1:36 Israel Kills Dozens In Overnight Strikes
2:38 CBP's Director Ordered To Make Daily Court Appearances
3:27 Shutdown Enters Its Fifth Week
4:12 Senate Blocks Trump’s Brazil Tariffs
5:05 Trump Fires Commission Members
6:01 Texas AG Suing Tylenol's Makers
6:32 New Dr. Seuss Hits Shelves Next Year
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- Hurricane Melissa lashes Jamaica with winds of 185 mph
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- 3 months ago
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- The National Hurricane Center says the top-of-the-scale Hurricane Melissa continues to strengthen just hours before it is expected to slam into Jamaica, with top sustained winds at 185 mph. Forecasters say it’s approaching Jamaica’s southern coast, where leaders have pleaded with people to get to shelters.
The only comparison in Jamaican history is Hurricane Gilbert, which made landfall as a Category 4 in 1988. The National Hurricane Center warns the damage in Jamaica will be catastrophic.
The Jamaican government says three people have already been killed trimming trees in preparation for the storm.
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- Hurricane Melissa Lashes Jamaica With 185 MPH Winds | NPR News Now
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0:07 Melissa Makes Landfall In Jamaica
0:56 U.S. Destroys 4 More Boats In The Pacific
1:17 ACA Plans' Premiums Set To Spike
2:36 Trump Meets With Japan's PM
3:26 Trump Meets With Xi This Week
3:44 Amazon Laying Off 14,000
4:06 Hamas Struggles To Return Remains
5:01 Dodgers Beat Blue Jays In 18-Inning Game 3
5:18 Obesity Rates Fall From All-Time High
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- Every year in Nagpur, thousands convert to Buddhism as a way to reject caste oppression
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- Every year in Nagpur, thousands gather to follow in the footsteps of Babasaheb Ambedkar—one of India’s great independence leaders, who converted to Buddhism as a way to reject caste oppression and reclaim dignity. A quiet revolution that still continues today.
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- Footage captures dramatic eruptions of Philippines' Taal Volcano
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- Steam and ash clouds rose above the Philippines' Taal Volcano on Sunday.
The volcano sits just 30 miles south of Manila. Officials reported three minor eruptions that sent ash plumes nearly 1.5 miles into the sky.
Taal is one of the Philippines’ most active volcanoes, and last erupted significantly in 2020, forcing tens of thousands to flee. The volcano has been under an Alert Level 1 since 2022, marking the volcanic island as a permanent danger zone.
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- For years, men controlled one village's coffee industry — but one woman changed that
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- 3 months ago
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- Meridah Nandudu was a single mom of two kids, unemployed and in despair. Then she had an idea: Maybe the "humble" coffee beans she'd grown up with on her parents' farm could lead her to a better life.
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- Flight Disruptions Continue As Shutdown Drags On | NPR News Now
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0:14 Shutdown Drags On
1:34 Melissa Bears Down On Jamaica
2:21 U.S. Military Ramps Up In The Caribbean
3:10 Trump Meets With Japan's New Prime Minister
4:06 U.S., China Reach Framework For Trade Deal
4:20 Trump Slaps New Tariff On Canadian Goods
5:14 Virginia Takes Up Congressional Redistricting
5:52 Hormel Recalls 6 Million Pounds Of Chicken
6:09 FDA Approves New Menopause Drug
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- How U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean have impacted Trinidad and Tobago
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- U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean this year have sparked fear and concern in areas like Trinidad and Tobago, where locals are questioning who is being targeted.
One of them is Chad Joseph — a 26-year-old local fisherman who, according to his family, went to Venezuela for work about six months ago. He had told them he was returning to Trinidad the same day a U.S. strike took place, and since then, they haven’t heard from him.
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- Target plans to cut 1,800 corporate positions
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- 3 months ago
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- Target announced it will layoff 1,000 corporate employees and eliminate 800 additional vacant positions.
The loss of 1,800 positions is one of the biggest job cuts in Target’s history — about 8% of its corporate workforce globally.
In a memo to Target headquarters employees, incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke said the job cuts are meant to simplify their structure.
“The truth is, the complexity we’ve created over time has been holding us back. Too many layers and overlapping work have slowed decisions, making it harder to bring ideas to life,” Fiddelke wrote.
Target’s sales have been flat or down for nearly three years as shoppers look elsewhere for cheaper prices or more unique offerings.
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- Life is short. Here's how to decide what's worth your time
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- 3 months ago
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- It took author Oliver Burkeman years to accept his mortal limitations and embrace a life he's actively choosing. Listen to how he chose his path in his TED Radio Hour interview.
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- Why you should give more pep talks
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- 3 months ago
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- You hold a very big power: The ability to give a tiny pep talk.
Writers and comedians Josh Linden and Paula Skaggs share four ingredients for a great pep talk with NPR's Life Kit:
- Be specific
- Pep talks aren’t just for big moments
- Advice isn’t necessary
- Keep it simple
Now get out there and hype up your friends.
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- There’s a reason why you’re seeing protesters in inflatable animal costumes at the No Kings rallies
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- 3 months ago
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- NPR's Frank Langfitt spoke to some demonstrators behind the suits and Operation Inflation, who say it’s their way of combatting the GOP narrative that they are radicals who hate America.
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- Demolition of the East Wing is now complete
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- 3 months ago
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- The East Wing of the White House is now a pile of rubble as the Trump administration moves forward with the president’s plan to build a 90,000 square foot ballroom.
President Trump initially said the project wouldn’t “interfere with the current building.” On Wednesday he explained that “in order to do it properly, we had to take down the existing structure.”
The National Trust for Historic Preservation called on the Trump administration to pause demolition earlier this week until the ballroom plans go through a “legally required public review processes.”
Going back at least to the year 2010, Trump has complained that the White House doesn’t have an appropriate space for State Dinners and other large gatherings, often requiring large tents to be set up on the South Lawn.
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- Billionaire Ray Dalio says government intervention in the private sector is “a sign of the times”
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- 3 months ago
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- The Trump administration has taken a roughly 10% stake in the chipmaker Intel and it has a “golden share” of U.S. Steel. In an interview with NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio said government intervention in the private sector is “a sign of the times,” much like the 1930s.
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- Trump Ends Trade Talks With Canada Over TV Commercial | NPR News Now
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0:00 Today’s Top Stories
0:16 Trump Ends Trade Talks With Canada Over TV Commercial
1:20 Ongoing Shutdown Threatens Food Aid For Millions
2:20 Delayed Inflation Report Shows Prices Rose In September
2:32 Ranchers Upset Over Trump's Plan To Import More Beef From Argentina
3:35 Demolition Of The East Wing Is Now Complete
4:17 N.Y Attorney General To Appear In Court Over Bank Fraud Charges
4:33 NBA Faces Two FBI Probes On Illegal Gambling, Sports Rigging
5:38 Target Plans To Cut 1,800 Corporate Positions
6:31 European Union Leaders Pass More Sanctions Against Russia
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- NFL dismisses criticism around Bad Bunny's halftime show
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- 3 months ago
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- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the league is keeping Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime performer. Conservative activists have criticized the choice for the American star from Puerto Rico, who performs in Spanish, to be this year's headliner.
Goodell says the NFL always faces criticism over its choices around the Super Bowl halftime show, but called Bad Bunny "one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world," and added that the decision had been "carefully thought through."
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- Israel Returns Dozens Of Unidentified Bodies To Gaza | NPR News Now
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0:20 Israel, Hamas Exchange Bodies
1:33 U.S. Destroys 2 More Boats
2:34 Trump Levies Sanctions On Russia
3:22 White House's Entire East Wing Coming Down
3:40 DOJ, FBI Hold Press Conference
4:10 Goodell Dismisses Bad Bunny Criticism
4:40 Millions About To Lose Food Assistance
5:15 King Charles Prays With Pope Leo
5:33 Ballerina Gives Final Performance
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- 'Groundbreaking' studies on cannabis, back pain will need to be repeated in U.S.
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- 3 months ago
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- New research findings from Europe show that marijuana can help with chronic back pain.
The German company that ran the study says it expects to get approval to market the drug over there in a few months. That won’t be true in the U.S. — the company tells NPR it is being required to repeat the studies in the U.S. before seeking approval from regulators here. Because cannabis is a Schedule 1 drug, running large research trials comes with many obstacles, meaning it will likely be years before that additional research gets completed.
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- Americans expected to spend $13B on Halloween this year
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- 3 months ago
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- People in the United States are expected to spend a record $13 billion on Halloween this year.
A survey by the National Retail Federation finds 73% of the survey's participants plan to celebrate Halloween this year, up from about half in 2005.
The survey also found people are spending billions on costumes this year. And more people are dressing up their pets, with spending on pets' costumes alone predicted to reach nearly $1 billion this year.
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- Federal Employees Turn To Food Pantries | NPR News Now
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- 3 months ago
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- NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories:
0:00 Today’s Top Stories
0:17 Trump Suggests DOJ Should Pay Him
1:15 Government Shutdown Drags On
1:45 Federal Employees Turn To Food Pantries
2:43 Trump Plans Interior Department Layoffs
3:47 Vance Meets With Netanyahu In Israel
4:13 7 Universities Reject Trump Deal
5:09 OpenAI Launches Atlas
6:05 Americans Expected To Spend $13B On Halloween
7:00 Eric Lu Wins Chopin Prize
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- Cuffing season: tarantula edition
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- Karine Jean-Pierre on the age of Democratic politicians: "It's time for the old guard to let go"
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- 3 months ago
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- For nearly three years, Karine Jean-Pierre served as White House press secretary, the public face of the Biden administration through daily briefings and trips around the world.
In an interview with Michel Martin, Jean-Pierre said that Democrats' internal dysfunction and disloyalty helped pave the way for its 2024 defeat. She also reflected on her time in the administration and described why she decided to step away from the party she once represented.
Watch the full interview on our channel.
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- Israel cites security, but Palestinians say West Bank gates disrupt daily life
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- 3 months ago
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- In the last two years Israel has erected hundreds of gates to restrict the movement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, making daily life more difficult for residents there.
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- White House Demolition Begins For Trump's Ballroom | NPR News Now
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- White House demolition begins for Trump's ballroom
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- Demolition is underway at the White House to make way for a new ballroom.
The construction is privately funded through donations, so a White House official says the government shutdown didn’t delay the groundbreaking. The administration has said will disclose who has contributed money to build the ballroom, but has yet to do so.
The ballroom represents the biggest structural change to the mansion since the 1948 addition of the Truman Balcony that overlooks the South Lawn. President Trump says the space will be able to host 999 people, an increase from the 650 announced in July.
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- Joe Biden's White House press secretary now calls herself an independent
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- For nearly three years, Karine Jean-Pierre served as White House press secretary, the public face of the Biden administration through daily briefings and trips around the world.
In an interview with Michel Martin, Jean-Pierre spoke about a "growing number of people who see themselves as independents, including young people. We have to question, why is that?”
Jean-Pierre said her decision to identify as an independent was meant to start a conversation about the direction of American politics.
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- Karine Jean-Pierre on why she left the Democrats — and calls herself independent | Morning Edition
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- For nearly three years, Karine Jean-Pierre served as White House press secretary, the public face of the Biden administration through daily briefings and trips around the world.
In a new book, "Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines," published Oct. 21, Jean-Pierre says that the party’s internal dysfunction and disloyalty had helped pave the way for its 2024 defeat.
Speaking with Morning Edition host Michel Martin, she reflected on her time in the administration and described why she decided to step away from the party she once represented.
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