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Progressive Peggy Flanagan wins Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota
Progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic primary for Senate from Minnesota. It continues a series of wins ...
Trump-backed Mike Lindell loses primary for Minnesota governor to Lisa Demuth
Lindell had President Trump's endorsement but he lost to Lisa Demuth, the speaker of the state house. She'll face Democr...
In South Carolina, GOP Voters decide who they want to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham
Sen. Darline Graham, who is serving out the remainder of her brother's term, faces a crowded field of candidates to repl...
A judge expands a block on U.S. Postal Service work on Trump's mail-in voting order
A federal judge expanded a block on a key part of President Trump's order to restrict mail-in voting for this fall's mid...
Kennedy Center must pay $250,000 in legal fees to musician who canceled in protest
Chuck Redd canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance to protest Trump's name being added to the complex. In June, a ...
5 questions parents may have after Trump's latest vaccine move
Parents may be confused about the status of vaccines for their kids after President Trump's new executive order. It's im...
1 year in, National Guard became a part of D.C. life. And, deadly quake hits Colombia
Today marks one year since the National Guard was deployed to the nation's capital. Here's what has happened since. And,...
The secret economics inside the new Planet Money board game
From Nobel Prize-winning research to the Laffer Curve, Scabby the Rat, Veblen's peacock, and more — the economic ideas a...
Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
A Syrian court sentenced Assad along with his brother to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes du...
A midwife crosses 'maternity deserts' to make a difference for Black moms and babies
New research from the March of Dimes says more than half of U.S. counties have no labor and delivery hospitals. One Blac...
In Minnesota and Wisconsin, competitive primaries will again test power of progressive candidates
A week after the Michigan primary, tests of progressive power will play out in the Midwest, raising questions of whether...
A year in, thousands of armed troops have quietly become a fixture of D.C. life
The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029....
The school year begins in LA with one big change: limited screen time
As educators in the nation's second-largest district prepare for the new limits on classroom screen time, some teachers ...
Turkey's parliament approves a pardon-like bill for thousands of PKK militants
Turkey's parliament approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in...
Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle
The shift comes as U.S. stockpiles of key weapons have dwindled and as stop-start talks seem again to have stalled. But ...
Magnitude 7.4 quake rocks western Colombia, killing at least 111 people
Search teams and civilians picked through the remains of destroyed buildings in the country's third-largest city, Cali, ...
Alabama heads into a second primary election after redistricting
Alabama voters are again selecting candidates for four Congressional districts after the state changed the district map ...
After his Reflecting Pool vandalism case is dismissed, David Hearn looks for closure
The ex-Olympian accused of damaging the reflecting pool tells NPR the experience has been "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque." ...
Trump and RFK Jr. try again to upend vaccines for kids
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday about vaccines, saying children should get fewer. His administration...
'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'
Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded th...
Despite Mideast wars, 20 million gather in Iraq for Shia pilgrimage
Despite wars ranging across the Middle East, more than 20 million Shia pilgrims gather in Iraq shrine city for Arbaeen f...
Does spending money make you feel bad? Read this comic
If spending — or not spending — money makes you feel shame or regret, you might be grappling with financial guilt. Finan...
Flood death toll in India's Assam reaches 100 as thousands lose their homes
Days of heavy monsoon rain has caused rivers, including the Brahmaputra, to overflow, inundating communities, disrupting...
Decades of abuse revealed at Michigan art school. And, the Iran war's impact on midterms
A new report has revealed decades of alleged abuse at an elite art school. NPR spoke with one of the victims. And, Iran ...
Some disabled people want to advance their careers. They say Medicaid rules stop them
Medicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they'd like...
Mike Lindell touts Trump ties in race for governor of Minnesota, where Trump has lost
Lindell, of "MyPillow," plays up his ties to Trump, who endorsed him for Tuesday's primary. But the state Republican con...
Who really needs testosterone?
The military plans to start screening service members for low testosterone, and social media is overflowing with claims ...
The FAA wants to reboot the nation's airspace. This airline shows how it might work
When Alaska Airlines wanted to optimize its operations, it turned to a small startup called Air Space Intelligence. Now ...
Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk kills 12, authorities say
Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months. The barrage has caused...
The view from the proving grounds for next-generation nuclear reactors, Atomic City, Idaho
A new generation of small nuclear reactors is poised to come online in the next few years. Public opinion remains split....
Crews battle wildfires in western U.S. and Canada
There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency ...
Demi Vollering wins Tour de France for the 2nd time
Vollering, who first won the competition in 2023, finished the stage more than a minute ahead of Spaniard Paula Blasi Ca...
Netanyahu rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan, demands Hamas disarm first
Netanyahu's comments come just over a week after President Trump said his Board of Peace had reached a "historic" agreem...
Haunted by Hoover, Trump searches for an endgame in Iran
President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war - that has gone on l...
This rising painter reimagines Renaissance art in a cocoa plantation in Cameroon
A new gallery show in London features the paintings of Marc Padeu, playing with themes from Renaissance art and bringing...
Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia, and other Middle East news
Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and th...
Solar eclipse to occur next week. Here is what to know
It will be visible in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday....
Tanker sailors still face danger in the Strait of Hormuz
An agreement over the Strait of Hormuz is still far away. Tim Wilkins, who works for a tanker industry group, says the s...
Ukraine mourns "collector of souls" Oleksiy Yukov, killed recovering war dead
Oleksiy Yukov spent two decades recovering the bodies of soldiers – including many Russians. He was killed during a reco...
K-pop's global wave inspires Chile's next pop stars
K-pop conquered the world — now Chile's young creatives are remixing the movement and making it their own....
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