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'Say no to power peeing' and other good tips from a pelvic floor physical therapist

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 07:15
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Your pelvic floor supports organs like your bladder, bowels and reproductive system. Strengthen it with exercises and mantras (like "squeeze before you sneeze") from physical therapist Sara Reardon.

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How many kids go to work instead of school?

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 06:32

They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing the number of kids who work but says the numbers remain "unacceptable."

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Senate Republicans race to pass Trump's policy bill. And, takeaways from NATO summit

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 06:08

Senate Republicans race to pass Trump's domestic policy bill by July 4, but are divided on key issues. And, NATO leaders agreed on a defense spending increase at yesterday's summit.

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The paperwork trap: A sneaky way to cut Medicaid in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill'?

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 05:30

Republicans want to add work requirements for Americans to get Medicaid. Is that a necessary step to fight "waste, fraud, and abuse" or a sneaky way of cutting the social safety net?

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Photos: Decades in, these women's love was 'Hidden Once, Hidden Twice'

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 05:00

Morgan Lieberman's "Hidden Once, Hidden Twice" is a documentary photo and film project bringing visibility to the lives of senior lesbian couples across the U.S.

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He sued for marriage equality and won. 10 years later, he fears for LGBTQ+ rights

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 05:00

Jim Obergefell, plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, reflects on the decision 10 years later and the LGBTQ community's current civil rights fight.

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'The Bear' is back — and leaning into its strengths in Season 4

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 05:00

The new season picks up right where we left off — with a review of the restaurant — and refocuses on the relationships between Carmy, Sydney and Richie.

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The Trump administration says it wants to eliminate FEMA. Here's what we know

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 04:38

Every year, millions of Americans rely on FEMA assistance after hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and other disasters. The president says state governments should do more.

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'Equal dignity': U.S. map shows the impact of Obergefell v. Hodges decision

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 04:01

"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the June 26, 2015, ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. "The Constitution grants them that right."

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Nursing homes face 2 threats: Trump's Medicaid cuts and his immigration crackdown

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 04:00

Understaffed nursing homes rely on an immigrant workforce. Cuts to Medicaid and a tough immigration policy amount to a double whammy for the long-term care industry.

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Michelle Obama addresses *those* divorce rumors — and how she defines her own story

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 04:00

Michelle Obama is in a place in her life where she gets to integrate her public and private self a little more. She tells Rachel that means saying "no" to some of the things that are expected of her.

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What the Class of 2025 has to say about the state of higher education

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 04:00

Three graduating college seniors reflect on how their final semester, during the Trump presidency, has changed how they think about higher education.

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Kari Lake takes her war on Voice of America to Congress

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 04:00

Presidential adviser Kari Lake attacked the Voice of America in Congressional testimony Wednesday. A former network official called her actions "profoundly harmful to our national interests."

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Forget 'total obliteration' — experts say Iran and U.S. need to negotiate

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 04:00

President Trump doubled down on his claims that the U.S. strikes in Iran last weekend "obliterated" its key nuclear facilities. But experts say that regardless of the amount of damage done to Iran's nuclear facilities, deliberate negotiations leading to a lasting agreement are crucial to prevent the resumption of war.

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Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for 1976 killing

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 02:45

Richard Gerald Jordan, the longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme.

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Key takeaways from the Trump-dominated NATO summit

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 01:12

NATO's summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday has been described as "transformational" and "historic."

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Trump administration sues all of Maryland's federal judges over deportation order

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 06/26/2025 - 00:12

The action lays bare the administration's attempt to exert its will over immigration enforcement, and a growing anger at federal judges who have blocked executive branch actions they see as lawless.

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RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine group over 'vaccine safety' issues

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 06/25/2025 - 18:39

The secretary of health and human services said that funding will be curtailed until Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, takes into account the science of vaccine safety in its campaigns.

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Judge orders Abrego Garcia released from jail, but his future remains uncertain

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 06/25/2025 - 18:31

A federal judge in Tennessee ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the man the government mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador — to be released from prison until his trial on federal charges.

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Senators question Trump plan to kill federal funds for PBS, NPR and some foreign aid

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 06/25/2025 - 16:12

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the Trump administration's bid to rescind federal funding for public broadcasting and international aid programs.

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