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Rubio braces for Senate scrutiny over Venezuela

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 07:08

At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since Nicolas Maduro was seized, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's adminstration.

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Trump admin rewrites nuclear safety rules. And, NTSB releases findings on D.C. crash

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 06:42

NPR obtains documents showing the Trump administration secretly cut nuclear safety rules to fast-track new reactors. And, investigators blame systemic failures for a deadly midair crash near D.C.

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As the U.S. bids adieu to the World Health Organization, California says hello

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 05:47

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring network. Are others following?

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CBP has a history of excessive force. Critics say they were unprepared for Minnesota

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 04:01

Experts say federal immigration agents' skills are a dangerous mismatch for urban settings such as the Twin Cities

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To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 04:00

Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.

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How bystander videos of law enforcement have shaped public understanding

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 04:00

Bystander videos have shaped public perception for decades. The ability to now spread video widely can lead to real-time access and transparency, but experts say videos can't tell the full story.

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Americans may love football, but did you know its origins are in medieval England?

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 04:00

"Football" is a word used to refer to different games: American football, the game played at the Super Bowl, where a foot is rarely used to direct the ball. And elsewhere in the world, football refers to what Americans call "soccer." But where does this word really come from?

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3 generations of women in one family show how choices on motherhood have changed

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 04:00

In one family, three generations of American women explore how choices around becoming mothers have changed at the same time the U.S. birth rate has dropped.

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The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 04:00

The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.

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Mexican president says her country has paused oil shipments to Cuba

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 01:44

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the pause was part of general fluctuations in oil supplies and that it was a "sovereign decision" not made under pressure from the United States.

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Spain will grant legal status to immigrants lacking authorization

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 01/28/2026 - 00:51

Spain's government announced Tuesday it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization.

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It's the foundation of psychiatric diagnosis. And it's about to get a makeover

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 01/27/2026 - 23:01

The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is known as the DSM-5. What will the next version be called? That's one of several open questions as the "Bible of psychiatry" goes online.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar rushed on stage and sprayed with liquid at town hall event

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 01/27/2026 - 20:54

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar was speaking at a town hall event when she was rushed by a man who sprayed a liquid at her via a syringe.

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Internal review contradicts White House narrative of Pretti's death

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 01/27/2026 - 19:16

The preliminary assessment from Customs and Border Protection makes no mention of Alex Pretti attacking officers or threatening them with a weapon — as the administration first described the incident.

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NTSB blames 'deep' systemic failures for deadly midair collision near Washington D.C.

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 01/27/2026 - 18:12

After a yearlong investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board did not find a single cause for the deadly collision near Washington, D.C., but blamed the crash on multiple systemic failures.

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Bitter cold grips the eastern U.S. as storm deaths rise and power outages linger

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 01/27/2026 - 16:35

Three Texas siblings who died in an icy pond are among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold. A massive storm dumped deep snow across more than 1,300 miles from Arkansas to New England.

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Fourth graders ask whether kids or adults have it better as part of NPR challenge

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 01/27/2026 - 16:20

Who's got it better in life, kids or adults? A group of fourth-graders in New Jersey did some serious reporting on this topic and sent us their findings as a part of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

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Italian officials voice outrage at the presence of U.S. ICE agents at the 2026 Olympics

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 01/27/2026 - 16:09

U.S. Homeland Security agents provided security support at past Olympics. But after violence by ICE agents in Minneapolis, some Italian officials say an ICE unit is unwelcome in Milan Cortina.

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Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in U.S.

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 01/27/2026 - 15:38

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad.

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A crackdown on immigration is leading to a sharp drop in U.S. population growth

NPR News Headlines - Tue, 01/27/2026 - 13:23

A sharp drop in net immigration has led to a slowdown in U.S. population growth. The Census Bureau says the population grew only about half as fast in the year ending last June as it did the previous year.

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