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COMIC: 7 signs it's time to call it quits

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 09/12/2025 - 04:00

It's hard to know when to give up on a goal, especially when you've invested so much time, effort and resources into it. Here are 7 signals you might be ready to move on.

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Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado started revamping its vaccine policies last spring

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 09/12/2025 - 04:00

While Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., dismantles the federal institutions that set vaccine policy, states like Colorado are changing laws and regulations in an effort to preserve access to vaccines.

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Health care costs are soaring. Blame insurers, drug companies — and your employer

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 09/12/2025 - 04:00

Some 154 million people in the United States get health care through their employer — and for many, their costs are about to go way up.

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These fired DOJ lawyers are finding new ways to make a difference

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 09/12/2025 - 04:00

Four prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases have found a way to continue public service after leaving the Justice Department. They're all colleagues again.

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Charlie Kirk's killing raises the stakes for campus security

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 20:41

How much security at a campus event is enough? Campus police are mulling the question.

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They want a COVID shot to protect their health or at-risk family. They can't get it

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 18:33

Though the FDA narrowed criteria for the shots, many people still want them, to avoid illness and protect vulnerable family members. Some are turned down at the pharmacy or have to jump through hoops.

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Jazz head at Kennedy Center is the latest firing at the beleaguered arts institution

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 18:12

The firing of Kevin Struthers is the latest in a line of dismissals and resignations at the D.C. arts behemoth.

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Senate Republicans turn to 'nuclear option' to speed confirmation of Trump nominees

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 18:11

The change will allow certain nominees to be confirmed in groups rather than by individual vote. It follows months of GOP complaints that Democrats were dragging out the confirmation process.

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For Charlie Kirk's followers, grief, shock and questions about the future

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 16:12

Charlie Kirk's followers are in shock and grief over his assassination. As they try to make sense of his killing, many are also asking what's next for the movement he started.

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A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word 'robot'

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 16:03

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect a modernity once skewered by the writer.

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Are hotel rooms accessible for people who use wheelchairs? NPR wants to hear from you

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 15:01

Hotels have accessible rooms for wheelchair users. If you or someone you know has experienced problems with those rooms, we'd like to hear about it.

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Charlie Kirk's assassination sparks grief and rage online

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 14:44

Some conservative influencers mourned Kirk's loss, even as others quickly blamed the left.

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Brazil's Supreme Court votes to convict ex-President Bolsonaro of a coup plot

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 14:13

A historic conviction: Brazil's Supreme Court delivers a majority vote to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro over a plot to overthrow the government.

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South Korean workers detained in immigration raid leave Atlanta and head home

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 13:37

A plane carrying more than 300 workers from South Korea who were detained during an immigration raid at a battery factory in Georgia last week left Atlanta around noon Thursday, bound for South Korea.

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Jury trial of Ryan Routh, man accused of trying to kill Trump, begins in Florida

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 13:28

Routh is charged with attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate. A conviction carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. Routh, who is not a lawyer, is representing himself in this case.

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Home mortgage demand surges as rates drop to 6.35%

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 12:28

Rates saw the biggest one-week drop in a year, spurring a spike in new purchase and refinance applications.

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NSA leaker Reality Winner is rebuilding her life -- and looking back at her past

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 12:21

Winner was working at the NSA in 2017 when she leaked a classified document to the press. Soon after, the FBI showed up at her door. Winner's new memoir is I Am Not Your Enemy.

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The killing of Charlie Kirk adds to a time of political upheaval and violence

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 10:32

The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk Wednesday at a college in Utah is the latest in a series of politically motivated violent acts just in recent months.

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TB is the #1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 10:09

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.

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Inflation climbs in August as grocery and gas prices jump

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 07:58

Inflation accelerated in August as Americans paid more for gasoline and groceries. Over the last 12 months, consumer prices have risen 2.9%.

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