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Photos: Two years of war in Sudan

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 14:09

Images of Sudan, after two years of civil war have led to the world biggest humanitarian crisis.

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Melinda French Gates on what billionaires with 'absurd' wealth owe back to society

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 12:07

In a new memoir, French Gates writes about the end of her marriage to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and her ongoing philanthropic work, directing funds and attention to women's health initiatives.

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Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 11:18

President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, which would give Congress 45 days to approve the directive or allow funding to be restored.

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Sudan's war is 2 years in and shows no signs of slowing, as talks take place

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 11:09

As "pathway to peace talks" are held in London - minus the main protagonists - Sudan tips into a third year of catastrophic civil war, as violence surges in the Darfur region of the west of the country and activists warn of an unfolding genocide.

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States push Medicaid work rules, but few programs help enrollees find jobs

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 10:24

Some lawmakers are pushing to require that Medicaid recipients work in order to get or keep coverage, and some states already try to help them find jobs. But the effects of those efforts are unclear.

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How Trump's cuts to U.S. foreign aid are imperiling Syria's war crimes investigations

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 08:37

When former leader Bashar al-Assad fell, new Syria war crimes investigations began. But U.S. budget cuts have halted some work. For families of the disappeared, it means justice delayed or denied.

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DOGE cut a CDC team as it was about to start a project to help N.C. flood victims

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 08:00

The National Center for Environmental Health was hollowed out in the cuts of 10,000 federal health workers on April 1. That's the same day an assessment of people hurt in floods was set to begin.

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Whistleblower says DOGE took sensitive data. And, Harvard rejects Trump's demands

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 06:00

A whistleblower who works at NLRB says that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data. And, the Trump administration froze over $2 billion for Harvard after it rejected demands.

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Europe deplores America's 'chlorinated chicken.' How safe is our poultry?

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 04:15

President Trump wants European countries to start buying U.S. chicken and eggs. But the U.K. and E.U. think American poultry is gross and chemically washed. Turns out, chlorine isn't really the issue.

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Bipartisan senators rebuke White House move to end legal aid for unaccompanied minors

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 04:15

The letter obtained by NPR marks a rare bipartisan critique from Capitol Hill of the administration's immigration policy.

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After delays, first vaccine advisory meeting under RFK Jr. set to start

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 04:01

For the first time since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became health secretary, vaccine advisers to the CDC are meeting to discuss vaccines for RSV, HPV, COVID and more.

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Once again, Harvey Weinstein goes on trial for sex crimes in New York today

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 04:00

Weinstein's New York conviction was overturned last year. The new trial will retry the case alongside a brand new charge.

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Climate activists were hacked. There was a link between the victims and an alleged attacker

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 04:00

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Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.

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As special ed students are integrated more at school, teacher training is evolving

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 04:00

General education teachers are more likely than ever to be working with students who have special needs.

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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 04:00

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

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The man accused in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump to appear in court

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 04:00

Ryan Routh, accused in the golf course attempted assassination of Donald Trump, will appear in a Florida federal courtroom Tuesday for a hearing involving evidence that will be presented in the case.

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5 takeaways about NPR's reporting on the whistleblower report about DOGE at the NLRB

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 04:00

Here's a summary of NPR's findings about the report that a whistleblower filed to Congress about how DOGE violated security protocols and could have removed sensitive labor data.

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Attack leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country's president says

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 02:46

Such attacks have become common in north-central Nigeria, where gunmen exploit security lapses to launch deadly raids on farmers in a fight over land resources.

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Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 00:13

The amendment bans public events held by LGBTQ+ communities and allows authorities to use facial recognition tools to identify people who attend prohibited events.

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Federal funding freeze halts key infrastructure projects in tribal communities

Mon, 04/14/2025 - 20:55

Riverbank stabilization, lead and asbestos contamination are just some of the projects tribes planned to address before the Trump administration froze funds.

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