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Jun 26, 2026
Each week, a guest draws a card from NPR's Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. After 24 years in the WWE ring, John Cena retired from professional wrestling last year.
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Jun 26, 2026
As the death toll from the Venezuelan earthquakes more than doubles, rescue workers continue to search through the rubble for survivors amid worsening conditions and collapsing infrastructure.
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Jun 26, 2026
FIFA designated the June 26th game played in Seattle between Egypt and Iran as a "Pride Match." Both countries objected. How is the queer community in Seattle gearing up for the game?
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Jun 26, 2026
Many towns have regulations about when a homeowner can cut down their own trees. We examine these laws, and one lawsuit in particular, to learn more about what ownership means in a legal sense.
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Jun 26, 2026
President Trump has demanded loyalty from his supporters and allies, causing friction within the Republican party and abroad.
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Jun 26, 2026
God and aliens are having a moment. But what do Christianity and other faiths really teach about ETs?
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Jun 26, 2026
Born in Liverpool, Burnham went to Cambridge and Westminster. But Manchester made him famous. As mayor, he brought growth to the post-industrial city. Can he scale that nationally as the next U.K. PM?
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Jun 26, 2026
During Supreme Court opinions Thursday, Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion in an asylum case, appeared to rebut Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote the dissent. The move was highly unusual — and on Friday there was a coda.
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Jun 26, 2026
The federal arson case of the man accused of starting the deadly Palisades fire ended in a mistrial on Friday morning.
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Jun 26, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who plays the brash Richie Jerimovich on FX's The Bear, about what he'll miss most as the show winds down.
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Jun 26, 2026
Following the earthquakes in Venezuela, the Trump administration announced what appears to be its strongest disaster response since it dismantled America's premier aid agency USAID last year.
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Jun 26, 2026
African leagues are bringing it during this World Cup: Morocco, Cape Verde, Egypt are holding their own. We explore how great African soccer is, and how it is making international soccer giants quake.
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Jun 26, 2026
A conversation with Thomas "Tommy" Pigott, spokesperson for the U.S. State Department.
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Jun 26, 2026
In January, Paigelynne Gonyea posted about the immigration surge in Minneapolis. This week, she was visited by ICE officials who claimed one of her posts had doxxed a federal agent.
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Jun 26, 2026
Pianist Lara Downes and Pulitzer-winning author Salamishah Tillet discuss Nina Simone and one of her best-known songs at her lovingly restored birthplace in Tryon, N.C.
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Jun 26, 2026
Nayef Samaro, 25, was killed in an Israeli military raid on Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, as he prepared to meet his wife at the hospital for the birth of their first child.
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Jun 26, 2026
Bolton pleaded guilty to one count of retaining national defense information while he was a national security adviser during President Trump's first term, saying: "And I am sorry for it."
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Jun 25, 2026
Venezuela is reeling from two massive earthquakes Wednesday night.
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Jun 25, 2026
Venezuela is reeling after twin record-breaking earthquakes kill hundreds and flatten buildings, with the death toll expected to rise.
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Jun 25, 2026
The Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the go-ahead to begin mass deportations of hundreds of thousands of Haitians who have been living and working legally in the U.S. for years.
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Jun 25, 2026
The Supreme Court handed a victory to the maker of the popular weed killer Roundup and made it harder for people to sue over potentially harmful pesticides.
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Jun 25, 2026
As the world focused on the war with Iran, Israeli forces steadily took more territory in the Gaza Strip and killed more people last month than at any time this year, according to Gaza health records.
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Jun 25, 2026
It appears the two big earthquakes in Venezuela that occurred in rapid succession may have involved two separate fault lines. Several faults intersect in this tectonically complex region.
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Jun 25, 2026
President Trump's proposal to have Iran use their unfrozen funds to buy American agriculture products says a lot about where he's worried about lost political support.
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Jun 25, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Lauren Okie, whose new book finds two childhood neighbors reunited to ghostwrite a love story for a withdrawn author at her Hampton's estate.
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Jun 25, 2026
The New World screwworm continues to spread across Texas and threatens the cattle industry. Fighting the spread depends on the cooperation of ranchers, but they are suspicious of the government.
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Jun 25, 2026
Mauricio Pochettino was the biggest name the U.S. men's soccer team had ever hired — then, fans and analysts asked whether he'd been worth the hype. Now, the answer is a resounding yes.
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Jun 25, 2026
World Cup games are underway in Philadelphia. Long before Americans caught the world's soccer craze, Ukrainian migrants made Philly a soccer town. Today, the sport helps sustain their culture.
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Jun 24, 2026
Powerful back to back earthquakes hit Venezuela's capital, Caracas. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with journalist Maria Graterol who is in Caracas.
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Jun 24, 2026
Republicans hoped to celebrate passage of a bipartisan spending bill on Wednesday — until President Trump scuttled their plans. It was the latest in a series of rifts between Trump and his party.
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Jun 24, 2026
The Trump administration's efforts to stop recommending some childhood vaccines has created a dilemma for pediatricians. Some are actively steering patients away from the CDC website.
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Jun 24, 2026
Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian Texas summer camp, where 28 people died during the catastrophic floods last year filed for bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday.
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Jun 24, 2026
The biggest wildfire in America last year was at Grand Canyon National Park. The area that burned recently re-opened and recovery, of the land and emotions of people who loved it has begun.
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Jun 24, 2026
River trips require car and truck shuttles to get floaters from the end back to where they started. High gas prices have some cancelling their plans.
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Jun 24, 2026
A man who volunteered as an otter spotter made some scientific discoveries along the way.
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Jun 24, 2026
The commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe and Africa is expected to announce his retirement. It's yet another abrupt move in the ongoing changes to senior Pentagon leadership under Pete Hegseth.
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Jun 24, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York City, the day after all three Congressional candidates he endorsed won their Democratic primary elections.
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Jun 24, 2026
The drone-infested battlefields of modern warfare and the need to make troops' loads lighter has the U.S. military looking for new forms of field rations, like ways to make protein on the front lines.
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Jun 24, 2026
President Trump has cancelled a signing planned for today of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, the largest housing affordability in decades passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress.
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Jun 24, 2026
Long before most Americans paid attention to soccer, Philadelphia had a thriving culture of athletes and fans shaped in large part by Ukrainian immigrants. The sport offers a rallying place for Ukrainians at a time when their home country is fighting for survival.
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Jun 24, 2026
NPR reports from Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fight to contain the virus faces obstacles from lack of supplies to residents who doubt that the virus is real.
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Jun 24, 2026
New York's primary election highlighted a question the Democratic Party is facing: Just how progressive does it want to be? In safe seats, progressives win, but in competitive seats, moderates prevail.
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Jun 24, 2026
Surfside, Florida, is marking five years since a beachfront condominium collapsed, killing 98 people. It was one of the largest structural failures in U.S. history.
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Jun 23, 2026
The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue the guards under a federal law to protect the religious rights of prisoners.
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Jun 23, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to playwright Kenn Adams about his formula for creating or analyzing stories called the Story Spine.
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Jun 23, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with author and filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz about his book The Adventures of Juan Planchard, now translated into English.
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Jun 23, 2026
The New York district represented by Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is a toss-up and one Democrats are eyeing to pick up in their quest for control of Congress.
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Jun 23, 2026
For the "Race to Alaska," intrepid boaters compete in a 750-mile no-engine boat race from Washington state to Alaska.
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Jun 23, 2026
Philadelphia is home to a unique wedding custom you've probably never heard of.
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Jun 23, 2026
The Senate has voted to take away President Trump's power to wage war with Iran. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Virginia Democrat Tim Kaine, a sponsor of the bill.
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Jun 23, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with University of Richmond political scientist Dan Palazzolo about the politics of officials affiliating with sports.
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Jun 23, 2026
The staff of a wildlife preserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying desperately to keep their gorillas from exposure to Ebola. Gorillas can get it and almost all of them die from it.
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Jun 23, 2026
Ties between President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., are being tested, as some Senate Republicans say the president's unpredictable actions are derailing their shared agenda.
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Jun 23, 2026
Divides over what GOP priorities should be ahead of this fall's midterm elections are testing the relationship between President Trump and Senate Republicans.
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Jun 23, 2026
The decision to cancel a signing ceremony for the bipartisan housing bill comes at a moment when Trump and some Republicans are split over what GOP priorities should be ahead of the midterm elections.
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Jun 23, 2026
An expansive bipartisan bill intended to bring down the cost of housing by boosting the supply of homes is headed for a final vote in the House, after having passed the Senate on Monday.
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Jun 23, 2026
In Phoenix, Arizona, a disproportionate number of indoor heat-related deaths happen in mobile homes. Red Cross volunteers are working to change that.
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Jun 23, 2026
Investors are selling off AI-related stocks as doubts are starting to surface over whether the massive spending on AI is worth the investment or whether "it's one big bubble."
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Jun 23, 2026
Continental Army soldier John Pumphrey enlisted as a teenager in 1777 and fought at significant battles before his death in action against the British in Camden, S.C.
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Jun 23, 2026
Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.
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Jun 23, 2026
Anthony Bailey's case is one of about a dozen that could be directly affected by a Supreme Court ruling limiting how prisoners can use the compassionate release program to get out early.
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Jun 22, 2026
The Forest Service says it's fully staffed with seasonal firefighters going into summer but there are still questions about whether the government is prepared if major wildfires get out of hand.
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Jun 22, 2026
Tens of millions of voters have had their data run through the Trump administration's revamped SAVE tool. A judge just found it unlawful.
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Jun 22, 2026
Several new soccer rules are being premiered during this World Cup. One of them is causing a lot of controversy: hydration breaks. Are they a good measure or a money-grabbing scheme?
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Jun 22, 2026
While in his first year at college, Stephen Parker turned to his housemate while in the throws of a panic attack. The care he received stuck with him for years.
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Jun 22, 2026
For the Bicentennial in 1976, the Environmental Protection Agency buried a time capsule with the promise to open it this year. It's a promise the agency may not fulfill.
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Jun 22, 2026
Longtime Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan died Monday at age 100. He's remembered as a master of monetary policy, but his light touch on regulation also set the stage for a financial crisis.
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Jun 22, 2026
Andy Burnham, a newly elected member of Parliament, plans to run for prime minister, replacing Keir Starmer, who resigned Monday.
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Jun 22, 2026
Almost 50 years on, an American's idea for a citywide outdoor celebration of music in Paris has grown into Fête de la Musique, where the city's streets become a global music block party.
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Jun 22, 2026
Since President Trump took office, hundreds of experts advising on science and research issues have been dismissed. One committee was on long COVID, an issue that doctors are desperate for help with.
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Jun 22, 2026
Religious liberty was one of the founding pursuits of America. Rhode Island was founded on the idea that the intermingling of religion and government damages both church and state.
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Jun 22, 2026
What to do if your insurance denies your obesity drug.
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Jun 22, 2026
Vice President Vance is on his way back to the U.S. after he said negotiators made progress toward a lasting peace deal.
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Jun 22, 2026
The record executive was instrumental in shepherding the successful careers of a number of monumental music stars, including Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin, Billy Joel and Whitney Houston.
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Jun 22, 2026
The massive spending and heated rhetoric in midterm races reflect the AI industry's political fault lines and competing visions of what the future should look like.
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Jun 22, 2026
The reliably Republican state has its first blue-leaning seat and Utah Democrats are excited for the pickup opportunity. First, they just have to make it through the competitive primary.
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Jun 21, 2026
Colombia wakes up to a sharp political turn to right as Abelardo de la Espriella's preliminary victory redraws the country's path on security, economy, and peace.
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Jun 21, 2026
Colombia's government is touting a rare peace deal with a rebel group. But the front-runner in today's presidential election says he'll abandon negotiations. NPR's John Otis reports.
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Jun 21, 2026
At the Lake Lucerne summit, U.S. and Iranian officials are trying to keep a shaky peace effort alive after renewed violence and confusion over Hormuz. Former Ambassador Ryan Crocker talks about the need for strategic patience.
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Jun 21, 2026
Many indie rock musicians who once sang about rebellion are now parents. The Shins front man James Mercer reflects on how fatherhood changed him.
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Jun 21, 2026
It's been nearly five years since a beachfront condominium collapsed in Surfside, Florida, killing 98 people. The tragedy raised questions about how the state regulates structural safety.
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Jun 21, 2026
What makes a dad movie? Two NPR movie-loving fathers talk about the classics and the films they hope their children will love.
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Jun 21, 2026
As millions gather for the World Cup, a scrappy public health operation led by a team at Georgetown is tracking disease threats using surveys, wastewater and online chatter to spot outbreaks early.
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Jun 21, 2026
Cambodia is cracking down on cyber scam compounds linked to human trafficking and thousands of workers have been freed. But many say they're now stranded, with nowhere to stay and no way to get back to their families.
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Jun 21, 2026
There's a huge cohort of people who are aging without immediate family members to help them. Advocates say this is an opportunity to build better support for everyone.
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Jun 20, 2026
As Don Gonyea covered the launch of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago this week, he recalled key moments from presidential library openings he has covered throughout his career.
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Jun 20, 2026
Why do some butterflies live for months while others survive only weeks? Tufts University researcher Jessica Foley explains what Heliconius butterflies can teach us about aging.
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Jun 20, 2026
For some it's a symbol of identity. For others, a challenge to the state. NPR's Itay Stern reports on the debate over the Palestinian flag in Israel.
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Jun 20, 2026
A flu outbreak at a Texas Air Force Base is fueling debate over the Pentagon's decision to end the military's flu vaccine mandate. Former military health official Jose Sanchez explains the stakes.
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Jun 20, 2026
For many Ismaili Muslims, seeing the Aga Khan is a once-in-a-lifetime event. NPR's Betsy Joles reports from his visit to remote northern Pakistan.
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Jun 20, 2026
George Floyd's murder put Minneapolis in the spotlight. Justin Ellis' new book, 'The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis is the Story of America,' says the city embodies a contradiction - liberal ideals alongside deep racial disparities.
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Jun 20, 2026
A scholar studying ancient texts says Achilles' famous weak spot may not have been his heel. The answer lies in translation and anatomy.
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Jun 20, 2026
The hosts of the podcast 'When the World Comes to Texas,' Miranda Suarez and Ron Corning, talk about what they learned about Texas while reporting on the World Cup in their state.
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Jun 20, 2026
Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again. The U.S. military says traffic is still flowing. NPR's Jane Arraf reports from Beirut.
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Jun 19, 2026
The United States defeated Australia in an important group match at the World Cup. The 2-0 victory means the U.S. will advance to the tournament's knockout round.
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Jun 19, 2026
In this space news roundup, Berly McCoy and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave talk about tiny autonomous "transformers" that can explore the moon, a debate about the expanding universe, and more.
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Jun 19, 2026
Opal Lee is known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talked with her in 2024 about her activism, and her hopes for the future.
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Jun 19, 2026
Just hours into the ceasefire, we check on Lebanon to see if this delicate agreement is actually holding.
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Jun 19, 2026
Scottish soccer fans have taken over Boston to watch the World Cup. The Tartan Army, as they are called, brought their Scottish traditions with them: Kilts, bagpipes and lots of drinking.
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Jun 19, 2026
Some supporters view the Obama Presidential Center as a welcomed investment in a historically underserved area, while long-time residents and community members worry it may accelerate gentrification.
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