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The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly closed the airspace around El Paso, only to reopen it hours later. The bizarre episode pointed to a lack of coordination between the FAA and the Pentagon.
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A country-pop newcomer's debut is your reinvention album of 2026
August Ponthier's Everywhere Isn't Texas is as much a fully realized introduction as a complete revival. Its an existential debut that asks: How, exactly, does the artist fit in here?
U.S. unexpectedly adds 130,000 jobs in January after a weak 2025
U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.
Greetings from Mexico City's iconic boulevard, where a dog on a bike steals the show
Every week, more than 100,000 people ride bikes, skates and rollerblades past some of the best-known parts of Mexico's capital. And sometimes their dogs join them too.
February may be short on days -- but it boasts a long list of new books
The shortest month of the year is packed with highly anticipated new releases, including books from Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones and the late Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.
Suspect in Canada school shooting was an 18-year-old with prior mental health calls
Police said the suspect in the school shooting in remote British Columbia, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was found dead and had a history of mental health contact with police, and that the suspect's mother and stepbrother were also found dead.
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The reading of Supreme Court opinions can only be seen by those inside the court. An AI project is trying to change that.
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Bangladeshis go to the polls for the first time since they overthrew their former autocratic leader. Will voters trust the results?
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A group of Buddhist monks walked from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in the name of peace. Their journey concludes on Wednesday.
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The secretary of Veterans Affairs testified before a house committee today for just the second time during the Trump administration, to explain a national plan to drastically streamline VA bureaucracy.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday before House lawmakers in a frequently combative hearing.
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The Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis has pushed many immigrant communities away from hospitals and doctors. Some have responded with underground clinics.
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A Norwegian cross-country skier is on track to become the winningest winter Olympian ever. Johannes Klaebo is a talent the likes of which the world has never seen.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., about current congressional negotiations regarding funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, about how the organization is scaling operations in Gaza to serve one million meals a day.
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Journalist Vicky Ward first profiled sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She discusses the fallout from the millions of publicly released documents, and why this story took so long to come out.
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