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The head of the NTSB is voicing strong opposition to provisions in the defense policy bill. The NTSB says the House bill would undermine safety improvements made after the mid-air collision near DCA.
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New books coming in December tell tales of the sea, colonialism and midlife
As the year wraps up, we bring you some final notable titles — including The Sea Captain's Wife and The Rest of Our Lives — publishing before 2025 comes to a close.
Egypt and Iran object to playing in a Seattle 'Pride' match in next year's World Cup
Local organizers had planned to include the June 26 game with Seattle's Pride celebrations. Then, FIFA announced the match would include Egypt and Iran, two countries where gay rights are nil.
Judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in LA with sharp rebuke
In the latest in a series of legal setbacks for Trump's deployments, a judge ruled the administration must end its deployment to Los Angeles and return control of National Guard troops to California.
What to know about death cap mushrooms, blamed for poisonings in California
Death cap mushrooms look harmless, but are responsible for the majority of the world's mushroom-related deaths. California officials say 21 people have been sickened in recent weeks, one fatally.
Author Sophie Kinsella, who penned the 'Shopaholic' books, has died at 55
The author, whose real name was Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in late 2022.
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As Republicans and Democrats gear up for next year's midterm elections, new polling shows they're losing ground with a powerful and growing bloc of the electorate: young voters.
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VistaVision is back in style, resurfacing in a string of high-profile films from One Battle After Another and Bugonia to last year's The Brutalist.
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Many Afghan "Zero Unit" fighters who served under the CIA now feel they are being abandoned after seeking asylum in the U.S. They've faced despair and isolation - and some have taken their own lives.
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The Federal Reserve voted to cut its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday. This was the Fed's third rate cut since September, but policymakers signaled they expect to make fewer rate cuts next year.
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Republican-led states have raced to redraw congressional lines to advantage their own party. But the effort hit unexpected pushback in Indiana.
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A new study suggests humans were deliberately starting and using fires more than 400,000 years ago.
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The New York Times and Chicago Tribune sued Perplexity last week, the latest in a series of publishers suing AI companies in a bid to set boundaries around a new technology powered by information.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins, who will be the city's first female mayor and the first Democrat in decades to hold the seat.
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As the GOP looks at 2025 election results, it's sounding a proverbial alarm ahead of the midterms on messaging, particularly on the economy as President Trump shies away from the term "affordability."
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Every December, thousands of runners gather in a small northern Maine town to run a marathon through the frigid woods. The race started as an unlikely way to stoke the town's economy.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich about immigration enforcement in his city, the Trump administration's immigration policy and the Catholic Church's position.
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New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin draws parallels between the stock market crash of 1929, which led to the Great Depression, and today's economic uncertainty.