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The proposed 250-feet-tall, white-and-gilded monument would stand on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Potomac River.
The Great Green Wall's one of the world's most ambitious eco-projects. Is it working?
It's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting 4,000 miles of trees, helping farmers, creating jobs, sequestering carbon.
India cracks down on satirists for turning its prime minister into a punch line
India's satirists are turning Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a punch line — and the government is hitting back.
Gut troubles? This gastroenterologist has tips to help you achieve 'poophoria'
In her new book You've Been Pooping All Wrong, Dr. Trisha Pasricha shares habits and practices to make your relationship with your solid waste as smooth as possible
After a whirlwind mission to the moon, astronauts are back home. Here's what's next
The Orion crew module containing the four Artemis II astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Friday evening.
Wives and children of foreign ISIS fighters stranded in Syria with no way home
NPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria.
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President Trump points to Tennessee as a model for cooperating with the immigration crackdown but some in the state don't like what it means.
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In Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, officials from the US and Iran met to discuss a possible end to the war that's engulfed much of the Middle East.
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Most of the world's population was not alive during the days of the Apollo moon program. What do young people make of this latest moonshot?
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At a concert in Budapest, musicians and concertgoers express criticisms of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's leadership.
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In Hungary, voters head to the polls Sunday. At stake: the future for populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Europe's longest-serving leader - and an ally of Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
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In this week's Reporter's Notebook conversation, we take a closer look at what it's like to cover the war in Ukraine, and how the war in Iran is changing that.
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This week, we're on Spring Break with special guests Rhea Seehorn, Andy Richter, Delroy Lindo, and Jon M. Chu -
A new study saying bumblebees can recognize rhythmic patterns puts them alongside Ronan the sea lion, the first non-human mammal shown to keep a beat.
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Vice President JD Vance is in Pakistan for peace talks with Iran.
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Investors thought they had President Trump figured out as someone who would always back down from his most extreme policies. The war with Iran is challenging that.
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Israel continued strikes on Lebanon Friday as Iran insisted on a cease-fire there in order for formal negotiations with the U.S. to begin.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Ilya Somin, law professor at George Mason University and Cato Institute chair in constitutional studies, about the latest case challenging President Trump's global tariffs.
