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A plume of smoke rises after a reported Iranian strike on fuel tanks in Muharraq in Bahrain on March 12. Fadhel Madhan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Troops and their families evacuated to the US after attacks on Middle East bases

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IN SPACE - APRIL 02: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) In this handout image provided by NASA, a view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. NASA's Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. (Photo by Reid Wiseman/NASA via Getty Images) NASA/NASA via Getty Images/NASA hide caption

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IN SPACE - APRIL 02: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) In this handout image provided by NASA, a view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. NASA's Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. (Photo by Reid Wiseman/NASA via Getty Images) NASA/NASA via Getty Images/NASA hide caption

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President Trump holds a rendering of the East Wing modernization while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Singer and actress Brandy attends her Walk of Fame star ceremony in Hollywood on March 30. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Brandy seizes the 'divine' opportunity to tell her story with 'Phases' memoir

Singer Brandy shares her rise to stardom in new memoir, 'Phases'

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Mary Rodee, whose 15-year-old son died by suicide, points to a banner listing victims' names outside Los Angeles Superior Court on March 25, 2026. A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their social media platforms and ordered the companies to pay $6 million in damages. The landmark verdict could reshape how the tech industry faces legal accountability for harms to users. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Mary Rodee, whose 15-year-old son died by suicide, points to a banner listing victims' names outside Los Angeles Superior Court on March 25, 2026. A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their social media platforms and ordered the companies to pay $6 million in damages. The landmark verdict could reshape how the tech industry faces legal accountability for harms to users. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability

Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability

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Carla Wale, director of the Gallagher Law Library at University of Washington School of Law. Wale is developing optional AI ethics training for law school students. Martin Kaste/NPR hide caption

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A group of protesters, now known as the Gang of 19, stops traffic in Denver in July 1978. Denver Public Library/Rocky Mountain News Photograph Collection/WH2129-2022-280 hide caption

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In 1978, they stopped buses — and helped launch a disability rights movement

How an act of civil disobedience in 1978 Denver helped propel disability rights

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A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, photographed Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, shows a diagram prepared by the FBI attempting to chart the network of Epstein's victims and the timeline of their alleged abuse. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) Jon Elswick/AP hide caption

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A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, photographed Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, shows a diagram prepared by the FBI attempting to chart the network of Epstein's victims and the timeline of their alleged abuse. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) Jon Elswick/AP hide caption

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Facebook employee take a photo in front of new Meta Platforms Inc. sign outside the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Tony Avelar/AP hide caption

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What's next for Meta in the wake of trial losses and layoffs?

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In this photo provided by NASA, a view of the Earth from NASA's Orion spacecraft as it orbits above the planet during the Artemis II test flight, on Thursday. The crew successfully completed a key burn, sending the capsule speeding to the moon for a lunar flyby. AP/NASA hide caption

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In this photo provided by NASA, a view of the Earth from NASA's Orion spacecraft as it orbits above the planet during the Artemis II test flight, on Thursday. The crew successfully completed a key burn, sending the capsule speeding to the moon for a lunar flyby. AP/NASA hide caption

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NASA's Artemis II has left Earth’s orbit, and 4 astronauts now head to the moon

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Never had the flu? Scientists may know why

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Trixie Friganza, the possible inspiration for Katie Casey in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," was both a vaudeville star and a women's rights activist. She was not, however, much of a baseball fan. Bain News Service/Library of Congress hide caption

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Trixie Friganza, the possible inspiration for Katie Casey in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," was both a vaudeville star and a women's rights activist. She was not, however, much of a baseball fan. Bain News Service/Library of Congress hide caption

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The surprising feminist history of baseball’s biggest anthem

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Listen: 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' remembers every Nintendo moment ever

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

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The tops & flops of 2026 (so far...) Gareth Cattermole/Ishika Samant/Amy Sussman/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption

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Listen: The best and worst of culture in 2026 ... so far

Rating the highs & lows of 2026...so far.

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InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Jones is being sued by several victims' families for causing emotional and psychological harm after they lost their children in the Sandy Hook massacre. A Texas jury last month ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, one of 26 students and teachers killed in the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images) Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images North America hide caption

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InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Jones is being sued by several victims' families for causing emotional and psychological harm after they lost their children in the Sandy Hook massacre. A Texas jury last month ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, one of 26 students and teachers killed in the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images) Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Former Alex Jones employee says: 'It was nonsense, it was lies'

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World Cafe: Big Thief

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U.S. employers added jobs in March, reversing the losses from the month before. Health care and hospitality were among the sectors adding workers. Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America hide caption

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U.S. employers added jobs in March, reversing the losses from the month before. Health care and hospitality were among the sectors adding workers. Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America hide caption

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The labor market springs back to life in March as employers add 178,000 jobs

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A banner featuring an image of President Trump is displayed on the facade of the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, DC. The Justice Department has been trying to force states to hand over sensitive voter data that it plans to share with the Department of Homeland Security. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Attorney General Pam Bondi delivers remarks at the Department of Justice on Feb. 6. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Attorney General Pam Bondi delivers remarks at the Department of Justice on Feb. 6. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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As seen from the Washington Monument, construction of the White House ballroom continued March 10 where the East Wing once stood. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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This woman is at the center of the legal claim against Trump's ballroom project

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An app for Kalshi, an online prediction market site, is shown on a phone. Multiple states have tried to block the company from operating, citing state gambling laws. But the federal government has sued to block those state laws to allow Kalshi and other prediction markets to operate. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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An app for Kalshi, an online prediction market site, is shown on a phone. Multiple states have tried to block the company from operating, citing state gambling laws. But the federal government has sued to block those state laws to allow Kalshi and other prediction markets to operate. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Trump administration sues three states over attempts to regulate prediction markets

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FILE - Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of an airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. Siddiqullah Alizai/AP hide caption

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Remains of the Gunsight Mine on the Nopah Mountain Range in Death Valley, California on Sunday March 22, 2026. Photos for NPR by Krystal Ramirez Krystal Ramirez for NPR hide caption

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A botanist searches for the seeds of the rare Death Valley Sage

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Going up! ‘Elevator Songs’ is a high-concept, emotionally turbulent ride

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This combination of images shows Blake Lively at the London screening of the film "It 'Ends With Us" on Aug. 8, 2024, left, and Justin Baldoni at the world premiere of the film in New York on Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo) AP hide caption

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SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 06: In this photo illustration, water from a tap fills a glass on July 06, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. According to a study by the US Geological Survey, nearly half of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with "forever chemicals" that are considered dangerous to human health. Per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, are chemicals that linger in the body and are linked to health issues like cancer, obesity, liver damage, decreased fertility, thyroid disease, high cholesterol and hormone suppression. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 06: In this photo illustration, water from a tap fills a glass on July 06, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. According to a study by the US Geological Survey, nearly half of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with "forever chemicals" that are considered dangerous to human health. Per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, are chemicals that linger in the body and are linked to health issues like cancer, obesity, liver damage, decreased fertility, thyroid disease, high cholesterol and hormone suppression. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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EPA flags microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

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Gov Wes. Moore speaks with NPR's Newsmakers on March 25, 2026 at the Maryland Statehouse in Annapolis, MD. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption

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Gov Wes. Moore speaks with NPR's Newsmakers on March 25, 2026 at the Maryland Statehouse in Annapolis, MD. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption

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Gov. Wes Moore served in combat. Here's what he thinks about the Iran war

Gov. Wes Moore served in combat. Here's what he thinks about the Iran war

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'Mar-a-Lago face': MAGA's aesthetic loyalty test

'Mar-a-Lago face:' MAGA's aesthetic loyalty test

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Shante Benfatto, a military veteran, and her husband, Mark Benfatto, stand outside their home in Clarksville, Tenn. After a series of missteps by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Shante Benfatto is among thousands of veterans who were forced to accept significantly higher monthly mortgage payments on their VA-backed home loans. Landon Edwards for NPR hide caption

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Shante Benfatto, a military veteran, and her husband, Mark Benfatto, stand outside their home in Clarksville, Tenn. After a series of missteps by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Shante Benfatto is among thousands of veterans who were forced to accept significantly higher monthly mortgage payments on their VA-backed home loans. Landon Edwards for NPR hide caption

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Trump’s VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it

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