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Moonchild: Tiny Desk Concert

Moonchild intricately meshes jazz, R&B and hip-hop sounds under Amber Navran's subtle vocal feats.
Relatives of victims hold a placard with photos of victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash in March 2019, prior to a hearing in Fort Worth, Texas, in January 2023.

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National

DOJ confirms it has a deal with Boeing to drop prosecution over deadly 737 Max crashes

The Justice Department says it has reached an agreement in principle with Boeing to drop a criminal case over two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets, despite objections from some victims' family members.
Children selling hibiscus in Jebel Aulia, a town where the last battles in Khartoum City took place.

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Goats and Soda

A city opens a hopeful new chapter after 2 brutal years of fighting

Government forces retook the capital city from rebel troops in April. Now comes the task of rebuilding what was once a bustling metropolis on the Nile.

After two years of civil war, Sudan's capital is a shell of its former self

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 21: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 21, 2025 in New York City.

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Business

Why 'Sell America' is trending on Wall Street

Investors are worried about the ongoing trade war — and rethinking the safety and soundness of U.S. government debt.

Tariffs drama is having a slow week. So why is Wall Street still worried?

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Traffic crosses the Oakland San Francisco Bay Bridge in California on Thursday, kicking off what's expected to be a congested Memorial Day Weekend. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Memorial Day Weekend travel could break records. Here's how to prepare for your trip

AAA predicts a record-breaking 45.1 million Americans will travel between Thursday and Monday, mostly by car and plane. Here's what to know if you're one of them.
Marcia Howard, seated at center, speaks with a community member at George Floyd Square on Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minn. Volunteers gather daily at the former gas station for community care and organizing.

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National

What should happen to George Floyd Square? The community is divided

Five years after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, the future of the intersection where it happened is uncertain. Today, a memorial is set up in the partially blocked street. But some want to move on. How does a community reckon with its past and confront its future?

How does a community reckon with its past and confront its future?

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Kim Kardashian leaves the justice palace after testifying, regarding a robbery of millions of dollars in jewels from her Paris hotel room in 2016, in Paris, Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

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Europe

'Grandpa robbers' guilty: 8 convicted in Kim Kardashian Paris heist trial

High-profile trial in Paris finds 8 of the so-called 'Grandpa Robbers' guilty of robbing Kim Kardashian at gunpoint in 2016. Most were in their 60s when the jewelry heist took place.
KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 23: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'MILITARY ADMINISTRATION OF KYIV CITY / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) 270 Ukrainian military personnel and 120 civilians are returned to Ukraine after the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday that Moscow and Kyiv had exchanged 270 servicemen and 120 civilians each in the first round of a large-scale swap, carried out under the terms of an agreement reached in Istanbul last week in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Military Administration of Kyiv City/Anadolu via Getty Images)

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 23: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'MILITARY ADMINISTRATION OF KYIV CITY / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) 270 Ukrainian military personnel and 120 civilians are returned to Ukraine after the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday that Moscow and Kyiv had exchanged 270 servicemen and 120 civilians each in the first round of a large-scale swap, carried out under the terms of an agreement reached in Istanbul last week in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Military Administration of Kyiv City/Anadolu via Getty Images) Military Administration of Kyiv City/Anadolu via Getty Image hide caption

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Ukraine invasion — explained

Ukraine and Russia begin the largest prisoner-of-war exchange since the invasion

Ukraine and Russia have begun the exchange of 1,000 prisoners of war, the largest such swap since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.

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Mission: Impossible's overblown 'Final Reckoning' still thrills

The two hour, 49 minute conclusion to the seven-sequel franchise is self-congratulatory and inanely plotted. But, as always, it's fun to watch Tom Cruise, now 62, execute eye-popping stunts.

Mission: Impossible's overblown 'Final Reckoning' still thrills

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People hold signs and Israeli national flags in a sign of support outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025.

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Interview highlights

Former U.S. ambassador to Israel says D.C. shooting is part of an 'explosion' of antisemitism

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Daniel Shapiro, former U.S. ambassador to Israel and distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council, about the shooting deaths of two Israeli embassy staffers in D.C.

Former US Ambassador Says Shooting Is Part of An Explosion

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Hummingbirds gather around a hummingbird feeder filled with sugar water, in a backyard in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, July 17, 2014. Hummingbirds are among the smallest birds in the world with most species measuring between 7.513 cm (35 in). When hovering in mid-air the tiny avians flap their wings between 40 and 80 times per second. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

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Science

Backyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird beaks, scientists say

A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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Immigration

The White House agrees to keep migrants in Djibouti for now, but blasts a judge's ruling

The judge says the administration "unquestionably" violated his earlier order, which stated migrants cannot be deported to a country other than their own without having adequate notice and a chance to object.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office headquarters in Washington, D.C., is seen in a 2020 file photo.

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Politics

DOGE tried to embed in GAO. Experts say it should have asked GAO for help instead

DOGE attempted to assign a team to the Government Accountability Office, an influential congressional watchdog agency. It refused. But experts say DOGE could have learned much from GAO.

GAO has long done DOGE-like work

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A photograph of a single light pink locker against a purple background. The locker is covered in glittery stickers of hearts, smiley faces and stars and has a large "BFF" sticker on it. Underneath the "BFF" sticker, "4ever?" is written in black permanent marker, touching on the concept of lifelong friends and how to keep old friends close.
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Life Kit

Why you should fight to keep old friends

Nina Badzin, host of a friendship podcast, explains why staying friends with people from our past matters — and how to nurture relationships with old friends across time and distance.

How to keep old friends

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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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Public Health

The MAHA Commission report paints a dark picture of U.S. children's health

The Health Secretary's report blames environmental toxins, ultraprocessed foods and more for the poor state of kids' health in the U.S.
Stoio Kachev and Doanh Nghiem cook dinner on their electric grill. The couple says convenience is the main reason they switched from a propane grill — no need to refill tanks. Switching to electric also reduces their contribution to climate change.

Stoio Kachev and Doanh Nghiem cook dinner on their electric grill. The couple says convenience is the main reason they switched from a propane grill — no need to refill tanks. Switching to electric also reduces their contribution to climate change. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption

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Climate

Electric grills are a climate-friendly option to fossil fuel grills

Grilling usually involves burning fossil fuel. But some manufacturers are offering electric grills and citing climate change and convenience as reasons to switch.
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