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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 1h

#Immigration #StudentRights #ColumbiaUniversity

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ICE agents misrepresented themselves to arrest a student at Columbia, lawyers say
NEW YORK -- A Columbia University student was arrested early Thursday by federal immigration agents who gained entry to a campus residence by claiming they were searching for a "missing person," according to her attorneys and the school's president.
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#ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters #Bipartisanship

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These major issues have brought together Democrats and Republicans in states
A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa.
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#NuclearEnergy #EnvironmentalRegulations #EnergyPolicy

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Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public
: The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections.
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#EpsteinFiles #TrumpInvestigation #TransparencyInGovernment

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Congressional Republicans will also investigate missing Epstein files related to Trump
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Rep. James Comer (R) (R-KY) and ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia (L) (D-CA) confer during a hearing at the U.
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#Tuberculosis #InfectiousDisease #GlobalHealth

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We have the cure. Why is tuberculosis still around? : Short Wave
Tuberculosis - the world's deadliest infectious disease - could be dormant in your system for years before you realize you have it.
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#News #InternationalRelations #UkrainianConflict

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U.S. and Iran to hold nuclear talks. And, Harvard professor resigns over Epstein ties
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#SolarEnergy #WaterCrisis #SustainableFarming

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Why farmers in California are backing a giant solar farm
The San Luis Canal flows alongside farmland in Huron, Calif. , Saturday, March 8, 2025. Some farmers in the region are leaving land fallow because water is increasingly scarce.
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#HongKong #Democracy #HumanRights

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Father of U.S.-based activist sentenced in Hong Kong under national security law
Hong Kong Democracy Council Executive Director Anna Kwok holds a candle as she participates during a candlelight vigil to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 3, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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#CivilRights #JesseJackson #BlackHistory

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Civil rights leaders say the racial progress Jesse Jackson fought for is under threat
Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill. ) (L) and his brother Jesse Jackson Jr. join their siblings in speaking about their father outside their parents' home on February 18, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois, the day after Jesse Jackson Sr.
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#Mexico #WorldCup #Violence

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FIFA's Infantino confident Mexico can co-host World Cup despite cartel violence
MEXICO CITY -- The violence that erupted in Mexico after the death of a powerful drug lord has left many questioning whether the country will be able to co-host the World Cup in just over three months.
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#IranNuclearDeal #MiddleEastConflict #Diplomacy

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U.S. and Iran to hold a third round of nuclear talks in Geneva
GENEVA -- Iran and the United States prepared to meet Thursday in Geneva for nuclear negotiations, talks viewed as a last chance for diplomacy as America has gathered a fleet of aircraft and warships to the Middle East to pressure Tehran into a deal.
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#PropertyRights #SupremeCourt #Taxation

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Supreme Court appears split in tax foreclosure case
The Supreme Court seemed torn Wednesday in a case that pits property rights against the government's ability to collect unpaid taxes.
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#VotingRights #ElectionIntegrity #Disinformation

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ICE won't be at polling places this year, a Trump DHS official tells voting officials
A voter carries a ballot during early voting for New York City's mayoral election on Oct. 25, 2025. Olga Fedorova/AP hide caption In a call Wednesday with many of the top voting officials across the country, a senior Department of Homeland Security official stated that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would not be patrolling polling places during this year's midterm elections.
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#Transparency #Accountability #JusticeDepartment

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Top House Dem wants Justice Department to explain missing Trump-related Epstein files
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia (center top row), D-Calif. , speaks during a hearing last month.
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#Immigration #PublicSafety #LawEnforcement

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Crashes raise concerns about pursuit rules for immigration agents
Christian Molina says federal immigration agents crashed into his car when he refused to stop for them in Minneapolis in January.
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#Nursing #HealthcareMigration #Canada

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'You aren't trapped': 100s of U.S. nurses choose Canada over the U.S. under Trump
Nurses Brandy Frye (left) and Susan Fleishman work the night shift at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital in British Columbia.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 2d

#StateOfTheUnion #Trump #MidtermElections

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5 takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address
President Trump delivers his State of the Union address during a Joint Session of Congress at the U. S. Capitol on Tuesday.
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#DonaldTrump #StateOfTheUnion #AmericanDream

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Read Trump's 2026 State of the Union address
DONALD TRUMP: Well, thank you very much, everybody. It's really an honor. Speaker Johnson, Vice President Vance, first lady of the United States.
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#TrumpAddress #StateOfTheUnion #USPolitics

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President Trump set to deliver first State of the Union address of his second term
President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U. S. Capitol on March 4, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption An embattled President Trump will deliver his State of the Union on Tuesday night, telling Americans a story of a successful presidency, even as many have grown skeptical of his agenda.
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#Ukraine #MusicForPeace #ArtAndEmpathy

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4 years into the war, a Ukrainian pianist processes Russia's invasion
Vadim Neselovskyi isn't used to being stumped. Music has flowed out of him since he was five years old. But the pianist-composer was transfixed and unable to play when he saw images of Russia's all-out air and ground assault on his native Ukraine four years ago.
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#News #Politics #InternationalRelations

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DOJ hides Trump-related Epstein files. And, what to know for the State of the Union
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#HousingAffordability #YIMBY #UrbanDevelopment

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Is the YIMBY movement doomed?
Late last month, President Trump held a Cabinet meeting at the White House. Sitting at a long, mahogany table, surrounded by his administration's top officials, he broached the subject of housing.
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#VirginiaPolitics #StateOfTheUnion #DemocraticResponse

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Democrats tap Spanberger and Padilla to respond to State of the Union
Newly sworn in Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday evening.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 2d

#Ukraine #Russia #War

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What you need to know as Russia's full-scale war on Ukraine enters its 5th year
KYIV, Ukraine, and MOSCOW -- When the Kremlin launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the assumption in Moscow, and much of the West, was that Russian forces would take the country in a matter of days.
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#StateOfTheUnion #TrumpAddress #USPolitics

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What you need to know about tonight's State of the Union address
U. S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U. S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 2d

#adoption #immigration #citizenship

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A U.S. veteran adopted an orphan from Iran. Decades later, ICE is trying to deport her
An adoptee brought to the United States by her American parents from Iran as a young child stands for a portrait in California on Feb.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 3d

#EpsteinFiles #SexualAbuse #Transparency

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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.
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#RareDiseases #GeneEditing #PersonalizedMedicine

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The FDA creates a quicker path for gene therapies
The Food and Drug Administration Monday unveiled the details of a new policy designed to make it easier and quicker for patients with very rare diseases to get cutting-edge treatments.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 3d

#winterstorm #traveldisruptions #blizzardwarnings

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A powerful winter storm is roiling travel across the northeastern U.S.
Pedestrians cross 42nd Street near Bryant Park on Monday during a snow storm in New York. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption Heavy snow, strong winds and blizzard warnings have prompted transportation shutdowns, forcing millions of people to stay home.
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#VotingRights #SupremeCourt #EconomicJustice

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Lawyer in SCOTUS case against Trump's tariffs says his clients want a refund
(L-R) Allison Riggs, chief counsel of voting rights at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Kathay Feng, national redistricting director at Common Cause, and Attorney Neal Katyal talk to reporters outside the U.
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#Migration #AsylumSeekers #Refugees

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In the shadow of the Olympics, migrants search for a welcome in Milan
MILAN -- Three Afghan men stand together in the freezing fog outside of Milan's central train station on a recent night -- their first moments in Italy.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 4d

#CoalIndustry #EnergyPolicy #EnvironmentalRegulations

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The owners want to close this Colorado coal plant. The Trump administration says no
President Trump ran for office promising to restore a future for coal in the U. S. He now has new hardware confirming his status as a top industry ally: a trophy hailing him as the "Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 4d

#Peptides #Health #Biohacking

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Influencers are promoting peptides for better health. What's the science say?
Search the term "peptides" and a long list of online retailer options will pop up. You'll be offered vials of molecules with funky names that sound like exoplanets: GHK-CU, CJC12-95, Thymosin Beta-4.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 4d

#WinterOlympics #TeamUSA #OlympicMedals

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U.S. boosts gold medal tally at Winter Games, led by athletes from handful of states
MILAN -- In the end it turned out to be a Winter Olympics for the record books. U. S. athletes arrived in Italy facing protests and questions about their nation's politics.
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#Mexico #Cartels #Violence

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Mexico fears more violence after army kills leader of powerful Jalisco cartel
GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- School was canceled in several Mexican states and local and foreign governments alike warned their citizens to stay inside, as widespread violence erupted following the army's killing of the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 4d

#DinosaurDiscovery #Spinosaurus #Paleontology

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Newly discovered dinosaur species was a fish-eater with a huge horn
A newly discovered species of large dinosaur lived in marshy areas, hunted for fish and had an impressive horn protruding from its skull.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 4d

#WinterStorm #BlizzardWarnings #EastCoastWeather

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Northeast readies for a major winter storm, with blizzard warnings in effect
New Jersey Light Rail arrives at Port Imperial Station as snow falls on Sunday in Weehawken, N. J. Kena Betancur/Getty Images hide caption Officials are warning those in the path of a dangerous winter storm to take precautions and heed warnings as blizzard conditions are set to impact the East Coast Sunday through Monday.
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#SecretService #MarALago #PublicSafety

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Armed man is shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach Sheriff says
U. S. Secret Service agents and a deputy with the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office shot and killed a man entering President Trump's private club Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.
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#Mexico #Cartel #DrugWar

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Mexican army kills leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel, official says
MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican army killed the leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rub茅n Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho, " in an operation Sunday, a federal official said.
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#Ukraine #Prosthetics #Resilience

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Ukraine's combat amputees cling to hope as a weapon of war
Sgt. Mykhailo "Misha" Varvarych, commander of Ukraine's 80th Airborne Assault Brigade, delights in the ocean waters of Daytona Beach, Fla.
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#IranProtests #HumanRights #MiddleEast

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University students hold new protests in Iran around memorials for those killed
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- New anti-government protests have begun in Iran, witnesses said Sunday, as university students in Tehran and another city demonstrated around memorials for thousands of people killed in a crackdown on previous nationwide demonstrations about six weeks ago.
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#Pakistan #Afghanistan #MilitantViolence

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Pakistan claims to have killed at least 70 militants in strikes along Afghan border
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Pakistan's military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, targeting what it described as hideouts of Pakistani militants it blamed for recent attacks inside the country, the deputy interior minister said.
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#Olympics #Hockey #USA_vs_Canada

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Team USA faces tough Canadian squad in Olympic gold medal hockey game
MILAN -- It is the matchup that many have been hoping for all along -- the U. S. versus Canada in the Olympic men's hockey gold medal match.
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#Elections #Redistricting #Democracy

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Only a fraction of House seats are competitive. Redistricting is driving that lower
Fewer congressional contests are expected to be competitive this fall, compared with past election cycles, and experts say the extraordinary mid-decade redistricting efforts initiated by President Trump are largely to blame.
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NPR News source @npr.org Washington (state) 馃嚭馃嚫 5d

#Avalanche #Skiing #SearchAndRescue

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Crews recover bodies of all 9 skiers killed in California avalanche
A U. S. Army Blackhawk helicopter flies toward the Castle Peak area of Northern California in recovery search for skiers on Saturday, after one of the deadliest avalanches in state history.
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#Blizzard #WinterStorm #EmergencyPreparedness

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Blizzard conditions and high winds forecast for NYC, East coast
A powerful winter storm is expected to bring blizzard conditions and power outages along the Atlantic coast on Sunday, with some areas forecast to get more than a foot of snow.
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#WinterOlympics #CrossCountrySkiing #JohannesKl忙bo

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Norway's Johannes Kl忙bo is new Winter Olympics king
LAGO DI TESERO, ITALY -- The Winter Olympics officially have a new king. Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes H酶sflot Kl忙bo cemented his place Saturday as the winningest athlete in the history of the winter Games, claiming an unprecedented sixth straight gold medal in Italy -- this time in the 50-kilometer marathon.
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#Cybersecurity #Healthcare #RansomwareAttack

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Mississippi health system shuts down clinics statewide after ransomware attack
The University of Mississippi Medical Center stands in Jackson, Miss. , in 2018. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption The University of Mississippi Medical Center has closed all of its clinics in the state in response to a ransomware attack that impacted its phone and electronic systems, disrupting patient care.
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#WillieColon #SalsaMusic #FaniaRecords

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Willie Col贸n, salsa pioneer, has died at 75
Willie Col贸n, the salsa legend who took the genre to new heights while recording more than two dozen albums for Fania Records, died Saturday.
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#Trump #Tariffs #Economy

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Trump to raise global tariffs to 15%
President Donald Trump answers questions during a press briefing held at the White House Feb. 20, 2026 in Washington, D.