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'Is God Is' is a ferocious, timely tale of misogyny — and revenge

Aisha Harris

In Aleshea Harris' fiery feature debut, men are men, and women pay the consequences.
Evgeniy Maloletka

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Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.

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Which Trump cabinet member has a new reality show? The quiz knows

Holly J. Morris

This week, in Warshington, D.C., the Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve and we wrote a quiz question about his name. Enjoy that, and the other nine, too.
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Gen Z homeowners? Yes, more in their 20s are managing to buy despite the odds

Jennifer Ludden

Gen Z homeowners now outpace millennials at the same age. They're more likely to be single and less likely to use help from parents.
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After redistricting, what does representation mean to Tennessee voters?

Stephen Fowler

What does representation look like for Tennessee voters who were split into three new congressional districts last week? NPR traveled from Memphis into the Nashville suburbs to ask.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro's grandson in Havana, US and Cuban officials say

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro's grandson during a high-level visit to the island Thursday, Cuban and U.S. officials said.

Pope Leo XIV, accompanied by, from left, Prefect of the Pontifical Household Archbishop Petar Rajič, Dean Antonella Polimeni, and his vicar for the city of Rome Cardinal Baldo Reina, visits the Città Universitaria (University City) at Sapienza University of Rome to meet with faculty and students at the institution's primary campus, one of the world's oldest and largest universities, Thursday, May 14, 2026.

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Pope decries rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation

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Pope Leo XIV denounced how investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry were leading the world into a "spiral of annihilation," as he called for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Map showing where a vessel was seized off the UAE coast.

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Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk

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Officials in the Salmon River Central School District in Fort Covington, New York, have acknowledged that wooden boxes were constructed and used to confine elementary school children, including Native children, with disabilities. The practice was ended in December 2025 after these images, confirmed as authentic by school officials, circulated on social media. In a new report, New York's state has ordered sweeping reforms at the public school.

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Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming

Brian Mann

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The Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth

Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the abortion pill mifepristone can continue to be prescribed online or over the phone and sent through the mail.
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Linda McMahon defends dismantling the Education Department, shifting its work

Cory Turner

The education secretary faced questions about the shrinking of her agency, limits on federal student loan borrowing and oversight of the education of students with disabilities.
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Cuba's power grid collapses and plunges eastern provinces into a major blackout

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Cuba's aging power grid has eroded in recent years as it faces a prolonged economic crisis, made worse by a U.S. energy blockade of the island.
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Michael Jackson's biopic has pushed his music up the Billboard charts

Stephen Thompson

The commercial impact of the Michael Jackson biopic Michael is reaching well beyond the global box office.
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Jury orders Boeing to pay $49.5 million to family of 737 MAX crash victim

Joel Rose

A federal jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samya Stumo, a young woman who was killed in the second of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes within months of each other in 2018 and 2019.