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Hiring slowed in April. The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs
April's job growth was down from the previous month, according to a new Labor Department report. The unemployment rate rose slightly, from 3.8% to 3.9%, but remains low by historical standards.
Sleeping on a regular schedule is key to health benefits, researcher says
Should you stress about getting eight hours of sleep a night? Nope! Some experts say skip the worry and focus on keeping a consistent sleep schedule instead.
A former U.S. ambassador is charged with being an agent for Cuba
Victor Manuel Rocha, a longtime U.S. diplomat who served as ambassador to Bolivia, has been arrested and charged with being a clandestine agent for the Cuban government. How was he finally caught?
Brenda Lee's classic 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' finally topped the charts
Lee recorded the song in 1958 when she was 13 — it topped Billboard's Hot 100 for the first time thanks to a new video starring Lee that was produced to coincide with the song's 65th anniversary.
Curtains that once dressed windows of British royal residences will now dress people
King Charles commissioned fashion students to repurpose old curtains from Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Curtains, some from the 50s, are now jackets and kimonos that look new.
Many South Africans revere Mandela. What about the political party he left behind?
Ten years after the death of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first democratically elected president, many young people there have become disillusioned with his legacy and his party.
Rizz is Oxford's word of the year for 2023. What does it mean?
Have you got "rizz"? Oxford University Press has selected this shortened form of "charisma" as its word of the year.
Morning news brief
A ex-U.S. ambassador is accused of working as a secret agent for Cuba. After Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, fears of a wider Middle East conflict grow. It's been 10 years since Nelson Mandela died.
Why does Chris Judge start each day by hunting for human or animal-shaped clouds?
Dublin artist Chris Judge has been drawing faces on pictures of clouds since the early days of the pandemic. He named the project "A Daily Cloud."
For children living with war, every day threats lead to trauma
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Zlatina Kostova, a clinical psychologist at the University of Massachusetts, about the trauma children experience when living through war.
Migrants drawn to Colo. mountain towns find work is plentiful but shelter is limited
by Halle Zander
A small bedroom community for Colorado ski resorts recently discovered dozens of Venezuelan migrants living in cars under a bridge. Helping them is straining local resources.