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What the jury in the Sean Combs trial will be deliberating
by Anastasia Tsioulcas
The jury considering the charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation for prostitution against the music mogul Sean Combs began its deliberations.
Vance speech gets a cool reception from European leaders at Munich Security Conference
by Rob Schmitz
Top U.S. cabinet members are attending the Munich Security Conference with Ukraine's President Zelenskyy and European leaders.
Palestinian prisoners released during ceasefire report harassment by Israel
by Kat Lonsdorf
Several Palestinian prisoners and detainees released during this ceasefire deal have been harassed by Israeli forces after their release, their homes raided or their family members arrested.
Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management is a petroleum industry lobbyist
by Caitlyn Kim
President Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees a lot of domestic energy production, is a petroleum industry lobbyist who contributed to Project 2025.
Meet the neuroscientist looking for whale and dolphin brains along Brazil's coastline
by Ari Daniel
Neuroscientist Kamilla Souza is bringing the study of whale and dolphin brains to her home country of Brazil. Now there's a team of Brazilian scientists intent on understanding the marine mammals.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addresses NATO for the first time
by Teri Schultz
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is visiting with NATO. Allies were concerned that President Trump talked with Russia's Putin to push for a peace deal with Ukraine without notifying European countries.
Trump ignites political firestorm in South Africa over Afrikaner asylum status offer
by Kate Bartlett
President Trump's offer of refugee status to economically privileged white South Africans has enraged some people in that nation. NPR gets more reaction from South Africans on the issue.
A social worker took Trump's offer to resign. Then she was told she's not eligible
by Andrea Hsu
A social worker with the Department of Veterans Affairs accepted Trump's "Fork in the Road" resignation offer, but later learned she's ineligible. She remains worried about the future of her work.
Trump administration signals that it expects Kyiv to make hard concessions to Moscow
by Joanna Kakissis
President Trump is pressing Ukraine to quickly end a war started by Russia. Ukrainians, meanwhile, are responding with dread as their government scrambles to find leverage.
Citizen science helped expose the biggest wildlife die-off ever documented
Decades of citizen science in Alaska helped researchers figure out how one of the biggest wildlife die-offs -- that of the seabird the common murre -- unfolded.