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World News

Diplomats shift into high gear to try to revive nuclear negotiations with Iran

5:33pm June 20, 2025

by Michele Kelemen

European diplomats are working to revive nuclear negotiations with Iran to find a peaceful end to a war that President Trump has said the U.S. could join to support Israel against Iran.

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Geologists Dave Tucker (left) and Pete Stelling at the Mount Baker hot springs in Washington's Cascade Mountains. The springs are within the large tract of federal land that could soon be open for geothermal development.

In Northwest, A Push To Protect Forest As Geothermal Projects Near

by Ashley Ahearn

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Maya, shown with her newborn, Kip, had to use her wits to rise above her lowly station in the social hierarchy of her group of macaque monkeys.

Arts

A Mother Rises Through The Ranks In 'Monkey Kingdom'

by NPR Staff

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Edwin Hopkins with his mother, Alice, and father, Frank Jr. Hopkins was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, but his remains never were identified.

National

Family Of Unaccounted For USS Oklahoma Sailor Wouldn't 'Let Him Go'

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Hill staffers and PGA professionals mingle Wednesday at this year's National Golf Day event on Capitol Hill, which included an annual Democrats versus Republicans putting challenge.

On Links As In Life, D.C. Bipartisan Relations Are Deep In The Rough

by Brakkton Booker

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Chef Homaro Cantu holds a tomato in the kitchen of his Chicago restaurant Moto in 2007. Haute cuisine and extreme science collided in the kitchen of Chef Cantu, who took his own life Tuesday.

National

Late Chicago Chef Sought To Open 'A New Page In Gastronomy'

by NPR Staff

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"Who, me? Run?" Would-be presidential candidates are ditching "testing the waters" and "exploratory committees" to hold onto unlimited and undisclosed cash for longer.

Money Rules: Candidates Go Around The Law, As Cash Records To Be Smashed

by Peter Overby

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Two original Magna Carta manuscripts from 1215 are on display at the British Library in London.

World News

At 800 And Aging Well, The Magna Carta Is Still A Big Draw

by Ari Shapiro

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Sun Hi (Megan Lee), Jodi (Louriza Tronco) and Corki (Erika Tham) star in Make It Pop.

Music & Culture

How The South Korean Government Made K-Pop A Thing

by Kat Chow

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Books

In Debate Over Hugo Awards, Science Fiction Community Engages With Issues Of Bias

NPR's Arun Rath talks to author Monica Byrne about how controversy surrounding this year's Hugo Awards highlights a difference in how speculative and literary fiction approach diversity.

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