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Space Force officer reacts after Supreme Court allows transgender military ban

5:53pm May 13, 2025

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Bree Fram, a U.S. Space Force officer, about the Supreme Court decision to allow the Trump administration's ban on trans troops to continue being enacted.

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Damage on the Royal Caribbean ship Grandeur of the Seas is visible as the ship docks in Freeport, the Bahamas, on Monday.

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Cruise Industry Adopts Passenger 'Rights' As Incidents Mount

by Jim Zarroli

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After serving in World War II, Tad Nagaki returned to Nebraska to farm corn, beans and sugar beets.

After Long Wait For Combat, Tad Nagaki Became POW Liberator

by NPR Staff

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Frankie Kuzuguk, 82, gets a hug from his daughter Marilyn Kuzuguk at Quyanna Care Center in Nome, Alaska, after receiving an official honorable discharge and a distinguished service coin from visiting Veterans Affairs officials. The VA is still tracking d

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Forgotten For Decades, WWII Alaskans Finally Get Their Due

by Quil Lawrence

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Woody Guthrie with his parents, Nora Belle and Charley, and brother George, at their home in Okemah, Okla., in 1926.

Music & Culture

Coming Home: The Woody Guthrie Center Opens In Tulsa

by Kurt Gwartney

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Darius Rucker's new album is titled True Believers.

Music & Culture

Darius Rucker: Busted Hearts And Pickup Trucks

by Meredith Ochs

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A portrait of Italian philosopher, writer and politician Niccolo Machiavelli (Florence, 1469-1527) by Antonio Maria Crespi. Half a millennium after he wrote The Prince, the slim volume continues to play an important role in political thought and evoke str

World News

At 500, Machiavelli's 'Prince' Still Inspires Love And Fear

by Sylvia Poggioli

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On June 5, 1944, Jake McNiece (right) led a group of paratroopers in World War II. After he shaved his head and painted his face before dropping behind German lines for D-Day, the look caught on with his men.

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Jake McNiece, WWII Hero And Self-Described 'Troublemaker'

by NPR Staff

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Sheep used to replace gas-guzzling lawn mowers graze at a truck warehouse at Evry, south of Paris.

World News

Let Them Eat Grass: Paris Employs Sheep As Eco-Mowers

by Eleanor Beardsley

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For NPR producer Melissa Gray, nothing says summer more than a cold glass of limeade.

What's Your Favorite Taste Of Summer?

by NPR Staff

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Bon Appetit editor Adam Rapoport compiled recipes from all over the world for The Grilling Book. Pictured here are Chicken Yakitori.

Gathering Around The 'Global Grill'

by NPR Staff

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Cassia Mendes, who has worked as a housekeeper for more than 20 years, cleans a house in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Feb. 19, 2012. Brazil enacted on April 2 a constitutional amendment to grant domestic workers health insurance and other benefits.

World News

'We Are Not Valued': Brazil's Domestic Workers Seek Rights

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

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Mynor Sanchez, a resident of Moore, Okla., lives a few blocks away and three houses down from major destruction. He is volunteering Friday in the neighborhood with his church, Templo El Alabanza, trying to do any tasks with which residents need help.

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'Part Of The Community': Latinos Rebuild After Okla. Tornado

by Hansi Lo Wang

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