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Majority of Americans oppose ending birthright citizenship, NPR/Ipsos poll finds

6:00pm May 14, 2025

by Joel Rose

As the Supreme Court takes up birthright citizenship, a new poll finds that less than a third of Americans want it to end. But other parts of the White House's immigration crackdown are more popular.

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Crew members unload a catch of sockeye salmon at Craig, Alaska, in 2005. Researchers say fish are being found in new areas because of changing ocean temperatures.

Go Fish (Somewhere Else): Warming Oceans Are Altering Catches

by Richard Harris

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A farmer holds Monsanto's

National

For Supreme Court, Monsanto's Win Was More About Patents Than Seeds

by Nina Totenberg

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Vampire Weekend's third album is titled Modern Vampires of the City. Singer Ezra Koenig (far left) says he sees it as the closing chapter of a trilogy.

Music & Culture

Vampire Weekend: New Sounds Signal The End Of An Era

by NPR Staff

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Mike Watson (left), CEO of Kenya's Lewa Conservancy, and conservationist Ian Craig identify the carcass of a 4-year-old black rhino named Arthur, whom poachers had killed the night before. The well-armed, well-informed poachers very likely used night visi

The Enemy Inside: Rhino's Protectors Sometimes Aid Poachers

by Gregory Warner

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With community-based health care a central part of its curriculum, Florida International University's medical school turned an RV into a mobile health clinic so that students could treat families in neighborhoods where medical care is scare.

Health & Safety

How A Florida Medical School Cares For Communities In Need

by Greg Allen

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Bly Straub, the lead curator of the Jamestown artifacts, stands in a private storage and display room on Jamestown Island. Straub has traced the history of the artifacts to all parts of the world.

With Rising Seas, America's Birthplace Could Disappear

by Christopher Joyce

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Belize, the home of our offshore company, Unbelizable.

Who Hides Money Outside The Country?

by David Kestenbaum

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Abimael Martinez, who was deported from Riverside, Calif., sits next to the hole he dug to live in beneath the banks of Tijuana's fetid river canal.

World News

Living On The Border, Driven — Literally — Underground

by Amy Isackson

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A family friend posts fliers after Samantha Koenig's disappearance in 2012. Koenig's father is now an advocate for a mandatory national missing persons database.

National

With No Unified Database, Many Murder Victims Remain Nameless

by Daysha Eaton

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Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (center) waves as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran, May 11. Rafsanjani has been isolated since massive street protests in 2009 after

World News

A Sign Of Disunity? Iranian Candidates Jockey For Position

by Peter Kenyon

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A new iPad app lets viewers watch live ABC programming starting Tuesday in New York and Philadelphia.

ABC's Live Streaming Aimed At Keeping Cable Cords Intact

by NPR Staff

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A worker with The Empowerment Plan creates a coat that will later be donated to a homeless person. The organization works inside Ponyride, a 30,000-square-foot warehouse near downtown Detroit. The warehouse hosts other local businesses, too.

National

An 'Entrepreneurial Seedling' Sprouts In Detroit

by Lizzie O' Leary

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