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Why did Israel strike Iran? An Israeli politician and a US-Iran expert weigh in

8:04am June 13, 2025

by Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon about his country's strikes.

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Pentagon says Russia is still laying the groundwork for offensive in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine's president says the long awaited Russian offensive in the east of the east has begun. After Ukraine's surprising resilience in the north, this next phase of the fighting is seen as critical.

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Books

Louisa Lim's 'Indelible City' examines the U.K.'s handover of Hong Kong to China

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former NPR Beijing correspondent Louisa Lim about her new book: Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong.

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National

Finishing the Boston Marathon had special significance for Henry Richard

Henry Richard, 20, crossed the finish line Monday in honor of his late brother Martin, who at eights years old, was the youngest victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

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Social justice groups' monuments are a counternarrative to Confederate memorials

by Debbie Elliott

Two new monuments in Montgomery, Ala., are meant to provoke racial reckoning in public spaces. The creators hope they can serve as a counternarrative to monuments intended to glorify the Old South.

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North Dakota is digging out from a historic Spring blizzard

by Kirk Siegler

That snowfall could offer some reprieve to farmers and ranchers who have been struggling through a punishing drought. Many of them have been teetering on bankruptcy.

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Amid lawsuits over Sandy Hook shooting denial, InfoWars files for bankruptcy

by John Burnett

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's website Infowars has filed for bankruptcy. The move could put on hold defamation lawsuits over false claims that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax.

Florida's legislature meets in a special session to adopt new congressional maps

Republican leaders say they'll approve maps drawn by the governor that eliminate two Black voting districts. Gov. Ron DeSantis insisted on district maps that give an extra advantage to Republicans.

Encore: 'First Lady' series is compelling when it dramatizes the unseen moments

by Eric Deggans

Showtime's limited series, The First Lady, weaves together the stories of three of America's most distinctive presidential spouses. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on April 17, 2022.)

What's behind the mass detentions in El Salvador?

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tamara Taraciuk Broner of Human Rights Watch about 10,000 gang suspects arrested in El Salvador as the president consolidates power.

What are the ripple effects of sanctioning Russia's richest and most powerful?

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Alex Finley, a former CIA officer and novelist who's tracking super-yachts used by oligarchs, about what sanctions against Russia mean for the country's super-rich.

Health & Safety

Encore: Concussions don't necessarily hurt your ears, but they can hurt your hearing

by Jon Hamilton

People who sustain a concussion can develop an unusual hearing problem. Their ears work fine, but their brain struggles to process sounds. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Nov. 3, 2021.)

National

Ex-Chicago police officer avoids federal charges in Laquan McDonald's death

by Cheryl Corley

Federal authorities in Chicago say Jason Van Dyke will not face federal charges. The former police officer, who is white, was convicted in the 2014 murder of a Black teenager.