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National

Why Trump's deployment of the National Guard to LA is unprecedented, according to a general

9:25am June 09, 2025

by A Martínez

"They've thrown the entire playbook out," says a retired general on Trump's National Guard deployment

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Politics & Government

Biden Addresses Nation After Electoral College Affirms Victory

by Ayesha Rascoe

President-elect Joe Biden's election win was affirmed by the Electoral College on Monday. He travels to Georgia on Tuesday to campaign for Democratic Senate candidates in January runoffs.

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Politics & Government

Biden Studies FDR's Presidential Transition For Guidance

by Steve Inskeep

President-elect Biden is looking to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1933 transition to the presidency for inspiration, as he and his team prepare to tackle a nation in the midst of numerous crises.

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Health & Safety

Black Teenagers With Mental Health Issues May Be Reluctant To Seek Help

by Alisa Roth

The CDC reports suicide rates went down in 2019. But one group has been having an especially hard time: young Black people. And nobody is sure why.

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Health & Safety

Fauci: It Would Be Terrible If People Choose Not To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the U.S., and what Americans should expect in the coming weeks.

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Automakers Race To Bring Electric Pickup Trucks To Market

by Camila Domonoske

Lots of electric pickup trucks are going to be hitting the road in the next few years. Who's going to buy them? Maybe drivers who are chasing power, not eco-friendly credentials.

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Politics & Government

Biden Heads To Georgia To Campaign For 2 Senators In Runoffs

by Emma Hurt

President-elect Joe Biden visits Georgia Tuesday. It's his first trip there since the election, and he'll appear with the Democratic candidates in the state's pair of Senate runoff contests.

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News Brief: Biden Victory, Bar Will Leave DOJ, Vaccine Rollout

Electoral College votes to affirm Biden's election victory. Attorney General Barr is leaving the Justice Department. Plus, more shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine will be arriving across the U.S.

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What Was A Camel Doing In Bath & Body Works?

In Nevada, a camel and its owner were spotted walking into a Bath & Body Works store in Henderson. A woman filmed the camel clopping through the automatic doors.

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Music & Culture

Jingle Johns Do Double Duty As Singing Choir

A sanitation company in Indiana took 32 porta-johns, and arranged then in rows, like a choir. And animated face on each one lip-syncs as Christmas classics play.

Health & Safety

Vaccine Inoculations Mark Pivotal Moment In Battle Against COVID-19

The first COVID-19 vaccines are now being administered to front-line hospital workers across the country. The first widely publicized vaccination took place Monday in Long Island, N.Y.

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Health & Safety

Why Many Latinos Are Wary Of Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Eva Galvez about the issue of vaccination hesitancy among the Latino community she serves in Oregon. Polling shows Latinos are less likely to trust a vaccine.

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Sports

Commentary: Good Or Bad? Baseball's Statistics-Driven Assessments

by Mike Pesca

Theo Epstein who took the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs to the World Series, acknowledges that his statistics-driven approach to building teams might make baseball boring to watch.

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