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Health & Safety

Florida becomes second state to ban fluoride in public water

6:54am May 16, 2025

by Tristan Wood

Florida has become the second state in the country — after Utah — to ban fluoridation of public water systems.

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Trump Chooses To Hit Iran Economically Rather Than Militarily

NPR's Noel King talks to NPR's Tom Bowman and Adam Smith, a former senior advisor to the director of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, about U.S. actions against Iran.

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Mississippi Officials Commemorate 'Pascagoula Abduction'

Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson were fishing in 1973 when, they said, a UFO picked them up, examined them and let them go. There were skeptics. But now they're being honored with a plaque.

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Trump Directs Alex Azar To Help Make Health Care Costs More Transparent

NPR's Noel King talks to Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar about President Trump's executive order issued Monday on health care pricing and transparency.

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National

First Living Veteran Of Iraq War To Receive Medal Of Honor

by David Welna

Retired Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia will be award the Medal of Honor Tuesday at the White House. He turned 29 years old the day his heroic act initially earned him a Silver Star in 2004

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After Outcry, Migrant Children Moved From Squalid Texas Border Facility

by John Burnett

Hundreds of children — detained in a remote Border Patrol station in southwest Texas without adequate food, water and sanitation — have been moved after news of the conditions became public.

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2 Dive-Bombing Seagulls Terrorize British Couple

Roy and Brenda Pickard were holed up inside their home after two seagulls built a nest on their roof. Officials warn others to bird proof their homes.

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Politics & Government

Joe Biden Enters Democratic Debates With Decades Of Experience

by Scott Detrow

Joe Biden is the only Democratic presidential candidate with a record of national debate experience — stretching more than 30 years — back to 1987, when he first ran for president.

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World Cup: U.S. Beats Spain 2-1 To Face France In Quarterfinals

by Eleanor Beardsley

The U.S. women's soccer team has advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup after a thrilling game against Spain. The U.S. on Friday will play France, which is hosting the tournament.

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Chronicling The LGBT Rights Movement Since The Stonewall Riots

Fifty years ago, a police raid on a New York City gay bar spiraled into two nights of violence. It's considered a galvanizing moment for the American LGBT rights movement.

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William McRaven's Memior: 'Sea Stories: My Life In Special Operations'

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to retired Admiral William McRaven, who may be best known as the Navy SEAL commander who oversaw the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, about his new memoir.

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National

Oklahoma Judge OKs $85 Million Settlement With Teva Pharmaceuticals

by Brian Mann

Feuding state parties have reached a compromise over how to spend the $85 million the state won in a settlement with a pharmaceutical company which was being sued over its role in the opioid crisis.

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News Brief: Shipping Coalition, Migrant Children, Opioid Settlement

Trump calls on allies to help in the Persian Gulf. Migrant children are removed from a squalid holding center in Texas. And, an Oklahoma judge approves an $85 million settlement with an opioid maker.

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