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National

Judge orders Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi to be released

12:06pm April 30, 2025

by Eric Westervelt

Mohsen Mahdawi, the 34-year-old Columbia University student arrested and detained by masked immigration agents after his naturalization interview in Vermont, has been released on certain conditions.

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A woman addicted to methamphetamine says becoming a mother turned her life around

by Zanna McKay

In this week's StoryCorps, a mother talks with her son about how she overcame her addiction to drugs.

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Arts

'Miss Merkel' imagines the former German chancellor as a small-town amateur sleuth

by Esme Nicholson

A series of crime novels now adapted for TV imagines former German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a crime-solving detective.

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Children in northern Nigeria are suffering from acute malnutrition, aid groups say

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Nigeria has one of Africa's largest economies but is seeing record rates of child malnutrition. Aid groups call it a nearly unprecedented crisis.

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Ina Jaffe, longtime NPR correspondent, dies after a battle with cancer. She was 75

Morning Edition remembers longtime NPR correspondent Ina Jaffe, who died Thursday at age 75 after battling cancer.

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Ina Jaffe, longtime NPR correspondent, dies after a battle with cancer. She was 75

Morning Edition remembers longtime NPR correspondent Ina Jaffe, who died Thursday at age 75 after battling cancer.

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World News

Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan among Americans freed from Russian custody in prisoner swap

Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was detained in Russia in March 2023 on espionage charges that the newspaper and U.S. government say are false. Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, has been detained in Russia since 2018.

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Morning news brief

Assassinations in the Middle East stoke fears of more violence. The case against three of the alleged 9/11 attack plotters reaches a conclusion. More than 100 large wildfires are burning in the U.S.

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National

Electric cars quickly moved into the mainstream. Now electric boats are powering up

by Murray Carpenter

From working skiffs to multi-million dollar yachts, there's a small but growing market for EV boat motors on the New England coast.

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World News

After 2 assassinations in the Middle East, the region braces for all-out war

The killing of a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and the killing of a top Hamas official in Iran are stoking very real fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East.

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World News

Have you thought about cloning yourself to get all your work done?

by Emily Feng

Do you sometimes wish you could clone yourself to get all the work you have done? Companies in China are creating digital avatars using generative artificial intelligence to do just that.

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Politics & Government

At Black journalism convention, Trump attacks Kamala Harris’ racial identity

Former President Donald Trump made inflammatory remarks about Vice President Harris at the National Association of Black Journalists convention on Wednesday. He questioned her biracial background.

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Sports

Athletes make difficult choices. Hear what they'll do in pursuit of Olympic glory

by A Martínez

An Australian field hockey player chose to amputate part of his finger in order to play in the Olympics. NPR's A Martinez asks performance expert Mark Aoyagi why athletes go to such extremes.

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