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World News

Russia marks 80 years since World War II victory over Nazi Germany

11:58am May 09, 2025

by Leila Fadel

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of China and Brazil to commemorate the anniversary.

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National

Idaho's Supreme Court will hear challenges to restrictive abortion laws

by Julie Luchetta

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Idaho's trigger ban prohibited nearly all abortions. Idaho's Supreme Court on Thursday takes up challenges to three of the state's abortion laws.

National

Could steam heat, long used by cities and colleges, be a solution to climate change?

by Susan Phillips

Beneath the streets of hundreds of North America's oldest cities lies a network of pipes delivering steam heat to office buildings and hospitals. These steam loops could be a clean energy solution.

National

What the devastation from Hurricane Ian tell us about Florida's building codes

NPR's A Martínez talks to Kathy Baughman McLeod, director of the Arsht-Rockefeller Resilience Center, on whether Florida's building codes can stand up to increasingly severe hurricanes.

Politics & Government

Republicans continue to support Herschel Walker even after abortion report

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to conservative strategist Ralph Reed about Herschel Walker, Georgia's anti-abortion Senate candidate, who has GOP support despite reports he paid for a girlfriend's abortion.

Politics & Government

The White House has a windfall to spend on semiconductor projects

by Franco Ordoñez

Officials at the White House are figuring out how to spend more than $52 billion on semiconductor projects. The Biden administration's point person lays out the goals and the pitfalls.

Why French cities are refusing to show World Cup games on giant public screens

by Eleanor Beardsley

The World Cup begins next month in Qatar. France is the defending champion, but French cities have decided not to show the games at public gatherings to protest Qatar's record on human rights.

Why worker productivity has fallen in the U.S.

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Productivity is probably the most important economic indicator for the health of an economy, and in the U.S. it's falling. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 5, 2022.)

National

Power crews in Florida work to restore electricity to flooded areas

by Martin Kaste

Restoring power after a hurricane is a massive job, but crews are running ahead of schedule, even as some residents demand they work faster.

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Politics & Government

The appeal Trump wants justices to decide is extraordinarily narrow, Wehle says

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kim Wehle, visiting law professor at American University and author of How To Read The Constitution And Why, about former President Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court.

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2 groups plan to focus on carbon credits from urban forests

by Bellamy Pailthorp

A Seattle nonprofit recently got some of the highest prices ever for carbon credits from urban forests. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 4, 2022.)

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Politics & Government

Trump requests the Supreme Court to resolve the Mar-a-Lago document dispute

The legal battle over documents seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in August continues with the former president requesting the Supreme Court intervene in the case.

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News brief: OPEC meeting, Trump document dispute, U.S. balancing act in Iran

OPEC mulls a cut in oil production. The fight over Mar-a-Lago documents goes to the Supreme Court. And the U.S. tries to support Iranian protesters while striking a nuclear deal with their government.

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