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Israeli airstrike kills 9 of Gaza pediatrician's children

5:48am May 26, 2025

by Aya Batrawy

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed hundreds in the past week, including nine children of a pediatrician while she was at work. Israel's military says the attack is under review.

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The European Space Agency will beam the famous 'Blue Danube' waltz into space

5:00am May 26, 2025

A performance of the masterpiece will be transmitted into space on Saturday. The waltz has been associated with space travel since its inclusion in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Morning news brief

4:23am May 26, 2025

by Michel Martin

Russia intensifies strikes on Ukraine, summer travel season gets underway in the U.S., federal government forecasts above-normal fire potential in much of the West and some southeastern states.

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U.S.-German citizen is charged with trying to attack the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv

2:02am May 26, 2025

A dual U.S.-German citizen has been arrested on charges that he traveled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, officials said Sunday.

Trump says he'll delay a threatened 50% tariff on the European Union until July

11:35pm May 25, 2025

President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc.

'I am Roman,' Pope Leo says, as he becomes the bishop of Rome

6:06pm May 25, 2025

The bishop of Rome is one of many titles held by the pope. Duties related to the title are usually delegated to an auxiliary or assistant bishop, known as a vicar.

Inside Ukraine's last maternity ward in a region surrounded by Russian forces

6:00am May 25, 2025

NPR visits a hospital in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, in a town where many residents have fled but some young couples are holding on and hoping to raise their children one day in peace.

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Russia hits Ukraine with the largest drone-and-missile attack of the war so far

2:00am May 25, 2025

At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in strikes that hit more than 30 cities and villages across Ukraine.

Trump's debunked 'burial site' video reopens 'wounds,' says victim's son

8:00am May 24, 2025

Trump's misleading video of a 'burial site' for white South African farmers reopened 'new wounds,' victim's son tells NPR.

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Russia says 270 servicemen, 120 civilians exchanged with Ukraine in 1st round

Ukraine and Russia begin the largest prisoner-of-war exchange since the invasion

10:50am May 23, 2025

Ukraine and Russia have begun the exchange of 1,000 prisoners of war, the largest such swap since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.