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The Hermits Peak fire approaches Highway 434 at Christmas Tree Canyon in New Mexico in 2022

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  • National

Trump's Forest Service cuts have people in tinder dry New Mexico on edge

The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
The U.S. Supreme Court is shown March 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump's birthright citizenship order in May

Trump issued an executive order on day one of his administration that sought to limit birthright citizenship, an idea widely considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago, and that decision has never been disturbed.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Christina Gatti
LAUSD superintendent Alberto Carvalho says he will continue to advocate for and support the hundreds of thousands of students in his district.

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  • Education

LA schools superintendent says he'll protect undocumented students 'to the very end'

DHS said it was conducting wellness checks on students who arrived unaccompanied to the border. The head of the Los Angeles Unified School District has a different account.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Gurjit Kaur,
  • and 1 more
This artist's impression depicts what a water world with a hydrogen atmosphere, such as planet K2-18b, might look like.

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  • Science

Are there signs of life on alien planet K2-18b, or is it just a lot of hot air?

The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being greeted with both enthusiasm and skepticism.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
The CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis was shuttered amid federal layoffs in April.

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  • Investigations

In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help

All 27 scientists at the CDC's viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were "unnecessary." Ongoing outbreak investigations have now been halted.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference autism rates on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

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  • Health

RFK pushes to find 'environmental' cause of autism, calls growing rates an 'epidemic'

Researchers and advocates have pushed back at what they consider inaccurate and stigmatizing comments made by the health secretary, and note the causes of autism are complex.

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein and
  • Carmel Wroth
President and CEO of National Public Radio Katherine Maher testified during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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  • Media

NPR CEO Katherine Maher addresses future of federal funding for public media

Katherine Maher, president and CEO of National Public Radio, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media.

April 16, 2025
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  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Tyler Bartlam,
  • and 1 more
Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif., quickly formed an "alert circle" to protect their young following Monday's 5.2 magnitude earthquake.

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  • Animals

When an earthquake struck San Diego, these elephants formed an 'alert circle'

When a 5.2 earthquake hit near San Diego, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park caught its elephants on video taking action to protect their young, forming what experts call an "alert circle."

April 16, 2025
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  • Rebecca Rosman
The DOGE team may have taken data related to union organizing and labor complaints and hid its tracks, according to a whistleblower.

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  • Technology

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

April 15, 2025
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun an antitrust trial against Meta over the company's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp and allegations that the company holds a monopoly over the social networking market.

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  • Business

Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in court against monopoly claims

In Zuckerberg's second day of testifying in the federal antitrust trial, he defended Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The U.S. government wants Meta to bust up the two companies.

April 15, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
President Trump threatened on social media to revoke the tax-exempt status of Harvard University.

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  • Education

Higher ed war heats up as Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status

The president's comments came after the administration froze $2 billion in federal grants for Harvard after the university rejected what it saw as illegal government demands.

April 15, 2025
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Steve Drummond

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  • Technology

Millions watch as underwater camera documents daily life on a Miami coral reef

For five years, the Coral City Camera has given viewers a live look at aquatic reef life near Miami. It's documented the declining conditions and shown a surprising vitality among some coral species.

April 15, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Ashley Blas

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  • Arts & Life

A stranger helps a grieving daughter clean her mother's grass-covered gravestone

Ashley Blas visited her mother's grave for the first time since the funeral. The driver who took her noticed grass covering part of the stone. In a full suit, he knelt down and cleaned the gravestone.

April 15, 2025
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By:
  • Laura Kwerel
Harvard University has refused to make changes in hiring, admissions and DEI programs.

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  • Education

Trump administration freezes more than $2.2 billion after Harvard rejects its demands

The government announced it is freezing more than $2.2 billion, hours after the university refused to make changes it said would "dictate what private universities can teach."

April 14, 2025
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta
A photograph taken during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos in January shows the logo of Meta, the U.S. company that owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp.

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  • Business

Meta and the FTC face off in court over monopoly claims

Dozens of witnesses are set to take the stand in the trial, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is scheduled to testify for seven hours. The outcome could reshape the future of Meta.

April 14, 2025
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  • Bobby Allyn
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