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From NPR. Meredith Goldstein, host of the Boston Globe’s Love Letters podcast, responds to an anonymous audience question about what the heck you’re supposed to do with mementos from past relationships. Dear Life Kit is NPR Life Kit’s advice column. To hear Goldstein answer more anonymous audience questions, click the link in our bio…
From NPR. Hungarians protest a law banning LGTBTQ pride events. DNA testing company 23andMe files for bankruptcy. A new study shows large portions of adults around the world have switched their religion. Here are some of the stories you may have missed this week. —————————————————— Follow NPR elsewhere, too: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/npr/ • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@npr…
From NPR. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday his country would forcefully respond to President Trump’s new 25% tariffs on imports of foreign automobiles, which are set to take effect next week. Carney said over the coming years, Canadians will need to fundamentally reimagine the country’s economy — more than 75% of Canada’s exports…
From NPR. A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, killing at least three people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction collapsed, and prompting Myanmar to declare a widespread state of emergency. The midday temblor with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, was followed…
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From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:16 Quake Rocks Thailand, Myanmar 1:21 Carney: Relationship With The U.S. ‘Is Over’ 2:07 Scientists Protest Research Group’s Closure NOTE: Captions are auto-generated…
From NPR. The Zaporizhzhia region now houses more than a quarter million internally displaced people, more than any other region in Ukraine, according to the city council. Though some could move abroad or to other, potentially safer, regions of Ukraine, many say they just want to be close to home. Even if they can’t return…
From NPR. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador on Wednesday where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the United States. Federal courts are reviewing whether the Trump administration can summarily deport Venezuelans suspected of being gang…
From NPR. Wind-driven wildfires — among the worst ever in South Korea — have ravaged the country’s southern regions, killing at least 24 people, destroying more than 200 structures and forcing 27,000 people to evacuate, officials said Wednesday. In a televised address, South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo said crews were struggling to extinguish the…
From NPR. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents for her pro-Palestinian advocacy. Ozturk had just left her home in Somerville on Tuesday night when she was stopped, lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai said in a petition filed in Boston federal court.…
From NPR. Thousands demonstrated against Hamas for a second day Wednesday, the first major protests in Gaza against the Palestinian militant group since the war with Israel began more than a year ago.
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:15 Trump’s Tariffs Roiling The Markets 1:05 ICE Takes Another International Student Into Custody 2:07 Supreme Court Upholds ‘Ghost Guns’ Regulations 2:56 South Sudan’s…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:18 Waltz Takes Responsibility For Group Chat 1:20 Zelenskyy: Ceasefire Moves Ukraine Toward Peace 2:17 Appeals Court Allows Refugee Program Freeze 3:13 Judge…
From NPR. In Syria, many Kurds celebrated Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in secret under Assad. With him gone, Kurdish people are throwing their biggest spring equinox party in decades.
From NPR. American and Taiwanese defense companies are increasingly teaming up to move production and source away from countries where there might be a trade war, or an actual war, looming.
From NPR. A group of masked settlers attacked Jewish peace activists and Palestinian villagers in the Israeli occupied West Bank Monday night. Eyewitnesses say Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was among them. He was later detained by Israeli forces and held overnight. After he was released, Ballal was taken to…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:19 Trump Claims Ignorance 1:14 DOJ Invokes Privilege In Deportation Case 2:00 Appeals Court Hears Deportation Case 2:23 Trump Defends Second Lady’s Greenland…
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From NPR. An NPR investigation finds federal judges have enormous influence with few checks on their power. We found that law clerks and other judicial employees are vulnerable to mistreatment and have few job protections.
From NPR. Conan O’Brien received the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday. Among those celebrating O’Brien were his longtime comedy peers Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Stephen Colbert, Tracy Morgan, and Bill Burr, along with others who had been influenced by his work, including John Mulaney and Kumail Nanjiani.…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:07 Israel Weighs Ground Invasion 1:04 Appeals Court Hears Deportation Case 1:55 Postal Workers Protest Trump’s Proposals 2:59 Canadian PM Triggers Snap Elections…
From NPR. Is it OK to sleep for less than five hours a night? Exercise before bed? Sleep scientist Rebecca Robbins sets the record straight. (Sleep myths acted out by Life Kit editor Malaka Gharib). Want more sleep tips? Get a week of science-backed strategies to help you sleep better, deeper and longer: npr.org/sleepweek
From NPR. From humble beginnings in Texas to becoming a six-time major champion, Lee Trevino, also known as ‘SuperMex,’ proved that sheer talent, charisma and grit could break down barriers and redefine what it meant to be a champion. He was also never shied away from expressing his Mexican identity anyway he could. His golf…
From NPR. Members of Indigenous communities took part in a ritual in front of the Pyramid of the Sun, outside of Mexico City, while celebrating the spring equinox at the Teotihuacán archaeological complex.
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From NPR. On March 12, the day before the Senate passed the controversial spending measure to keep the government funded, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told NPR’s Scott Simon that he’s still up to the task of leading the Democratic Caucus. That’s despite his age and use of an old-school flip phone, which makes an…
From NPR. Europe’s busiest airport has announced it will remain closed throughout Friday after a power shutdown forced more than 100 flights to divert in mid-air.
From NPR. NPR visited one of the oldest soap factories in the city of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. This ancient soap-making tradition has been added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:17 Trump Order Education Department Closed 1:08 Judge Seeks Answers In Deportation Case 1:28 Sanders, AOC Hold Rallies Across The U.S. 2:22 Fire…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:17 Judge Declines To Reverse USIP Takeover 1:17 The Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady 2:08 Bennet Casts Doubt On Schumer’s Future 3:10 Stouffer’s,…
From NPR. On March 12, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sat down with NPR’s Scott Simon to discuss Schumer’s new book “Antisemitism in America: A Warning.” Schumer said he sees hatred both on the left and right as a growing problem, but the antisemitism he sees on the right is more “overt.”
From NPR. Thousands have taken to the streets in Israel to protest the collapse of the ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza, and to call for restarting talks to release the remaining hostages. The protests come after Israel killed more than 400 Palestinians and injured hundreds more in a series of surprise overnight airstrikes in Gaza…
From NPR. Across the front line regions of Ukraine, the destruction of buildings, homes, schools, and commercial spaces, is one of the major costs of the war. Over 2 million homes have been destroyed since the beginning of the war, according to the United Nations, and it has transformed the landscape of Ukraine. Neonila Prytsyk…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:15 Zelenskyy To Talk With Trump Today 1:16 Trump Calls For Judges’ Impeachment 2:17 Judge: USAID Shutdown Likely Illegal 3:00 Trump Fires FTC…
From NPR. The Department of Veteran Affairs said that, effective immediately, it will no longer offer medical treatment for gender dysphoria to veterans who are not already receiving the treatment from the VA or the Department of Defense. It is the latest in a series of actions the department has taken to strip recognition and…
From NPR. Israel launched a surprise wave of overnight strikes in Gaza that it said targeted Hamas officials. The strikes killed more than 410 Palestinians, including children, and injured hundreds more, according to Gaza health officials. The strikes come after a nearly two-month ceasefire, raising the prospect of a full resumption of war. —————————————————— Follow…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:15 Hundreds Killed In Airstrikes On Gaza 1:07 Officials: Doctor Found With Extremist Materials 2:09 VA Ends Treatments For Trans Vets 3:05 Judge…
From NPR. According to both the U.N. and the Israeli government, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been displaced by Israel’s most recent military operation in the occupied West Bank, which began just two days after the ceasefire went into effect in Gaza. It’s the largest displacement of Palestinians in the territory in more than 50…
From NPR. The Trump administration deported about 250 people who it says are members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan prison gang, to El Salvador this weekend, multiple members of the administration said on social media on Sunday. It was not immediately clear if the deportations happened before or after a federal judge in D.C.…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:06 Storms Kill At Least 39 In The U.S. 0:56 Trump Deports Hundreds To El Salvador 2:03 Gaza Ceasefire Negotiate Continues 2:59 Replacement…
From NPR. Kids are struggling in both math and reading, especially since before the pandemic. Except in two states, Louisiana and Alabama.
From NPR. Emotions sometimes feel overwhelming and debilitating—but science-backed tools can help us wrangle them. Neuroscientist Ethan Kross shares research from his Emotion and Self-Control Lab.
From NPR. Police search for new ways to detect marijuana users behind the wheel, a cargo ship catches fire fin the North Sea and a mural dedicated to the Black Lives Matter comes down in the nation’s capitol — here are a few stories you may have missed this week.
From NPR. An American social media influencer sparked outrage after posting a video of herself snatching a wild baby wombat from its mother. The video shows the woman, known online as Sam Jones, taking the wombat from its mother on a dark roadside — and running away toward someone, laughing. As she runs to her…
From NPR. The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island, named A23a — has run aground near a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — is currently aground near the South Georgia Island. A23a…
From NPR. Judges have ordered the Trump administration to reinstate many fired federal workers. But the administration also has a hiring freeze in place. And that is causing chaos at agencies with urgent hiring needs, particularly at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where failure to bring in staff could quickly lead to medical emergencies and…
From NPR. Survivors mourn those killed by Israel’s military as bodies are exhumed from mass graves at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital in another reminder of war’s toll.
From NPR. An American Airlines plane landed at Denver International Airport on Thursday and caught fire, sending twelve people to the hospital with minor injuries. Photos and videos showed passengers standing on the plane’s wing as smoke surrounded the aircraft. Passengers evacuated via slides deployed on the sides of the aircraft. Flight 1006 was on…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:17 Schumer Plans To Vote For Spending Bill 1:15 Oz’s Senate Confirmation Hearing Today 2:21 Judges Order Probationary Workers Rehired 3:06 Trump Takes…
From NPR. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and other producers. The move is expected to hit school children’s meals, as well as people who depend on food banks. Farmers and ranchers whose produce…
From NPR. President Trump showed off Tesla vehicles outside the White House earlier this week in front of reporters and alongside one of his top advisors, Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, who was also a major donor to Trump’s reelection bid. Richard Painter, a former ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, says the event signals…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:18 Senate Dems Won’t Support Spending Bill 0:34 Trump Defends Ed. Dept. Cuts 1:48 EPA Targeting Dozens Of Environmental Regulations 2:37 Observers Question…
From NPR. Splitting the bill is a fine art. Here’s how you might respond in three common scenarios that arise when splitting the tab, featuring insights from food writer, chef and former food editor Kiki Aranita, as demonstrated by NPR "Life Kit" editor, Malaka Gharib. When the meal ends, there should be "a…
From NPR. The chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board says that “there’s a serious safety issue” in the airspace surrounding Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The NTSB’s Jennifer Homendy called on the Federal Aviation Administration to implement several “urgent safety recommendations” during a Tuesday news conference. Her comments followed the release of a preliminary…
From NPR. Later today, a SpaceX capsule is scheduled to carry four astronauts to the International Space Station. Their arrival will clear the way for two astronauts that have been labeled as "stranded" to finally return to Earth. The astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, were supposed to spend about a week on the space…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:17 Trump’s Metals Tariffs Go Into Effect 1:09 Education Department Cutting Half Its Staff 1:54 House Sends Spending Bill To The Senate 2:56…
From NPR. Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals. The new policy will start with May 28 bookings. Southwest, which built years of advertising campaigns around its policy of letting passengers two bags…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:19 House Votes On Spending Bill Today 1:11 Investors Bewildered By Trump’s Tariffs 1:54 Ontario Puts Tariffs On Energy Exports 2:59 NASA Lays…
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From NPR. Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian activist Saturday who played a prominent role in Columbia University’s protests against Israel, a significant escalation in the Trump administration’s pledge to detain and deport student activists. Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia until this past December, was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several…