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News Articles: All Things Considered

Samantha Heaton and her son Elliot Heaton, 7, light a prayer candle during service at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church as Samuel Hesla holds a sign marking an abduction by ICE at the church in Minneapolis on Sunday.

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  • Religion

How Minnesota faith communities are resisting aggressive immigration operations

As immigration enforcement actions have ramped up in Minnesota, people of faith have been at the forefront of the response to ICE detentions and the killing of Renee Macklin Good by a federal agent.

January 13, 2026
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By:
  • Jason DeRose
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes

To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports.

January 13, 2026
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Cartoonist Scott Adams poses with his a life-size cutout of his creation, Dilbert, in 2014.

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  • Obituaries

Scott Adams, the controversial cartoonist behind 'Dilbert,' dies at 68

Adams announced in May that he was dying of metastatic prostate cancer. Thousands of newspapers carried his strip satirizing office culture from the '90s until a controversy in 2023.

January 13, 2026
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
The UK communications regulator Ofcom launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X regarding its AI chatbot, Grok following reports that Grok has been used to generate nonconsensual sexual deepfakes.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk's X faces bans and investigations over nonconsensual bikini images

After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations.

January 13, 2026
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Amber Glenn, Evan Bates, Madison Chock and Ilia Malinin — pictured at the national championships in St. Louis, Mo., in January — are among the 16 figure skaters representing the U.S. at the 2026 Olympics.

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  • Sports

Who are the figure skaters representing Team USA? Key names and backstories to know

Sixteen U.S. figure skaters are competing in all four Olympic disciplines: men's, women's, pairs and ice dance. The team includes a mix of seasoned vets, world champions and rising stars.

January 13, 2026
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Laura Terry lives in Nashville, Tenn., with her daughters Margaret, 2, and Eleanor, 4.

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  • National

How IVF has led to a record number of single moms in their 40s

Who gets to be a parent has been reshaped by IVF: Single women in their 40s are increasingly opting to become moms.

January 12, 2026
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By:
  • Pallavi Gogoi and
  • Janet W. Lee
A child receives an immunization at a Florida pediatrician's office in Sept. 2025.

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  • Health

Flu shot recommendation for kids dropped just as the illness rages

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advice that kids get an annual flu shot at a time when flu cases and hospitalizations are surging.

January 12, 2026
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Alex Adams, assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2025.

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  • Investigations

Trump administration tells states to end 'orphan tax' on foster kids

There's a growing move to end what some call "the orphan tax" and stop states from taking benefit checks from children and youth in foster care.

January 12, 2026
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By:
  • Joseph Shapiro
Venezuelans living in Chile celebrate in Santiago on Jan. 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on Venezuela.

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  • Latin America

Venezuela's exiles in Chile caught between hope and uncertainty

Initial joy among Venezuela's diaspora in Chile has given way to caution, as questions grow over what Maduro's capture means for the country — and for those who fled it.

January 11, 2026
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By:
  • John Bartlett
Stuffed animals and flowers surround a memorial outside Camp Mystic, along the Guadalupe River near Kerrville, Texas, honoring the nearly 30 children who were killed when floodwaters tore through the area on July 4.

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  • National

Six months later, the Texas Hill Country is still living with effects from flooding

More than 130 people died as floodwaters swept through the region on July 4. Now, recovery continues amid legal action and scrutiny of flood preparedness.

January 10, 2026
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By:
  • Lucio Vasquez
U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs last month, as the unemployment rate fell to 4.4%. Retailers cut jobs in December, despite the busy holiday shopping season.

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  • Economy

Hiring slows in December to end the weakest year of job growth since the pandemic

U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs in December, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday. Measured annually, job gains in 2025 were the slowest since 2020.

January 09, 2026
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
An original still image (left) from an eyewitness video shows the masked ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good. Users on social media "unmasked" the agent using Grok (right). Experts warn that AI cannot "unmask" individuals. NPR is publishing both images to show how AI is being used to manipulate images of news events.

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  • National

AI images and internet rumors spread confusion about ICE agent involved in shooting

While the agent wore a mask in videos taken of the event, he appeared to be unmasked in many social media posts. That image appeared to have been generated by xAI's generative AI chatbot, Grok.

January 09, 2026
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
The United Nations headquarters building in New York City. This week the U.S. announced it will withdraw from 31 U.N. agencies, including the U.N. Women and the U.N. Population Fund.

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  • Global Health

Why is the U.S. pulling out of 31 U.N. groups? And what's the impact?

The Trump administration is withdrawing from 66 global groups, including U.N. entities that focus on climate and health issues.

January 09, 2026
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel and
  • Fatma Tanis
NASA announced it would bring the four members of its Crew-11 mission back to Earth early. One of them has a medical condition. The crew, shown here at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on August 1, 2025, is (from left): Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, NASA astronaut and mission commander Zena Cardman and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui.

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  • Space

A 'medical situation' is forcing NASA to end mission at the space station a month early

NASA says a crew member on the International Space Station is unwell. The agency canceled a planned spacewalk for Thursday and is taking the rare step of ending the Crew-11 mission early.

January 08, 2026
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By:
  • Brendan Byrne
FILE - New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani Tuesday, Jan. 6 in New York.

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  • Politics

Mamdani says New York child care expansion a real step to fulfilling campaign pledge

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says a plan unveiled Thursday to take the first steps toward universal childcare for kids under five shows New Yorkers that "democracy can actually deliver for them."

January 08, 2026
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  • Elena Burnett,
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