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Honoree Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian, speaks on stage during the National Archives Foundation Records of Achievement Award Ceremony and Gala at the National Archives Museum on December 04, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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  • Arts & Life

Smithsonian board to keep institution 'free from political or partisan influence'

The Smithsonian has issued a statement supporting Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch following President Trump's claim that he fired the director of the National Portrait Gallery.

June 10, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
A 23andMe saliva collection kit is shown on March 25, 2025, in Oakland, Calif.

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  • Technology

Dozens of states sue to block the sale of 23andMe personal genetic data

States argue that biological samples, DNA data, health-related traits and medical records are too sensitive to be sold without each person's express, informed consent.

June 10, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Justin Carlyle, age 23, photographed on the street in Kensington, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, has lived with addiction to fentanyl and other drugs for a decade. After a decade when overdoses devastated young Americans, drug deaths among people in the U.S. under age 35 are plummeting. The shift is saving thousands of young lives every year.

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  • Health

Drug deaths plummet among young Americans as fentanyl carnage eases

U.S. drug deaths dropped by roughly 40% last year among people under the age of 35. It's a welcome pivot for families and communities devastated by fentanyl.

June 10, 2025
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  • Brian Mann
Sean Combs, shown speaking in Washington, D.C. in 2023, faces federal criminal charges that include racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. He has pleaded not guilty.

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  • Music

Witness testifies about Sean Combs' 'hotel nights': 'I was repulsed'

The woman, who dated Combs, testified that she repeatedly told him she did not want to participate in the drug-fueled encounters with escorts he requested, but felt pressured to comply.

June 09, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The Family Stone performs at Harvard Stadium in 1969.

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  • Obituaries

Sly Stone, visionary funk frontman of the Family Stone, has died at age 82

The musical visionary led a multi-racial funk band that produced five Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early '70s.

June 09, 2025
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  • Brandon Gates
People wade in the shallow waters of the Virgin River in St. George, Utah. The river provides the desert community with water, but climate change and a growing population threaten that supply. Local leaders are looking toward recycled sewage as a solution.

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  • Climate

This city is exploring an unconventional solution to water scarcity: sewage

A booming population and changing climate have strained water supplies in St. George, Utah. Local leaders are betting that recycled wastewater can keep the city's taps flowing.

June 09, 2025
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  • David Condos and
  • Ryan Kellman
National Guard troops stand outside the Metropolitan Detention Center on Sunday in Los Angeles. Tensions in the city remain high after the Trump administration called in the National Guard against the wishes of city leaders following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids.

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  • National

Trump mobilizes Marines and more National Guard troops for duty in LA

U.S. Northern Command says the infantry battalion would be supporting the National Guard troops "who are protecting federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area."

June 09, 2025
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  • Tom Bowman
Secretary RFK Jr. says replacing the CDC's vaccine advisors will help restore 'public trust' in vaccination.

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  • Health

RFK Jr. boots all members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee

Health Secretary RFK Jr. has removed all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. He says replacing them with new members will help restore 'public trust' in vaccines.

June 09, 2025
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  • Will Stone
Soldiers watch civil rights protesters walking during the third Selma March in Alabama, on March 25, 1965. President Lyndon Johnson federalized the Alabama National Guard to prevent violence against the marchers.

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  • History

What happened when Lyndon Johnson federalized the National Guard

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.

June 09, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
"I love looking like an art gallery owner," Atsuko Okatsuka says of her eye-catching style.

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  • Television

Growing up, comic Atsuko Okatsuka felt like 'a freak' -- now she's owning it

Okatsuka is known for her bowl haircut — and for finding humor in the dysfunction of her immigrant family. Her standup special Father is about her dad, who reappeared in her life after decades away.

June 09, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley
Hundreds of NIH scientists protested cuts to the research agency in a declaration addressed to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya.

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  • Science

NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research

In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.

June 09, 2025
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  • Rob Stein
Climate solutions for reducing home energy use can be extremely simple — and sometimes even free, says Dorit Aviv, assistant professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Climate

5 simple (and cheap) things to make your house use less energy

Sometimes reducing your home's energy use can be as simple as opening a window or buying tape. Here are five easy ways to have a more climate-friendly home and save on energy bills at the same time.

June 09, 2025
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  • Julia Simon
Apple CEO Tim Cook waves to attendees during an event on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., Monday, June 9, 2025.

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  • Technology

Apple's WWDC event goes big on design, but says less on AI

The annual event for developers focused on a new 'Liquid Glass' interface for Apple products, but did little to follow up on last year's promise of a bold push into artificial intelligence.

June 09, 2025
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  • John Ruwitch and
  • A Martínez
A federal judge in New York said Baldoni's defamation lawsuit against his <em>It Ends With Us</em> co-star Blake Lively failed to show actual malice.

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  • Movies

Justin Baldoni's $400 million defamation suit against Blake Lively dismissed

Baldoni's $400 million lawsuit was in response to Lively accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us.

June 09, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
Ricardo Darín as Juan.

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  • TV Reviews

Netflix's 'The Eternaut' makes a haunting series of an esteemed Argentine comic

El Eternauta has acquired near-mythic status in Argentina since it was first published in 1957.

June 09, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
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