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A baker holds up a loaf of pav freshly baked at the Yazdani Bakery in Mumbai. A government plan to ban wood-fired ovens in bakeries as a way to curb pollution could lead to a price increase in the beloved pav — and erase its smoky flavor.

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  • Global Health

Mumbai's iconic pav bread might soon be toast

It's a working-class staple. And it could be priced out of the market by government efforts to make bakeries change from wood-fired ovens to other fuels to curb air pollution.

May 25, 2025
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  • Omkar Khandekar
Stoio Kachev and Doanh Nghiem cook dinner on their electric grill. The couple says convenience is the main reason they switched from a propane grill — no need to refill tanks. Switching to electric also reduces their contribution to climate change.

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  • Climate

Electric grills are a climate-friendly option to fossil fuel grills

Grilling usually involves burning fossil fuel. But some manufacturers are offering electric grills and citing climate change and convenience as reasons to switch.

May 25, 2025
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  • Jeff Brady
People walk through the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 17.

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  • Education

Trump again blasts Harvard over international students as judge blocks revocation

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the home countries of some of Harvard's international students are "not at all friendly to the United States" and "pay NOTHING toward their student's education."

May 25, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
Anastasia, 24, with her daughter, born the previous day, in a room at the Sloviansk City Clinical Hospital, on March 28.

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  • Europe

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

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.

May 25, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters try to put out a fire following a Russian attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, May 25, 2025.

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  • World

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

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

May 25, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A mural of George Floyd marks the place where he was murdered by Minneapolis police near the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, Tues., May 20, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minn. During the past five years, the intersection, which has come to be known as George Floyd Square, has served as a memorial space for all those who have died at the hands of law enforcement.

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  • Analysis

The world witnessed George Floyd's murder. 5 years later, what has changed?

Five years after George Floyd's death sparked worldwide protests over police brutality and racism, NPR's Michel Martin reflects on Morning Edition's return to Minneapolis to examine what has changed.

May 25, 2025
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  • Michel Martin

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  • Book Reviews

'The Stalker' is one of the most appalling characters in recent American fiction

Paula Bomer's dizzying book is a fascinating look at an absurdly stupid young man in the early 1990s who manages to sustain himself despite having no evidence of a soul.

May 25, 2025
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  • Michael Schaub
Burned-out vehicles still line the reopened section of PCH, where unobstructed views of the Pacific Ocean, previously obstructed from view, expose where multi-story homes burned to the ground.

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  • National

PCH reopens after fire closure, just in time for the holiday weekend

A section of California's scenic Pacific Coast Highway that has been closed since January's deadly Palisades Fire reopens in time for holiday weekend traffic, to mixed emotions and high hopes for Malibu businesses.

May 25, 2025
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  • Liz Baker
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during an event with President Trump to sign executive orders regarding nuclear energy in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C..

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  • Politics

Defense Sec. Hegseth puts new limits on press access at the Pentagon

The Pentagon restrictions on media covering the military follow a series of moves by the Trump administration to curtail press access. The changes overhaul historic access for the press.

May 24, 2025
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  • Kristin Wright
A military aircraft waits for migrants to board from a bus at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Tx., on Jan. 30, 2025, before deporting them to Guatemala.

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  • USPS

Judge orders the Trump administration to return a Guatemalan man to the U.S.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there.

May 24, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Musician Billy Joel is seen during his 100th lifetime performance at Madison Square Garden in 2018, in New York.

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  • Health

Billy Joel cancels tour dates after diagnosis. What to know about the brain condition

The singer canceled his summer tour dates and revealed he has a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus. It's treatable but tricky to diagnose, doctors say.

May 24, 2025
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Director Jafar Panahi, winner of the Palme d'Or for the film 'It Was Just an Accident', poses for photographers at the awards ceremony photo call at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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  • Arts & Life

Iranian director Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just An Accident' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes

The dissident filmmaker's thriller is a stinging critique of oppression in his home country.

May 24, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
The view of the Andes from Cerro San Cristobal above Santiago, Chile.

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  • National

A hike on Cerro San Cristobal with stunning views of the Chilean Andes

Cerro San Cristobal in the heart of Chile's capital offers stunning views of wildflowers, pine forests and the soaring Andes.

May 24, 2025
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  • Brian Mann
Actor George Wendt holds a glass of beer in a barroom in Los Angeles on June 13, 1983.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Cheers to a life well lived

Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sitcom Cheers. He died this week at the age of 76.

May 24, 2025
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  • Scott Simon
Vehicles drive on Interstate 5 ahead of the Memorial Day weekend Friday in Los Angeles. Departments of motor vehicles across the country are warning of a new batch of scam text messages that seek out recipients' personal information.

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  • National

Americans are warned as latest DMV phishing scam targets phones

Your state DMV probably won't text you about unpaid fees — but scammers will.

May 24, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
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