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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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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
A person holds a Harvard College folder during a tour at Harvard University on April 17 in Cambridge, Mass.

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  • Education

By the numbers: A look at international students at Harvard and across the U.S.

The latest criticism from the Trump administration of Harvard University highlighted the number of international students entering the United States each year for higher education.

May 24, 2025
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
US President Donald Trump, right, and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, second right, as a video plays during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

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  • Africa

Trump's debunked 'burial site' video reopens 'wounds,' says victim's son

Trump's misleading video of a 'burial site' for white South African farmers reopened 'new wounds,' victim's son tells NPR.

May 24, 2025
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  • Kate Bartlett
Attorney General Pam Bondi listens during a news conference at the Department of Justice on May 7, 2025 in Washington. In late April, the DOJ's Office of Justice Programs cancelled hundreds of public safety grants to local police and nonprofits, leaving many scrambling.

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  • National

Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling

Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.

May 24, 2025
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  • Martin Kaste
From left: Tenor Alexander Taite, baritone Wilford Kelly, mezzo-soprano Samantha Rose Williams, conductor Paul Phillips, composer Adolphus Hailstork and librettist Herbert Martin appear at a 2023 performance with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Stanford Symphonic Chorus of <em>A Knee on the Neck</em>, a requiem cantata in honor of George Floyd. The performance marked the West Coast premiere of the piece.

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  • Music Interviews

George Floyd musical tribute poet warns of 'worse' racial tensions five years after the murder

Adolphus Hailstork's 2022 requiem cantata "A Knee on the Neck" pays tribute to George Floyd. NPR speaks with librettist Herbert Martin, who initiated the work, five years after police killed Floyd in Minneapolis.

May 24, 2025
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  • Olivia Hampton
Hummingbirds gather around a hummingbird feeder filled with sugar water, in a backyard in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, July 17, 2014.

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  • Science

Backyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird beaks, scientists say

A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.

May 24, 2025
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  • Kat Lonsdorf
Final Destination is a horror franchise that laughs at death. Above, Kaitlyn Santa Juana, left, and Rya Kihlstedt in the latest installment, <em>Final Destination Bloodlines.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Final Destination still works — here's why

The long-running franchise taps into a common fear: You're going to die eventually, and there's nothing you can do about it. Final Destination Bloodlines is the sixth installment.

May 24, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
This illustration depicts the early jawless vertebrate <em>Astraspis</em> being attacked by the sea-scorpion <em>Megalograptus</em> in dark, shallow waters. Both animals likely had tooth-like scales on their bodies that would have allowed them to sense things in the waters around them.

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  • Science

That zing in your teeth from a cold treat? Blame this ancient armored fish

The sometimes uncomfortable sensations we feel in our teeth may be an evolutionary holdover from the scaly exteriors of ancient armored fish.

May 24, 2025
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  • Ari Daniel
Military headstones honoring armed forces service members are decorated with American flags for Memorial Day.

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  • News

This Memorial Day, NPR readers honor the ones they've lost

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers share stories of the loved ones they've lost.

May 24, 2025
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
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