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Is that an AI image in your Facebook feed? Tell NPR about it

NPR wants to know if you've seen Facebook posts you suspect may be AI-generated, and what you think of them.

May 02, 2024
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  • Shannon Bond
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson visited Columbia University on April 24 to meet with Jewish students and make remarks about concerns that the ongoing demonstrations have become antisemitic.

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House passes bill aimed to combat antisemitism amid college unrest

House Speaker Mike Johnson met with a group of Jewish students at Columbia University who say they've experienced antisemitic speech and harassment from protesters on and off campus.

May 02, 2024
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  • Barbara Sprunt
Pond Inlet on Baffin Island is one of the Inuit communities in the Canadian arctic facing a TB outbreak.

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Why does TB have such a hold on the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic?

Canada has one of the world's lowest rates of tuberculosis. Yet this deadly disease is surging among Indigenous people in this icy, remote part of the country.

May 02, 2024
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  • Melody Schreiber
Lawyer Keith Davidson, who represented former Playboy model Karen McDougal, testifies Tuesday in Manhattan state court during Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records.

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Who is Keith Davidson, the lawyer who negotiated hush money payments from Trump?

Attorney Keith Davidson, a key witness who represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, is back on the stand to continue testifying against Trump in New York.

May 02, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
A crowd of White House press looks on as Kanye West and then-President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office on Oct. 11, 2018.

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Rappers took the White House. Now what?

A new documentary, Hip-Hop and the White House, considers rap's association with presidential politics — and in so doing, reveals a persistent misunderstanding of how both operate.

May 02, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Students and pro-Palestinian activists face police as they gather outside of Columbia University to protest the university's stance on Israel's war in Gaza.

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NYC mayor says 'outside agitators' are co-opting Columbia protests—students disagree

In an NPR interview, NYC Mayor Eric Adams said he had a 'gut reaction' that outside agitators were leading Columbia anti-war protests. Students beg to differ.

May 02, 2024
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  • Destinee Adams
After an alarming spike in 2021, maternal mortality numbers the next year went back down, according to a report released Thursday. CDC Director Mandy Cohen says the rates are still too high.

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The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spike

The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 – while still high – went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.

May 02, 2024
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ordering dairy producers to test cows that produce milk for infections from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) before the animals are transported to a different state following the discovery of the virus in samples of pasteurized milk taken by the Food and Drug Administration.

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The U.S. may be missing human cases of bird flu, scientists say

Officially, only one person has caught the illness during the current outbreak. But with limited testing, cases could be flying under the radar.

May 02, 2024
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  • Will Stone
President Biden gives remarks about student protests over the war in Gaza from the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday.

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Biden says he supports the right to protest but denounces 'chaos' and hate speech

President Biden had an unexpected update to his schedule Thursday to address the pro-Palestinian protests roiling campuses across the country.

May 02, 2024
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Luis Escarraman spent $139 when he picked up some vitamin C and a few items of clothing for himself and his daughter. "I need to work extra to get what I used to have before," he told NPR.

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Voters in this 'boomerang' county say they're nostalgic for the Trump economy

Voters in Northampton County, Pa., say they remember having more money when Donald Trump was in office. But when it comes time to cast their ballots this year, other issues are at play too.

May 02, 2024
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  • Asma Khalid
Dr. Todd Rasmussen stands in his home office in Rochester, Minn. He is a former combat surgeon who did six tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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After downsizing health care for years, Pentagon says medical readiness was a casualty

Former combat surgeons warn it won't be easy to restore medical readiness to where it was during the last war, much less where is needs to be for the next one.

May 02, 2024
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  • Quil Lawrence
Harvey Weinstein appears in at Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday, May 1.

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Harvey Weinstein's New York trial, round two, is likely to move forward in the fall

The New York State Court of Appeals overturned Weinstein's 2020 conviction last week, ruling that his trial was unfair.

May 02, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Freeland, Mich., on Wednesday. A pair of rallies in the pivotal states of Wisconsin and Michigan are his first campaign trail appearances since his trial in New York over alleged campaign finance violations started.

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Away from his New York trial, Donald Trump's campaign rallies are business as usual

In Wisconsin and Michigan, Donald Trump largely avoided the hush money trial that has mostly sidelined his campaign efforts as he tried to woo voters with a familiar speech in two major swing states.

May 02, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Virginia on Jan. 23, to campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in the upcoming presidential election.

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As abortion looks like a key issue in 2024, voters more divided by party than ever

In a new report, Democrats are increasingly motivated by the issue of abortion - and increasingly supportive, as are independent voters. Republicans views have mostly remained the same.

May 02, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon
Federal judges have enormous power over their courtrooms and their chambers, which can leave employees vulnerable to abuse, with few ways to report their concerns anonymously.

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Victims of harassment by federal judges often find the judiciary is above the law

Federal judges have enormous power over their courtrooms and their chambers, which can leave employees vulnerable to abuse, with few ways to report their concerns anonymously.

May 02, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
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