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Microsoft co-founder and Chair of the Gates Foundation Bill Gates attends a session during the Philanthropy Asia Summit in Singapore on Monday.

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  • Business

Here's why Bill Gates is giving away most of his remaining fortune to his charity

After decades of philanthropy following the success of Microsoft, Bill Gates is winding down his namesake charity. What's he going to do next?

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse,
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Brandon Fernandez, second from left, with AmeriCorps colleagues in North Carolina this year, where they were helping with disaster recovery after Hurricane Helene. He and others struggled to hold back tears when their deployment was cut short.

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  • Politics

Trump's gutting of AmeriCorps hits hard, for both volunteers and communities

The Trump administration slashed funding for the national service agency and fired most of its staff. 32,000 people, mostly young adults, were forced to stop work immediately.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
Female hand holds a wireless microphone

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  • Music

What should I sing? How to pick the perfect karaoke song

It can be hard to pick a good karaoke song. You want it to be something you know well enough to pull off onstage, but also something you actually like. Here's how to narrow down your options.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Zak Rosen and
  • Malaka Gharib
Pay attention! There are clues to the Met Gala question here.

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  • National

Who didn't wear what to the Met Gala? And, write your own quiz questions!

Met Gala watchers will get at least one question right! And if you paid attention to retiring CEOs, horse racing, airport delays and theme parks, you'll at least score a 4.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
A man stands inside his house destroyed by Pakistani artillery shelling in the village of Salamabad, India, Thursday.

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  • Asia

India and Pakistan trade attacks amid risk of war between nuclear states

The escalation began after India accused Pakistan of being behind an attack where gunmen killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in India-administered Kashmir on April 22. Pakistan denies it.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Bilal Kuchay and
  • Diaa Hadid
FILE - Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, to be awarded to Joni Mitchell at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington March 1, 2023.

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  • National

President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Hayden, who became the first woman and the first African American to serve as the Librarian of Congress when she was appointed in 2016, was abruptly fired via email late Thursday.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Afrikaan South Africans supporting US President Donald Trump and South African and US tech billionaire Elon Musk gather in front of the US Embassy in Pretoria, on February 15, 2025 for a demonstration.

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  • Africa

First Afrikaners granted refugee status due to arrive in U.S.

Three months ago, President Trump signed an executive order telling white Afrikaans South Africans they could apply for refugee status in the U.S. The first group has been swiftly processed and is set to arrive on U.S. soil Monday

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Kate Bartlett
Boxes containing signatures supporting a proposed ballot measure to scale back Arkansas' abortion ban are delivered to the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., on July 5, 2024. Arkansas lawmakers this year passed new restrictions on citizen-led ballot measures.

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  • Elections

GOP-led states are passing new restrictions for voters to get issues on the ballot

Two dozen states allow citizens to propose ballot measures. But Republican lawmakers in many of those states are now adding hurdles to those efforts, saying they want to combat fraud.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
The International Space Station serves as an orbiting scientific laboratory where astronauts conduct experiments. The Trump administration has proposed cutting its budget by roughly $500 million and reducing research at the outpost.

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  • Science

Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP

President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Professional photographer Emily Scher told NPR she came across tens of thousands of glittering <em>Velella velella</em> on a stretch of sand between Zuma and Broad beaches in Malibu, Calif.

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  • Animals

Glittering blue creatures are washing up on California beaches. Here's why

Hundreds of thousands of Velella velella, more commonly known as by-the-wind-sailors, are drifting onto the coastline. Beachcombers say they look like "blue diamonds strewn across the beach."

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Mikal Mahdi was executed by a firing squad of three South Carolina Department of Corrections employees on April 11. He is seen here in 2023 at the Broad River Correctional Facility in Columbia, S.C.

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  • Investigations

A firing squad tried to shoot a prisoner in the heart. They missed, autopsy indicates

The autopsy notes two bullet wounds even though there were three shooters, and a forensic expert says the misfires likely caused "excruciating conscious pain and suffering."

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner
Pope Leo XIV greets the public for the first time from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.

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  • Religion

Who is the new Pope Leo XIV and what are his views?

Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim and
  • Ayana Archie
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks at an event unveiling a new U.S. air traffic control system at the Department of Transportation on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

Trump administration unveils a plan to modernize the air traffic control system

The transportation secretary announced a far-reaching plan to drastically overhaul the current technology used by thousands of controllers responsible for guiding planes in and out of airports.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Scott Neuman

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  • Book Reviews

A filmmaker in Nazi Germany strikes a deal with the devil in 'The Director'

When do compromises turn into full-blown capitulation? Daniel Kehlmann's new novel draws on the true story of German film director G.W. Pabst.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Maureen Corrigan
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday.

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  • Middle East

World Central Kitchen closes soup kitchens across Gaza due to dwindling supplies

Israel's ongoing blockade of aid for Gaza forced the humanitarian group to shut its soup kitchens as it faced empty warehouses and no replenishment of supplies in the war-battered enclave.

May 08, 2025
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