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The night sky looms bright over the facilities of McDonald Observatory after a star party in Fort Davis, Texas, on May 27.

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  • National

As light pollution increases, West Texas works to protect the world's largest 'dark sky reserve'

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has fended off the light glow that washes out starry nights.

July 01, 2025
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  • Carlos Morales

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  • News

'We need a better quality of life': Zohran Mamdani on taxing the rich, tackling hate

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani discusses his vision for the city and his surprise win in last week's Democratic primary on Morning Edition.

July 01, 2025
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  • Leila Fadel,
  • Mansee Khurana,
  • and 1 more

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  • Health

The best support for a friend with cancer? Presence, listening and space to vent

People who get cancer say their friends often disappear when they hear the bad news. Don't be that person! Here's advice for what to do and say — and what not to say — when a loved one faces cancer.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
An employee works on a solar panel inside a Qcells factory in Dalton, Ga.

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  • Climate

Solar manufacturing is booming. Advocates say it could go bust without incentives

Abruptly ending tax incentives that encourage solar developers to buy American could upend a booming manufacturing sector.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., a member of the Senate Finance Committee, speaks to reporters about the meeting he and Republican senators had with President Donald Trump yesterday on how to craft his bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 5.

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  • Politics

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson 'satisfied' with Trump's bill after initial opposition

Ahead of the final push to pass President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," the Wisconsin senator said federal spending needs to be cut and that proposed changes to Medicaid preserve its original purpose

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Obed Manuel and
  • Michel Martin
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrives for an IAEA meeting in Vienna, Austria, on June 23.

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  • World

U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran could enrich uranium again in 'a matter of months'

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told CBS that Iran had a "a very vast ambitious" nuclear program.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
In a courtroom sketch, Sean Combs (left) listens alongside his lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos as Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik (center) makes her closing arguments as U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian presides during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City.

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  • Music

Prosecution says Combs used 'violence, power and fear' to control victims

On Thursday, the government delivered closing arguments in the sex trafficking trial of Combs. The rapper and executive is accused of coercing multiple women into sexual encounters with male escorts.

June 28, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Then-Chicago mayoral candidate Carol Moseley Braun talks to a reporter at Yolk restaurant in Chicago on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011.

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  • Books

The first Black woman U.S. Senator looks back on her political career in new memoir

Carol Moseley Braun is no stranger to stepping into new territory. She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate now she shares that experience a new memoir.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Michel Martin and
  • Nia Dumas
Arienne Mandi plays Iranian judoka Leila Hosseini in the new film <em>Tatami</em>, co-directed by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir.

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  • Movies

The new film 'Tatami' reveals an Iranian judoka's fight beyond the mat

In the first feature film co-directed by an Israeli and an Iranian, Tatami, an Iranian judoka must choose between her country and a run for the gold at the World Judo Championships.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Michel Martin and
  • Iman Maani
A billboard showcasing some of this year's nominees for the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, better known as the Jimmy Awards.

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  • Education

'It's such a dream': Top high school performers step out on Broadway

With a billboard in Times Square and a night on Broadway, the year's top high school performers are ready for their big moment at the Jimmy Awards.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo
Plaintiff Jim Obergefell holds a photo of his late husband John Arthur as he speaks to members of the media after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling regarding same-sex marriage June 26, 2015, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The high court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry in all 50 states.

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  • Law

He sued for marriage equality and won. 10 years later, he fears for LGBTQ+ rights

Jim Obergefell, plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, reflects on the decision 10 years later and the LGBTQ community's current civil rights fight.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Mansee Khurana and
  • Leila Fadel
The Trump administration is trying to get access to data held by states, such as information about people who have been enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food aid to people.

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  • Politics

The Trump administration is making an unprecedented reach for data held by states

States hold troves of sensitive personal data that were previously never shared with the federal government or across federal agencies. The Trump administration is trying to change that.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block
A group of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meet this week to discuss vaccine policy.

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  • Health

RFK Jr.'s picks for CDC vaccine advisers meet this week amid controversy

For the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all the members of the vaccine committee, it is meeting in Atlanta.

June 25, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang

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  • Book Reviews

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year

A deep dive on gossip. Revolutionary history. A meditation on muscle. A closer look at the color blue. And memoirs galore. There's something for everyone on this nonfiction summer reading list.

June 25, 2025
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By:
  • Meghan Collins Sullivan and
  • Beth Novey
Virgil Abloh's debut runway show for Louis Vuitton in Paris, France, in 2018.

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  • Books

From streetwear to luxury fashion: How Virgil Abloh reshaped an industry

How did a streetwear-loving kid from Chicago become Louis Vuitton's artistic director in Paris? Critic Robin Givhan explores the rise of Virgil Abloh in her new book, Make It Ours.

June 25, 2025
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  • Michel Martin,
  • Milton Guevara,
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