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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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By:
  • Michel Martin,
  • Milton Guevara,
  • and 1 more
Sean Combs (seen here Beverly Hills in 2018) has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. He has pleaded not guilty.

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  • Law

Sean Combs' defense is about to get its day in court. Here's what to expect

For weeks, federal prosecutors have laid out their case against Sean Combs in a Manhattan courtroom. His attorneys should begin presenting their defense on Tuesday. They aren't expected to take long.

June 25, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
U.S. service members set up tents to house migrants in February 2025, at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Several hundred tents were erected; so far none have been used.

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  • Investigations

Trump said he'd send 30,000 migrants to Guantánamo. He's sent about 500

Trump vowed in January to send up to 30,000 migrants to Guantánamo, but so far about 500 have been flown to and from there. Critics say his goal appears to be frightening migrants into self-deporting.

June 25, 2025
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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to a group of people and officials in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 21, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Six things to know about Iran's supreme leader

NPR's Steve Inskeep profiles Iran's supreme leader, who is deciding on his next steps after a ceasefire with Israel.

June 25, 2025
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep
Police tell Spanish-language reporter Mario Guevara (left, red shirt) to move back during a protest on Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and deportation arrests on Chamblee Tucker Road in Atlanta on Saturday, June 14.

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  • USPS

Salvadoran journalist's arrest in Georgia sets 'alarming precedent'

Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Obed Manuel
Researchers say body-positive content doesn't necessarily protect people from harmful content that  promotes unhealthy eating.

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  • Health

TikTok bans #SkinnyTok. But content promoting unhealthy eating persists

The social media platform TikTok recently banned a hashtag called #SkinnyTok after European regulators warned it was promoting extreme weight loss. But eliminating this kind of content is not easy.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top right) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth.

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  • Science

This observatory's first images are stunning — and just the start

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly spot previously unseen astronomical objects.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce

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  • National Security

Satellites show damage to Iran's nuclear program, but experts say it's not destroyed

Satellite imagery shows trucks at two key sites the day before the American strikes, suggesting uranium could have been moved.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Alyson Hurt
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine depart at the end of a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, June 22, after the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel's effort to destroy the country's nuclear program.

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  • Politics

Trump's strikes on Iran a gamble with 'no endgame in mind,' says Sen. Mark Kelly

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says President Trump's decision to strike Iran leaves the U.S. in a "dangerous" moment and he worries it may speed up its efforts to build a nuclear weapon.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • Michel Martin and
  • Obed Manuel
Atmosphere at the 4th Annual Black On The Block Juneteenth Festival on June 15, 2025, in Los Angeles.

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  • National

Despite new challenges, Juneteenth event organizers are unbowed

Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. tell NPR how they're feeling this year. And NPR presents a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

June 20, 2025
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  • Taylor Haney
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