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Defense attorneys confer with Sean Combs in this courtroom sketch. The jury began deliberations at Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on Monday.

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  • Music

Sean Combs trial update: The jury is deliberating over a complex set of charges

The hip-hop mogul faces an overlapping set of charges that include sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. The jury resumes deliberations on Tuesday.

July 01, 2025
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas and
  • Sheldon Pearce
Heavy-duty generators are driven into Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport last week. Trump is due to visit the site of Florida's newest immigration detention center on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Trump plans to visit Florida's new migrant detention center, 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that the facility should be "ready for business" by the time Trump visits on Tuesday — despite the protests of pro-immigration, Indigenous and environmental groups.

July 01, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman

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  • News

Zohran Mamdani on his run for NYC mayor, taxing the rich and tackling hate head-on

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,
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The dome of the U.S. Capitol is shown during overnight votes on July 1 in Washington, D.C. Republican leaders are pushing to get President Donald Trump's so-called "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," Act through Congress and to his desk before the July 4 Independence Day holiday.

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  • News

Most Americans feel democracy is theatened, poll shows. And, Mamdani speaks with NPR

A new poll shows that 76% of Americans believe democracy is facing a serious threat. And, Zohran Mamdani sits down with NPR to discuss his run for NYC mayor and how he tackles hate head-on.

July 01, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
The night sky looms bright over the facilities of McDonald Observatory after a Star Party in Fort Davis, Texas on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

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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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By:
  • Carlos Morales
The U.S. Capitol is seen on May 20 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem

76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.

July 01, 2025
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  • Domenico Montanaro
In this file photo, election workers prepare mail-in ballots for tallying at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on the eve of Election Day, November 4, 2024, in City of Industry, California.

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  • Politics

Mail-in voting rates dropped but early in-person voting is a hit, federal report shows

A new federal survey - taken after every major election - shows in 2024, mail-in voting was down but early, in-person voting was up. And, a shortage of poll workers is a looming problem.

July 01, 2025
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  • Ashley Lopez
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on June 24th.

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  • Law

The Supreme Court has created an endless summer of work for itself

The court closed its latest term on Friday, but it will still be working on a steady stream of emergency appeals in the coming weeks and months.

July 01, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at Government House for a cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday.

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  • Asia

Court suspends Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Paetongtarn has faced growing dissatisfaction over her handling of the latest border dispute with Cambodia, involving an armed confrontation on May 28 in which one Cambodian soldier was killed.

July 01, 2025
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A man carries a child, who was wounded in an Israeli strike, after being treated in the Shifa Hospital, Gaza City on Monday.

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  • Middle East

74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food

The cafe, one of the few businesses to continue operating during the 20-month war, was a gathering spot for residents seeking internet access and a place to charge their phones.

July 01, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
National Guards patrol the streets in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico in October 2024

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  • Latin America

Cartel violence in Sinaloa, Mexico, leaves 20 dead, including 4 decapitated bodies

A bloody war for control between two factions of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel has turned the city of Culiacan into an epicenter of cartel violence.

July 01, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Andrew Roth (left) stands up from his wheelchair to give Jack Moran a hug at the Shoah Foundation at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Roth was imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp, which Moran helped liberate while serving in the U.S. Army.<br><br><br><br>

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  • World

80 years later, a Holocaust survivor meets an American soldier who helped free him

Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S. Army. Decades after liberation, the two met and shared their stories.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
President Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Carney's government said on Sunday it would scrap a tax on U.S. tech companies after Trump threatened higher tariffs on Canadian goods.

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  • Business

Canada ditches digital tax after tariff threat from Trump

Canada scrapped a digital services tax that would have hit U.S. tech companies such as Google and Amazon after President Trump halted trade talks and threatened higher tariffs on Canadian imports.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
A Harvard sign is seen at Harvard University's campus in May.

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  • Education

Federal investigation finds Harvard violated civil rights law

The Trump administration has issued a notice of violation accusing Harvard University of "deliberate indifference" toward Jewish and Israeli students.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny
An armored police vehicle travels towards an area where multiple firefighters were attacked when responding to a fire in the Canfield Mountain area on the outskirts of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Sunday.

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  • National

Suspect identified in the fatal ambush of 2 firefighters in Idaho

Police on Monday named Wess Roley, 20, as the suspect in the attack. He was found dead late on Sunday, according to law enforcement.

June 30, 2025
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