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Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Politics

Trump claims a 'massive' mandate, but presidents often overread their victories

There's a long history of presidents claiming that their win means the will of the people is behind their agendas. But elections are rarely full-throated endorsements of a candidate's every policy.

December 19, 2024
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  • Domenico Montanaro
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.

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  • Politics

Sen. Warren urges Trump to hold Musk accountable for conflicts of interest

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants incoming presidential advisor Elon Musk to sign an ethics pledge. She speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about what she says are Musk's conflicts of interest.

December 19, 2024
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  • Michel Martin,
  • Janaya Williams,
  • and 1 more
Sharon Johnson, a mom of six in Utah, now identifies as an "ex-tradwife."

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  • Arts & Life

Tradwife life isn't as good as it looks on TikTok – just ask former tradwives

Tradwives make it look glamorous to quit the workforce to stay home with the kids. But women who have tried the lifestyle themselves say there's a lot you're not seeing on TikTok.

December 19, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The Biden administration says some efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions won't go away after President-elect Trump takes office. Renewable energy projects, like the Block Island Wind Farm off the Rhode Island coast, will continue to operate and others already in the development pipeline will continue to be built.

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  • Climate

Biden set an ambitious new climate goal. Will it still matter under Trump?

The Biden administration set a new climate goal for the U.S. The White House argues states, cities and corporations will continue the work, even as Trump plans to exit the Paris climate agreement.

December 19, 2024
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  • Jeff Brady

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  • Arts & Life

Think you can't dance? Get up and try these tips in our comic. We dare you!

Anyone can dance. As you read this comic, follow each step — and you'll be moving and grooving in no time.

December 19, 2024
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  • Connie Hanzhang Jin
The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023.

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  • News

Possible government shutdown looms. And, tips to help with seasonal depression

Possible holiday government shutdown looms as President-elect Donald Trump and advisers like Elon Musk object to bipartisan spending bill. And, simple ways to help with seasonal depression.

December 19, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in March shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (in yellow).

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  • Health

Bird flu update: California declares emergency and U.S. sees 1st severe human case

A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized after being exposed to sick and dead birds. Meanwhile, California has declared an emergency over its growing outbreak in cattle.

December 19, 2024
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  • Will Stone

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  • National

'They don't live where we live': How communities hear each other in a divided country

NPR spoke with 30 small groups of people around the country about what they'd want other people to understand about their community — and what they want to understand about others

December 19, 2024
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  • Stephanie Rivera,
  • Zach Perez,
  • and 3 more
Gisèle Pelicot arrives at the courthouse in Avignon, France, on Dec. 19, 2024, in advance of the verdict being read out from the trial of her ex-husband and more than four dozen other men who were found guilty of aggravated rape against Gisèle Pelicot.

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  • Europe

Dozens of men are found guilty of raping a woman in France who was drugged to sleep

A French court found dozens of men guilty of raping a woman whose then-husband had drugged her unconscious over the course of a decade. The court sentenced the husband to a maximum 20 years in prison.

December 19, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
A building where Captagon was being made before the Assad regime fell.

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  • Middle East

How the Assads used a civil war to turn Syria into a narco state

As Syria's economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad earned billions by trafficking in the drug Captagon.

December 19, 2024
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi and
  • Greg Myre
In this Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, French former president Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

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  • Europe

France's highest court upholds corruption conviction of ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy

Sarkozy, 69, faces a year in prison, but is expected to ask to be detained at home with an electronic bracelet — as is the case for any sentence of two years or less.

December 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
People walk along the beach in Surfside, Fla., near the skyline of Sunny Isles Beach, on Dec. 17, 2024.

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  • National

About 3 dozen high-rise buildings in South Florida are sinking, a study finds

The 35 buildings surveyed along an almost 12-mile stretch from Miami Beach to Sunny Isles Beach have sunk or settled by 0.8 to 3.1 inches, scientists found.

December 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023.

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  • Technology

Supreme Court agrees to review TikTok ban-or-sale law

The high court said Wednesday it will review a challenge submitted by TikTok asking for the overturn of a law that could ban the video-sharing app by Jan 19.

December 18, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Scientists say Earth's Moon went through a period when it was a lot like Io, a moon of Jupiter that's full of volcanic activity.

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  • Science

You don't look a day over 4.35 billion! Here's the moon's anti-aging secret

Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing old craters. 

December 18, 2024
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues lowered their benchmark interest rate Wednesday by a quarter percentage point. That will make it cheaper to get a car loan, finance a business or carry a balance on your credit card.

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  • Business

The Federal Reserve lowers interest rates again -- but hints at fewer cuts next year

The Fed lowered interest rates by a quarter percentage point — but stocks slumped after policymakers projected fewer rate cuts next year as inflation remains elevated.

December 18, 2024
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  • Scott Horsley
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