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Supporters of transgender rights hold signs as they rally outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., as arguments begin in a case regarding a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.

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  • Politics

Activists worry that Trump will bulldoze trans rights. Here's how they're preparing

Trump's campaign promised policies targeting the transgender community once he's in office. LGBTQ groups face fear, anxiety and uncertainty as they prep for an anticipated challenging four years.

December 07, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A surveillance camera is seen at the 54th Street entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York on Thursday, where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot on Wednesday.

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  • National

Internet sleuths are trying to solve the New York CEO killing

The public is racing to find evidence that might lead to the gunman who killed health insurance CEO Brian Thompson. When does crowdsourcing detective work help police, and when can it cause harm?

December 07, 2024
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Raw milk from Raw Farm is displayed for sale at a grocery store in Torrance, Calif., on Nov. 29.

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  • Health

USDA orders testing across nation's milk supply amid rising bird flu cases

The virus has spread to over 710 dairy herds across 15 states, with California reporting the highest number of infections. At least 58 people have been infected with bird flu, including one child.

December 06, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Brother John Neuffer of St Francis Ministries, with members of the Thoroughbreds Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club and other volunteers serving a Thanksgiving meal.

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  • National

The holidays are peak time for volunteers, but how about the rest of the year?

Thanksgiving Day kicks off a wave of volunteers stirred by the holiday spirit, but those in charge of local charities say they'd rather have that help at other times of the year.

December 06, 2024
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By:
  • Andrew Stelzer
A visitor looks at an exhibition on voting rights in the U.S. at the International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., in January.

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  • Elections

With the Voting Rights Act facing more threats, advocates renew a push for state laws

With efforts to bolster the federal Voting Rights Act unlikely under Republican control of the new Congress, advocates are refocusing on state protections against racial discrimination in elections.

December 06, 2024
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
Azul Guaita as Tita in the show <em>Like Water for Chocolate.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the movie Mississippi Masala, the series Like Water for Chocolate and Hasan Minhaj's new special.

December 06, 2024
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  • Bedatri D. Choudhury,
  • Cristina Escobar,
  • and 2 more
Rescue workers search on Thursday for Elizabeth Pollard, who is believed to have disappeared in a sinkhole while looking for her cat, in Marguerite, Pa.

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  • National

The body of a woman missing near a Pennsylvania sinkhole has been found

The remains 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard, who fell into a sinkhole, were recovered Friday, four days after she went missing while searching for her cat, a state police spokesperson said.

December 06, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
People protect themselves from the sun during a heat wave in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2024. Temperatures topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit across many parts of the country during the heat wave. A new study finds that young people are disproportionately at risk from extreme heat in the country.

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  • Climate

Young people are dying of heat and their risks could grow, study finds

Scientists have pointed out that extreme heat is particularly dangerous for older people. A new study shows that young, healthy people are also dying too often in extreme weather.

December 06, 2024
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
William Lee (Daniel Craig, right) falls for a freshly discharged U.S. Navy serviceman (Drew Starkey) in <em>Queer</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

In 'Queer,' Daniel Craig is outstanding as a fictionalized William S. Burroughs

In this adaptation of Burroughs' autobiographical novel, Craig plays an American who falls hard for a younger man in 1950s Mexico City. It's a singular performance, but also a deeply human one.

December 06, 2024
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By:
  • Justin Chang
After President Biden signed a law banning TikTok unless it divests from its China-based owner ByteDance, the viral video app sued to block it, arguing the act violates the First Amendment rights of millions of Americans.

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  • Business

Court upholds a U.S. ban on TikTok

TikTok has been facing down a January divest-or-be-banned deadline. The company filed a lawsuit challenging the law, which was heard before a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.

December 06, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Wisdom (center right), a Laysan albatross first banded in 1956, stands with her new partner as they admire their recently laid egg at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in late November.

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  • Animals

She's 74 — and expecting: Wisdom the albatross astounds once again

It started in the Eisenhower era: Every year, Wisdom, a Layan albatross, has returned to her nesting grounds on the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

December 06, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell

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  • Series: Join The Game

The best games of 2024, picked by NPR's staff

2024 was a surprising year — games from small teams rocketed up the charts, while big releases from major companies slowed. Here are our favorites from a diverse year, sortable by platform and genre.

December 06, 2024
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By:
  • James Perkins Mastromarino
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions hold placards reading "Step down Yoon Suk Yeol who led the insurrection!" during a rally calling for Yoon's impeachment in front of the ruling People Power Party headquarters in Seoul, Dec. 6.

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  • World

After trying to impose martial law, South Korea's president faces an impeachment vote

After President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed attempt to impose martial law, South Korea's parliament will vote Saturday on his impeachment. Yoon's own party chief has called for his powers to be suspended.

December 06, 2024
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Former Sen. David Perdue speaks during a gubernatorial Republican primary debate on May 1, 2022, in Atlanta. 

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  • Politics

Trump names former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be ambassador to China

With his nomination, Trump is leaning on a former business executive-turned politician to serve as the administration's envoy to America's most potent economic and military adversary.

December 06, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
New England Aquarium biologists and volunteers attach a Kemp's ridley sea turtle with a satellite tag at the Sea Turtle Hospital in the New England Aquarium's Animal Care Center in Quincy, Massachusetts, on July 10, 2024.

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  • Animals

Sea turtles are getting trapped in cold waters. This team gets them back to safety

Turtles are ending up in the cold waters of Cape Cod Bay. Here's how the New England Aquarium is warming them up and nursing them back to health.

December 06, 2024
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  • Claire Murashima and
  • Michel Martin
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