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A new study from Yale University finds that singing to babies lifts their moods.

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Do you sing to your baby? NPR wants to know what songs you sing

A new study from Yale University finds that singing to babies improves their overall mood. NPR wants to know what songs our listeners sing to their babies.

June 03, 2025
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  • Lindsay Totty
Shopping carts sit outside of a Dollar General store in Chicago.

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  • Business

One company forecasting a better year ahead? Dollar General

People are spending more at Dollar General. In part, that's thanks to shoppers trading down from more expensive stores.

June 03, 2025
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Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in criminal court in Manhattan on May 30, 2025.

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  • Law

Harvey Weinstein's new trial is almost over. It could be a litmus test for #MeToo

Weinstein's sex crimes conviction in New York was overturned last year. In a new trial, three accusers have testified that Weinstein assaulted them. Closing arguments are underway.

June 03, 2025
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Palestinians carry the body of Reem Al-Akhras who was killed while heading to a Gaza aid hub, during her funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Dozens reported killed as Israel acknowledges troops opened fire near Gaza food point

For the third time in as many days, Palestinians in Gaza have been shot while trying to get food. Israel has acknowledged that its soldiers opened fire on people who were approaching them.

June 03, 2025
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  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
People talk near a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.

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  • Technology

Meta plans to replace humans with AI to assess privacy and societal risks

Current and former Meta employees fear the new automation push comes at the cost of allowing AI to make tricky determinations about how Meta's apps could lead to real world harm.

June 03, 2025
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  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Shannon Bond
An abandoned vehicle sits along the Swannanoa River in a landscape scarred by Hurricane Helene, on March 24, near Swannanoa, N.C.

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  • Weather

Hurricane season has started. Here's what to know

The 2025 hurricane season officially began on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting an active season.

June 03, 2025
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  • Shannon Bond
President Trump uses a cell phone aboard his Marine One helicopter in Leesburg, Va., on April 24, 2025.

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  • Politics

Trump is pushing Senate GOP to get his megabill across the finish line

President Trump is gearing up for what a senior White House official said will be an "all-out advocacy effort" to push Republican senators to advance the bill their House colleagues passed last month.

June 03, 2025
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  • Tamara Keith
From left, Carrie Spyva-McIlvaine, Gabriel Velasco and Lisa Turnquist arrive to place bouquets of flowers at a memorial after Sunday's attack in Boulder, Colorado.

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  • National

Run For Their Lives, the group targeted in the Colorado attack, is figuring out how to continue its mission

Sunday's attack in Boulder targeted a group called Run for Their Lives, which raises awareness about the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Now, they're figuring out how to move on.

June 03, 2025
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  • Jason DeRose

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  • National

The true cost of prisons and jails is higher than many realize, researchers say

A new report tries to capture the true cost of incarceration to families of people behind bars. It found it costs them around $350 billion every year — almost four times the government's estimate for the cost of incarceration.

June 03, 2025
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  • Meg Anderson
A police officer lifts police tape while exiting the scene of an attack on demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1.

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  • News

Who is the Colorado attack suspect? And, Ukraine demands Russia return stolen kids

Mohammed Sabry Soliman, the man arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at people in Colorado, is facing several charges. Here's what we know about him. And, Ukraine makes a bold ask of Russia.

June 03, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton

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New books this week cover problematic parents, the ultrarich, and a year without sex

Publishing this week: new fiction from Susan Choi, essays from Evan Osnos and memoir from Molly Jong-Fast. Plus, Melissa Febos reflects on her year of abstinence.

June 03, 2025
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  • Colin Dwyer

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  • Books

Jacinda Ardern reflects on a career focused on the power of kindness

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern about balancing leadership and motherhood.

June 03, 2025
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In an aerial view, electric cars sit parked at a charging station in Corte Madera, Calif., on May 15. Federal tax credits that have encouraged the purchase of electric vehicles could be phased out, depending on what happens with negotiations over the Republican tax and spending package currently before the Senate.

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  • Business

The fate of the EV tax credits depends on the GOP's megabill

The House version of the tax bill would revoke credits for EVs starting at the end of this year. If the plan survives, it would dramatically shape automaker investments and EV sales.

June 03, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his speech during a visit to the BAE Systems'Govan facility, in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday.

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  • Europe

Britain gets a defense boost aimed at sending a message to Russia, and to Trump

Like other NATO members, the U.K. has been reassessing its defense spending since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

June 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh, center, attends the opening ceremony at the Damascus Securities Exchange in Damascus, Syria, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

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  • Middle East

Another sign of Syria's rebuilding: The Damascus stock exchange opens again

The stock exchange had closed during the chaotic days leading up to the ouster of former President Bashar Assad in a lightning rebel offensive.

June 03, 2025
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