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The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was evident during the recent outages at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. The radar and communication problems led to hundreds of delays and cancellations. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and failed attempts to modernize the system.

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  • National

'No more floppy disks': Air traffic control overhaul faces some daunting obstacles

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.

June 06, 2025
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  • Joel Rose
Trump senior adviser Kari Lake is overseeing the downsizing of Voice of America and other government-funded international news outlets. Here, she speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, on Feb. 21, 2025.

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  • Politics

From 1,300 to 81 workers: Trump official plans to cut Voice of America to the bone

Trump senior advisor Kari Lake envisions the agency that includes the international broadcaster Voice of America with 81 staffers after mid-August — down from about 1,300 full-time employees and contractors.

June 06, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
A relief sculpture rests on a gate to the entrance of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., March 13, 2016.

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  • Law

Judge puts temporary hold on Trump's latest ban on Harvard's foreign students

Admitted students around the world are anxiously tracking the school's feud with the Trump administration, which is seeking to keep it from enrolling international students.

June 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli shelling hits an area in the northern of Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it is arming clans opposed to Hamas in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the government was arming factions in the Gaza Strip to combat Hamas, after accusations from an opposition politician.

June 06, 2025
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  • Daniel Estrin and
  • James Hider
People await the update on ispace's private lunar lander's attempt to touch down on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan.

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  • Space

Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission

The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander.

June 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Juvenile detention systems often deny young offenders credit for the time they spend waiting behind bars. This adds months to the duration that kids are confined away from their families.

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  • Investigations

Young offenders are often denied credit for 'dead time' behind bars

Juvenile detention systems often deny young offenders credit for the time they spend waiting behind bars

June 06, 2025
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  • Caitlin Thompson
Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser sells a Nintendo Switch 2 system to a Christopher Evangelista, a fan who says he camped out for two months outside Nintendo New York to be first in line for the console.

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  • Gaming Culture

Fans drive huge Nintendo Switch 2 launch; others play the waiting game

Criticized for its high cost but still selling out nearly everywhere, Nintendo's sequel to their popular Switch console releases as a trade war squeezes the video game industry.

June 05, 2025
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  • Alex Cheng and
  • James Perkins Mastromarino
Sean "Diddy" Combs attends <em>Reel To Reel: Cant Stop Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story</em> at the GRAMMY Museum on Oct. 4, 2017, in Los Angeles.

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  • Music

Second witness accuses Sean Combs of trafficking, recalls drug-fueled 'hotel nights'

On Thursday, a woman identified as "Jane" testified that Combs, who she says she dated until he was arrested in 2024, the hip-hop mogul pressured her into sexual encounters with male escorts.

June 05, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
President Trump meets in the Oval Office on June 5.

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  • Politics

Trump threatens to cut Musk contracts as feud quickly escalates

President Trump and his former adviser, Elon Musk, lashed out at each other on social media Thursday in a public feud that has ramped up since Musk left his role with the administration last week.

June 05, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Government price-checkers monitor prices around the country every month to compile the government's cost-of-living index. Staffing shortages have recently forced the Labor Department to scale back that data gathering.

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  • Economy

Why some economists are worried about U.S. inflation data

The federal government is scaling back data collection used to calculate the inflation rate because of staff shortages. Economists warn that could make for less accurate cost-of-living measures.

June 05, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
People place white carnation flowers on the fence of the Krome Detention Center during a vigil protesting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and mass deportations in Miami on May 24, 2025.

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  • National

In recorded calls, reports of overcrowding and lack of food at ICE detention centers

ICE detentions have surged, but deportations have not. In the past month, NPR spoke to dozens of detainees, families and lawyers who spoke of overcrowded centers in Florida lacking food and medicine.

June 05, 2025
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  • Jasmine Garsd
Ocean Vuong's previous books include <em>Time is a Mother </em>and <em>Night Sky with Exit Wounds</em>.

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  • Author Interviews

After his mother's death, Ocean Vuong wrote his way out of grief

Vuong's new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is the first he's written, from start to finish, since his mother died in 2019. He says writing it was a way to honor her memory.

June 05, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley
In this file photo from 2024, Taliban military helicopters fly to celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, at the Bagram Air Base, in Bagram, Parwan province on August 14, 2024. President Trump banned the arrival of Afghan nationals to the U.S. with exceptions for those who have special immigrant visas.

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  • National Security

Trump's travel ban includes Afghanistan, where thousands await U.S. resettlement

President Trump's travel ban on a dozen countries includes Afghanistan. Since American troops left in August of 2021, many Afghans have already arrived in the U.S. but many more are still waiting.

June 05, 2025
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  • Greg Myre and
  • Megan Pratz
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum last month.

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  • Law

FBI Director Patel, a longtime bureau critic, begins to put his stamp on the agency

Since taking the helm more than 100 days ago, Patel has yet to shutter the FBI headquarters and reopen it as a museum as he once said he would, but he has begun trying to remake the bureau.

June 05, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
A tour guide walks with a group of people attending an Uncomfortable Oxford Tour, in Oxford, on Oct. 20, 2023.

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  • World

International students look to the U.K. instead of the U.S. amid Trump's visa plans

Planned U.S. visa restrictions are causing students around the world to consider going to the United Kingdom instead.

June 05, 2025
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  • Willem Marx
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