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Jazz drummer Al Foster, photographed in Paris in 1980.

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  • Obituaries

Al Foster, drummer for Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, has died

The superbly alert and flexible drummer formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years. He was 82.

May 29, 2025
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  • Nate Chinen
The village of Blatten, in a valley below the Bietschhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps, was destroyed Wednesday by a landslide after part of the huge Birch Glacier collapsed. A local river is now blocked and forming a lake that is flooding buildings that remain, authorities said.

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  • World

A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

May 29, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
British performers, writers and activists protest Israel's actions in Gaza outside the gates of Downing Street on May 21, 2025.

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  • Arts & Life

Hundreds of writers call for Gaza ceasefire and aid

More than 300 writers from the UK and Ireland have signed a letter calling for immediate aid and a ceasefire in Gaza.

May 29, 2025
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  • Neda Ulaby
"A magical question is a question that everyone in your group is interested in answering" and hearing the responses to, says Priya Parker, a conflict resolution facilitator and author of the 2020 book <em>The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

Want to cut through small talk? Try asking a 'magical question'

These creative questions are fun to answer and can help reveal people's personalities. Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker shares her favorites and explains how to come up with your own.

May 29, 2025
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Flowers and stones are left outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 23 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

Shooting outside Jewish museum raises questions about shifts in political violence

If the suspect in the recent D.C. case planned to kill people because of their Jewish faith, this would represent a major anomaly in lethal, antisemitic violence.

May 29, 2025
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  • Odette Yousef
Morgan Wallen's fourth album, <em>I'm the Problem</em>, continues his run of commercial success following a string of controversies.

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  • Music

Morgan Wallen is the elephant in the room

In 2021, Wallen was caught on video uttering a racial slur. Since then he's become the most commercially successful musician in country and popular music. How? By remaining committed to ambivalence.

May 29, 2025
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  • Ann Powers
The screens show the foreign exchange rates at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday.

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  • World

World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs

Financial markets welcomed a U.S. court ruling that blocks President Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.

May 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Arts & Life

Ramy Youssef is just trying to do the thing that entertains him

Ramy Youssef stays busy, creating shows like Ramy and #1 Happy Family USA, and starring in Poor Things and Mountainhead. He spoke with Rachel Martin about mortality and his gripe with Santa Claus.

May 29, 2025
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  • Rachel Martin
President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order imposing tariffs on imported goods during a "Make America Wealthy Again" trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

Federal court blocks Trump tariffs. And, why Hungary inspires American conservatives

The stakes are high in the case of a federal court blocking many of President Trump's tariffs this term. And, why Hungary and its leader are inspiring American conservatives.

May 29, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Clockwise left to right: Ana de Armas as Eve in <em>Ballerina</em>. Elio (voiced by Yonas Kibreab) and a liquid supercomputer (voiced by Shirley Henderson) in the new Pixar movie <em>Elio</em>. Archie Madekwe and Théodore Pellerin in <em>Lurker</em>. David Corenswet as Superman. Danielle Deadwyler in <em>40 Acres</em>.  Aubrey Plaza as MG Falcone and Margaret Qualley as Honey O'Donahue in <em>Honey Don't! </em>

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  • Movies

11 movies to watch this summer: Sequels, a new 'Superman,' and edgy originals, too

The coming months will bring a 28 Days Later sequel and a new John Wick movie starring Ana de Armas. Midsommar's Ari Aster has a new Western thriller, and Pixar goes intergalactic.

May 29, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
Boxes which arrived from New York and Boston containing votes for Portugal's May 18 general election are stacked on a desk where volunteers are registering them on the final day of counting of ballots from voters who live abroad, in Lisbon on Wednesday.

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  • Europe

Portugal's Chega party becomes the main opposition and joins Europe's far-right surge

Portugal's anti-immigration Chega party notched another political gain for Europe's far right on Wednesday after it was assigned the second-most seats in parliament.

May 29, 2025
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shown testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Asia

Rubio says U.S. will 'aggressively' revoke visas for many Chinese students

The announcement to revoke visas is the most drastic move yet to curtail the numbers of international students studying in the U.S.

May 29, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
People shop for food in a Brooklyn neighborhood that has a large immigrant population on October 16, 2023 in New York City.

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GOP's budget package proposes to cut benefits and raise fees for legal immigrants

The goal of the changes, which head to the Senate next week, is to save money and send a signal that Republicans are tough on immigration.

May 28, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk listens during a May 21 press availability in the Oval Office with President Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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  • Politics

Judge rules suit challenging DOGE and Elon Musk's power over government can continue

A judge has denied a request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Elon Musk and DOGE are wielding unconstitutional power within the government. Separately, Musk also criticized a Trump-backed spending bill.

May 28, 2025
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  • Stephen Fowler
A rally for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil in New York in March. He's been detained in an immigration detention center in Louisiana as the government tries to deport him.

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  • USPS

Judge says Rubio 'likely' violated Constitution in ordering Mahmoud Khalil deported

But in a mixed ruling, federal Judge Michael Farbiarz declined, for now, to order Khalil released from immigration detention.

May 28, 2025
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