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The International Space Station serves as an orbiting scientific laboratory where astronauts conduct experiments. The Trump administration has proposed cutting its budget by roughly $500 million and reducing research at the outpost.

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Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP

President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.

May 08, 2025
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Professional photographer Emily Scher told NPR she came across tens of thousands of glittering <em>Velella velella</em> on a stretch of sand between Zuma and Broad beaches in Malibu, Calif.

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Glittering blue creatures are washing up on California beaches. Here's why

Hundreds of thousands of Velella velella, more commonly known as by-the-wind-sailors, are drifting onto the coastline. Beachcombers say they look like "blue diamonds strewn across the beach."

May 08, 2025
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Mikal Mahdi was executed by a firing squad of three South Carolina Department of Corrections employees on April 11. He is seen here in 2023 at the Broad River Correctional Facility in Columbia, S.C.

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A firing squad tried to shoot a prisoner in the heart. They missed, autopsy indicates

The autopsy notes two bullet wounds even though there were three shooters, and a forensic expert says the misfires likely caused "excruciating conscious pain and suffering."

May 08, 2025
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Pope Leo XIV greets the public for the first time from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.

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Who is the new Pope Leo XIV and what are his views?

Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.

May 08, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks at an event unveiling a new U.S. air traffic control system at the Department of Transportation on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

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Trump administration unveils a plan to modernize the air traffic control system

The transportation secretary announced a far-reaching plan to drastically overhaul the current technology used by thousands of controllers responsible for guiding planes in and out of airports.

May 08, 2025
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A filmmaker in Nazi Germany strikes a deal with the devil in 'The Director'

When do compromises turn into full-blown capitulation? Daniel Kehlmann's new novel draws on the true story of German film director G.W. Pabst.

May 08, 2025
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Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday.

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World Central Kitchen closes soup kitchens across Gaza due to dwindling supplies

Israel's ongoing blockade of aid for Gaza forced the humanitarian group to shut its soup kitchens as it faced empty warehouses and no replenishment of supplies in the war-battered enclave.

May 08, 2025
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NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak before a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department on April 22.

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RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

May 08, 2025
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Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

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FEMA's acting administrator is replaced a day after congressional testimony

The abrupt change came the day after Cameron Hamilton testified on Capitol Hill that he did not agree with proposals to dismantle an organization that helps plan for natural disasters and distributes financial assistance.

May 08, 2025
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Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church,  at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.

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Transcript of Cardinal Robert Prevost's first speech as Pope Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Prevost made his first speech as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, shortly after being elected pontiff. This is a transcript of the speech, translated from its original Italian.

May 08, 2025
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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday.

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Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes the first American pope, choosing the name Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, chose the name Pope Leo XIV.

May 08, 2025
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Kimberly Drennan, CEO and cofounder of Colorado company HiveTech Solutions, checking on her bees in Boulder.

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  • Economy

Americans are already seeing Trump's tariffs kick in. They sent in receipts to prove it

There's new tariffs on almost everything that is imported. Some of that increased cost is being eaten by exporters in other countries, but a lot of the higher prices are being picked up by Americans, who are seeing it in their receipts.

May 08, 2025
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at a campaign rally for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Nov., 2024. In January, Sanders announced plans to reprise an effort to institute work requirements for Medicaid, as Arkansas did under the first Trump administration.

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  • Health

States try to revive Medicaid work requirements, worrying some low-income Americans

13 states got the greenlight to add work requirements during the first Trump Administration, but courts halted those plans. Now that Trump is back in the White House, some states are trying again.

May 08, 2025
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Muscatine Community College students in Iowa may get to pursue bachelor's degrees. From left: Jake Siefers is majoring in psychology, Elexiana Oliva is majoring in criminal justice, Shiloh Morter plans to become an engineer and Jaylea Perez is pursuing psychology.

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More states are allowing community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees

Diminishing access to four-year universities and majors has been holding rural students back. Community colleges say they can bridge the gap.

May 08, 2025
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  • Jon Marcus
Dr. Casey Means (left) stands with journalist Megan Kelly at a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the secretary of Health and Human Services post in January.

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  • Health

Trump picks Casey Means for surgeon general, after first nominee withdraws

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat withdrew her nomination for Surgeon General after questions about her credentials. Dr. Casey Means has a medical degree from Stanford and a best-selling book on metabolic health.

May 08, 2025
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