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The study asked about signs of addiction to mobile phones, social media and video games. Those signs can include being preoccupied thinking about them and being unable to cut down on using them.

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  • Health

Screen addiction and suicidal behaviors are linked for teens, a study shows

The study, published in JAMA, followed teens for years and evaluated addictive behaviors, as well as suicidality.

June 18, 2025
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  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Labubu figures and dolls are seen on display at a Pop Mart store on June 9 in Shanghai.

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  • Business

'Labubu' is a plush toy that is causing a frenzy. Here's its origin story

Labubus are a global sensation — sparking long lines outside toy stores, selling out online within minutes, and listing for double or triple their original price on resale markets. Here's why.

June 18, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues held interest rates steady Wednesday, as they wait to see how President Trump's tariffs will affect inflation.

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  • Economy

Fed holds interest rates steady, signals rate cuts of 0.5% later this year

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday. Members of the central bank's rate-setting committee also telegraphed their plans for possible rate cuts later this year.

June 18, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender care for minors

At issue was a Tenneessee law that bars minors from accessing gender-affirming care as they transition genders.

June 18, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
Dan Rubinstein and a friend set out from Port Hope, Ontario, on September 15, 2023.

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  • Environment

What 1,200 miles on a paddleboard taught a writer about 'blue space'

Author Dan Rubinstein paddled from Ottawa to New York City and back to understand how being near water benefits people. His book is called "Water Borne."

June 18, 2025
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  • Taylor Haney
Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant is built into a mountainside and seems to be in the business of processing uranium isotopes.

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  • Science

If a U.S. 'bunker buster' hits a nuclear site, what might get released into the air?

So far, strikes on Iran's facilities have created limited chemical and radiological hazards. Experts say that's not likely to change even if the U.S. uses a big bomb.

June 18, 2025
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce and
  • Geoff Brumfiel

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  • Book Reviews

Looking for summertime suspense? Turn up the heat with these 4 mystery novels

Maureen Corrigan recommends four great reads: El Dorado Drive, by Megan Abbott; The House on Buzzards Bay, by Dwyer Murphy; King of Ashes, by S.A. Cosby; and Murder Takes a Vacation, by Laura Lippman.

June 18, 2025
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  • Maureen Corrigan
A pharmacist holds a vial of lenacapavir, the injectable drug that prevents HIV infection. On June 18, the FDA approved the drug for use in the U.S.

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  • Global Health

HIV prevention drug hailed as a 'breakthrough' gets FDA approval

A drug called lenacapavir, administered in two injections a year, offers protection from HIV comparable to daily pills. One looming question: Will it be affordable for lower resource countries?

June 18, 2025
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  • Jonathan Lambert
An annual update from Social Security says the safety net program's trust fund will run out of cash in eight years. After that, payroll taxes will cover only about 77% of expected benefits.

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  • Economy

Social Security benefits face big cuts in 2033, unless Congress acts

Trustees of the Social Security trust fund predict the fund will be exhausted in eight years. Unless Congress acts, Social Security payments will automatically drop by 23% at that time.

June 18, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
Karen Read and members of her legal team gesture to supporters with the American Sign Language "I love you" sign after she was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday, in Dedham, Mass.

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  • National

Karen Read's second murder trial ends with an acquittal

Read was accused of hitting her boyfriend with her car and leaving him to die in a snowstorm, but alleged she was the victim of a cover-up by his fellow officers. Her 2024 trial ended in a hung jury.

June 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
President Trump speaks to the press as workers install a large flag pole on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on June 18, 2025.

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  • Politics

Pro-Trump media figures split over the U.S. role in the Israel-Iran conflict

Many of President Trump's nominal media allies are breaking with him over his backing of Israel, arguing it will lead to a wider war.

June 18, 2025
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  • Huo Jingnan
Alexander Freeman #16 of the United States battles Sheldon Bateau #4 of Trinidad and Tobago during the Gold Cup 2025 on Sunday in San Jose, Calif. The U.S. defeated Trinidad and Tobago to snap a four-game losing streak as it eyes next year's World Cup, which the U.S. is co-hosting.

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  • Sports

With the World Cup a year away, the U.S. men's soccer team needs a shot in the arm

A handful of dreadful losses — plus some drama between the team's biggest star and its new head coach — has the USMNT looking for a badly-needed rebound in this summer's Gold Cup tournament.

June 18, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
Federal prosecutors say seven men from Southern California stole approximately $100 million worth of gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and watches in 2022, some of which are pictured in this photo shared by the FBI Los Angeles Field Office.

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  • National

Prosecutors call it the biggest jewelry heist in U.S. history. Here's what to know

A federal indictment accuses seven Californians of stealing approximately $100 million worth of gold, precious gems and luxury watches from an armored semitruck leaving a jewelry show in 2022.

June 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, of New York's 17th District, marches in the 2025 Israel Day Parade, on New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, May 18.

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  • Middle East

Iran 'dangerous' to peace, says GOP Rep. who backs Trump on U.S. military involvement

As President Trump weighs U.S. military involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., says he backs any move by the president "if that is what is required to finish the job."

June 18, 2025
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep and
  • H.J. Mai
Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.

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  • Race

Remembering Mother Emanuel, 10 years after racist attack on famed Charleston church

Charleston, S.C., reflects on 10 years since a racially motivated attack on the historic Emanuel AME church. A white supremacist killed 9 Black worshippers in 2015 in hopes of starting a race war.

June 18, 2025
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  • Debbie Elliott
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