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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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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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  • 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
InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut in which he was being sued by several victims' families for causing emotional and psychological harm after they lost their children in the Sandy Hook massacre.

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  • National

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones accused of hiding money from Sandy Hook families

U.S. bankruptcy Trustee Christopher Murray has filed three suits accusing Infowars host Alex Jones of hiding millions of dollars in cash and property.

June 18, 2025
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  • Tovia Smith
Major Supreme Court cases that remain include a challenge to President Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship. About two weeks remain in the term.

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  • Law

Supreme Court faces new headwinds with roughly 2 weeks left in the term

Some 20 cases remain to be decided — about a third of the total argued cases — many of them the most important of the term. But the shadow docket, with its own list of cases, looms over the other opinions.

June 18, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
In this image provided by Zoo Miami, Goliath, a 517-pound (234-kilogram) Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami, meets his first offspring on June 12, 2025, in Miami.

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  • Animals

Goliath the Galápagos tortoise celebrated his first Father's Day and 135th birthday

Goliath had been paired with several female tortoises before, in hopes of producing a hatchling, but the process wasn't successful until earlier this month.

June 18, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie

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  • World

Greetings from Shenyang, China, where workers sort AI data in 'Severance'-like ways

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

June 18, 2025
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  • Aowen Cao
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins during an event in her office on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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  • Politics

Democratic lawmakers press USDA for answers on sensitive data collection

35 House members said they are troubled by the Agriculture Department's plans to collect personal data from people who applied for federal food assistance, and urged the effort to "immediately cease."

June 18, 2025
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  • Jude Joffe-Block
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s  Make America Healthy Again agenda proposes to get rid of toxins in the environment and food supply. But the Trump administration is cutting back resources and regulations needed to achieve that.

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  • Health

Trump administration actions contradict MAHA rhetoric on toxic chemicals

Trump says he backs the MAHA agenda, which includes eliminating toxins linked to human health problems. But his administration continues to cut funds, grants and regulations that support that goal.

June 18, 2025
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  • Will Stone
A view of the sign of Center for Disease Control headquarters is seen in Atlanta, Georgia

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  • Health

New Report: U.S. drug overdose deaths rise again after hopeful decline

The latest 12-month report from the CDC showed 1,400 more deaths in January of this year compared with the year prior. This comes after more than a year of dramatic progress. Experts say they're not sure if this is a "blip" or something more troubling.

June 18, 2025
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  • Brian Mann
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One after leaving the G7 Leaders' Summit early on June 16, 2025 in Calgary, Alberta.

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  • News

Trump intensifies rhetoric toward Iran. And, U.S. street drug deaths rise

As the war between Iran and Israel intensifies, Trump and his political allies are at odds on what the next steps should be. And, a new report shows street drug deaths in the U.S. are on the rise.

June 18, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Rick Macias of Kansas City, Kansas, came to Washington, D.C., last month with ADAPT, a disability rights organization, to speak out against Medicaid cuts.

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  • Health

Medicaid keeps getting more popular as Republicans aim to cut it by $800 billion

Americans across the political spectrum like Medicaid and think it should get more funding, not less, according to a new poll from health research organization KFF.

June 17, 2025
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
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