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2nd place winner - "This photograph was captured during my trip to Blitar, East Java Indonesia. I was travelling to a small village named Kampung Nusantara. That day when I was walking around the village, I met Mbok Sutinah, 82 years, a grandma who's been selling watermelon since 1987 after her husband passed away to support her family."

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  • Global Health

Portraits of women who 'shine a light': from an 'analog' astronaut to a watermelon farmer

The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, has a new photo exhibit in honor of International Women's Day: "Iconic Women: From Everyday Life to Global Heroes."

March 08, 2025
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By:
  • Diane Cole
The Maryland State Capitol building is seen in Annapolis. Maryland is among the states suing the Trump administration for the mass firing of federal employees.

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  • Politics

States sue Trump administration over mass firings of federal employees

The District of Columbia, Maryland and 18 other states have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the reinstatement of tens of thousands of federal employees fired since mid-February.

March 08, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Tammy Fritsch, a dairy farmer from Freedom, Wisc., stands next to her cheese vat. She has been waiting on thousands of dollars in promised federal funds. On Friday, the USDA released those funds to farmers like Fritsch.

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  • National

Dairy farmers in Wisconsin see federal funding unfrozen as others are left waiting

Dozens of Wisconsin dairy farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after federal funds they had been awarded were released and payments are now being promised. But anxiety persists for some.

March 08, 2025
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By:
  • Chuck Quirmbach
If you're ready to make a big decision, grab a pen, some paper and a calendar and answer these journal prompts from our experts.

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  • Arts & Life

Not sure where to go next in life? These journal prompts can help you figure it out

Whether you're thinking about starting a new career or moving to a different city, these exercises can help you make hard decisions with more confidence and clarity.

March 08, 2025
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By:
  • Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box - Lawmakers Huddle: A recap of Georgia legislative session Week 8

Georgia lawmakers worked late into the night on Crossover Day, passing a record-breaking 75 bills in the House, including income tax cuts and school safety measures, while the Senate approved similar safety bills but failed to pass legislation on sports betting, DEI bans, and firearms safety.

March 08, 2025
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland and
  • Donna Lowry
U.S. employers continued to add jobs last month, but layoff notices have also increased to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Economy

The job market is still pretty solid — but there are warning signs ahead

U.S. employers added 151,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate inched up to 4.1% from 4.0% in January.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Visitors look over a 2024 Cybertruck in the Tesla display at the Electrify Expo, last July.

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  • Politics

Top Democrats ask Rubio for answers on now-canceled $400 million Tesla plan

A letter from two House Democrats presses Rubio for details about who approved an effort to try to use hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on armored electric vehicles from Tesla.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A security guard poses during a media tour of the Port Isabel Detention Center hosted by ICE in Los Fresnos, Texas in 2024. The Trump administration seeks to reopen family detention centers in the state.

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  • National

President Trump brings back practice of detaining families together

President Trump also detained families during his first term in an effort to deter migration through the southern border.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Elon Musk delivers remarks during a Cabinet meeting held by President Trump at the White House on Feb. 26.

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  • Business

Why is Elon Musk so obsessed with 'ghost employees'?

When Musk took over Twitter, he launched a payroll audit to root out dead workers getting paid. Now, Musk is launching the same campaign across the federal government.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.

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  • Investigations

South Carolina plans to carry out a firing squad execution. Is it safe for witnesses?

South Carolina plans to execute its first prisoner by firing squad on March 7 inside the same death chamber it's used for dozens of other executions. Firearms experts say that could be risky.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner
Columbia students organize dueling memorials and rallies both for Israel and Palestinians in Gaza on the one-year anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attack, on Oct. 7, 2024 in New York City.

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  • Politics

Trump administration cancels $400 million in federal dollars for Columbia University

The administration said it was cancelling grants and other federal awards for Columbia for an alleged failure to protect Jewish students from antisemitism.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Elena Moore
A woman gestures in front of her demolished house in Otodo-Gbame waterfront in Lagos, Nigeria. Saturday, March 18, 2017. Slums and shantytowns are often targeted in rampant demolitions across Africa's most populous country

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  • Africa

A Lagos community, destroyed in one day

At least 9,000 people have been forcefully evicted from a riverside community in Nigeria's most populous city, Lagos. Like many waterfront communities across the city, it has faced multiple threats and been targeted by luxury real estate developers.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Emmanuel Akinwotu and
  • Jewel Bright
Alan Ritchson plays Jack Reacher in the show <em>Reacher.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend reading, viewing, listening and gaming

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A Dolly Parton memoir, the show Reacher, the game Dredge, and the song "Bittersweet" by Semma.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Kristen Meinzer,
  • Jeff Yang,
  • and 3 more
This photo shows a carved bone tool made from an elephant humerus dating back 1.5 million years.

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  • National

New research reveals ancient humans used animal bone tools much earlier than thought

The handcrafted tools found in Tanzania were made 1.5 million years ago and were fashioned primarily from the bones of elephants and hippopotamuses.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
For nearly two decades, children in Sleetmute, Alaska, have been going to school in a building with a leaking roof. The state repeatedly ignored funding requests to fix it, and the school is now full of mold and in danger of collapse.

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  • Investigations

Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.

Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primarily serve Indigenous children.

March 07, 2025
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  • Emily Schwing
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