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A home that was destroyed by wildfire in Altadena, Calif.

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  • Mental Health

In the LA fires and the NC floods, 'CPR for mental health' treats unseen wounds

From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can learn it.

February 02, 2025
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  • Katia Riddle
A meteor contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, Russia on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in a photo taken by a mobile phone camera. The object streaked across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains region causing a shock wave and injuring hundreds of people, including many who were hurt by broken glass.

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  • Space

Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more than 20 years.

February 02, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
A worker moves crates of eggs on Jan. 11, 2024 at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., which has seen outbreaks of avian flu.

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  • Health

On the frontline against bird flu, egg farmers fear they're losing the battle

The tools the US used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks just aren't working this time, according to some agricultural experts. Some egg farmers have called for vaccinations for poultry.

February 02, 2025
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  • Kate Wells
If you can't stop shaking your knee, don't try to stop yourself. "Embrace the fidget," says Katy Bowman, a biomechanist and the author of the book <em>Rethink Your Position</em>. That spontaneous movement can be your body's way of telling you it's time to move.

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  • Health

Fidgeting at your desk? Your body may be trying to tell you something

That spontaneous restless movement plays an important role in our health. Here's what to do the next time you find yourself bouncing your knee or clicking and unclicking your pen.

February 02, 2025
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra and
  • Margaret Cirino
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 9, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israel's Netanyahu heads to U.S. to meet with Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will discuss "victory over Hamas," countering Iran and expanding diplomatic relations with Arab countries in his meeting with President Trump.

February 02, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A flight flies over law enforcement boats and the partially submerged fuselage of American Airlines Flight 5342 in the Potomac River on Saturday in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

D.C. crash investigators focus on altitude and vision quality of helicopter crew

Investigators are still working to piece together key details to determine the cause of the crash that killed 67 people.

February 01, 2025
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  • Emma Bowman
Elon Musk is pictured at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 5.

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  • Business

Elon Musk's X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott

The new defendants added into the legal filing included Lego, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate-Palmolive, Pinterest and Shell International.

February 01, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim and
  • Bobby Allyn
Investigators work the scene after a small plane crashed in Philadelphia on Saturday.

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  • National

Investigators search for black box from small plane that crashed in Philadelphia

NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said authorities can still complete their investigation without the recording device, but it is a critical piece and its location remains "the biggest question right now."

February 01, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
Capt. Rebecca Lobach smiles in the cockpit of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, Feb. 28, 2024. <br>

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  • National Security

Third Black Hawk crew member involved in deadly crash near DC airport identified

The Army released the identity of the third crew member aboard the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly airport crash near DCA as Capt. Rebecca Lobach, an aviation officer and past ROTC cadet.

February 01, 2025
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  • Tom Bowman
This photo provided by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. military conducts coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia on Saturday.

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  • National Security

Trump says airstrikes on ISIS in Somalia killed terrorists without 'harming civilians'

In a Truth Social post Saturday, President Trump announced successful precision airstrikes on the "Senior ISIS Attack Planner," though didn't provide a name for that individual.

February 01, 2025
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Rohit Chopra, who led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since 2021, has been fired by President Trump.

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  • Politics

Trump fires chief of the federal consumer watchdog agency

Rohit Chopra had led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since 2021. Consumer groups praised his leadership, while Republicans have frequently attacked the agency.

February 01, 2025
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  • Laurel Wamsley and
  • James Doubek
A woman in Nairobi, Kenya, who is HIV positive takes antiretroviral pills, which suppress the virus. The U.S. program PEPFAR is instrumental in providing these life-saving medications around the world.

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  • Global Health

Conflicting signals from Trump could disrupt HIV meds. What's the impact?

A series of orders from the Trump administration have the potential to disrupt the delivery of life-saving medications to HIV positive people. Here's what a disruption of this drug regimen would mean.

February 01, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in on Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

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  • Latin America

Three things to know about Rubio's first international trip

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the canal.

February 01, 2025
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  • Michele Kelemen and
  • Eyder Peralta
Reid Hoffman speaks onstage during The AI Optimist Club at WIRED Celebrates 30th Anniversary on Dec. 5, 2023, in San Francisco.

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  • Books

The tech bro who wasn't on Trump's inauguration stage

Four things NPR's Steve Inskeep learned from LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman in their discussion of his latest book, "Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right With Our AI Future?"

February 01, 2025
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  • Steve Inskeep
Then-candidate Donald Trump at an October campaign event in Pennsylvania.

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  • Climate

As Trump vows to embrace fossil fuels, U.S. climate policy won't change quickly

President Trump's first weeks in office included executive orders that aim to stop or roll back former President Biden's ambitious climate agenda and redirect the country's attention to fossil fuels.

February 01, 2025
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