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  • Obituaries

Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86

Robinson was a widow and lifelong Chicago resident when she moved to the White House in 2009 to help care for granddaughters Malia and Sasha.

May 31, 2024
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Trump Media shares were volatile a day after the former president -- and majority shareholder of the company -- became a convicted felon.

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  • Business

'Buy DJT' is a new rallying cry for Trump supporters

Shares of Trump Media, the company behind Truth Social, were volatile a day after his historic conviction. It's an early test of how committed his supporters will actually be in owning the shares.

May 31, 2024
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  • Rafael Nam
Honoré Prentice (in yellow shirt and glasses), who lives in Canada, met three of his birth siblings, who live in the U.S., in person on Dec. 13, 2021. The brothers were all born in Haiti.

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  • Global Health

When an adoptee reunites with birth siblings abroad: 'There's no instruction manual'

Reuniting with birth siblings after an international adoption is a challenging — and emotionally charged — mission. Here are stories from four families.

May 31, 2024
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  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Chantemekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman, holds a photo of her son.

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  • National

The Florida deputy who shot U.S. airman Roger Fortson has been fired

On Friday, the Okaloosa County, Fla., Sheriff’s Department said that Deputy Eddie Duran was fired following the completion of an administrative internal affairs investigation amid Fortson’s death.

May 31, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Asa Jennings as Peter Watson in <em>The Swan.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

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

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl adaptations; the songs “Meter Run” and “Worth It” and Gasoline Rainbow.

May 31, 2024
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  • Glen Weldon,
  • Stephen Thompson,
  • and 2 more
 Viggo Mortensen plays Holger Olsen in <em>The Dead Don't Hurt.</em>

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'The Dead Don’t Hurt' is a tender love story and a subversive Western

You can’t immediately tell whether this film is trying to be an old-fashioned Western or a revisionist one. It was written and directed by Viggo Mortensen, who stars alongside Vicky Krieps.

May 31, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
Former President Donald Trump spoke to reporters and supporters Friday at the Trump Tower in Manhattan.

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  • Politics

Here's what comes after Trump's conviction

Former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsified business records — and he faces sentencing in July.

May 31, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
The sun has gone through a rotation, and the active region that triggered a huge amount of aurora activity is once again pointing toward Earth — but not directly at it.

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  • Space

Are auroras coming back?

The same solar region that brought an outburst of night-time beauty in early May is coming back around. But things have changed, a space weather expert tells NPR.

May 31, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Voters cast ballots in Georgia's primary election at a polling location on May 21, 2024 in Atlanta. Many officials and researchers worry that audio deepfakes of politicians could be used to sway elections this year.

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  • Technology

It’s quick and easy to clone famous politicians’ voices, despite safeguards

Most of the tools tested by researchers at the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate could be used to successfully clone a wide range of voices belonging to European and American politicians.

May 31, 2024
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  • Huo Jingnan
A farmworker was infected with bird flu from a dairy cow, the third human case in the recent outbreak.

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  • Health

A 3rd human case of bird flu detected, this one with respiratory symptoms

The patient got infected from exposure to dairy cows. Health officials say risk to the general public remains low.

May 31, 2024
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  • Carmel Wroth
Eating a low-carb diet, or the low FODMAP diet, can help with IBS symptoms, a new study finds.

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  • Health

A low-carb diet may help IBS as much as tricky elimination diets, and more than drugs

The standard advice for symptoms of IBS is either medication or a tough-to-follow diet called low FODMAP. A new study finds both that diet and the much simpler low-carb diet brought more relief than drugs.

May 31, 2024
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  • Ronnie Cohen
Former President Donald Trump will address Black journalists at this year's NABJ convention in Chicago. Here, Trump is seen holding a press conference on May 31 following the verdict in his hush-money trial in New York City.

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  • Politics

Trump repeats claims — without evidence — that his trial was rigged

Former President Donald Trump reiterated many of claims — without evidence — that his criminal trial was rigged, a day after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

May 31, 2024
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
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  • Music News

How The Marías make music after a breakup in the band

María Zardoya and Josh Conway founded The Marías as a couple. They talk to NPR's A Martinez about how their breakup has shaped their latest album, Submarine.

May 31, 2024
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  • Milton Guevara
Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on May 20. A jury found Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts on Thursday.

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  • Politics

4 takeaways from the historic felony conviction of Donald Trump

Despite the guilty verdict, Trump remains the Republican nominee for president. Here's how the conviction is already playing out for the campaign.

May 31, 2024
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Girls at a primary school in Sheno, Ethiopia. In partnership with UNICEF, the Sheno Primary School developed a program to educate both girls and boys about menstruation — and provide sanitary pads. A new UNICEF report says that only 39% of the world's schools offer such instruction.

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  • Global Health

Teaching girls (and boys) about menstruation takes moxie

A pioneering program in Ethiopia teaches all students about this "taboo" topic. A new UNICEF report, released on “World Menstrual Hygiene Day," assesses how countries respond to menstrual issues.

May 31, 2024
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