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A UNICEF report reveals more than 180 million children aren't getting anywhere near the nutrition they need. The problem is so severe, the report says, these kids suffer from the devastating effects of malnutrition.  Some countries, however, have shown that it is possible to reduce what the report calls <em>child food poverty</em>.

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Are we doing better on child hunger? A sweeping UNICEF report weighs in

A new report shows that tens of millions of children around the world are not getting enough to eat. This leaves a staggering number of kids under five with diseases associated with malnutrition which often impair a child's development and therefore their future prospects as well.

June 06, 2024
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  • Fatma Tanis
Enthusiasts wearing replica World War II military attire ride atop a WWII-era military truck in Saint-Côme-du-Mont, northwestern France, on Tuesday, as part of the D-Day commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary.

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  • World

Reflections on war past and present permeate D-Day's 80th anniversary

Reenactors and world leaders converge this week for World War II commemorations in Normandy, where Ukraine looms large.

June 06, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Regilding the iconic Gold Dome is just one part of the Capitol Hill renovations that are taking off. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia lawmakers in line for new building to debate big issues

Some of the most important legislative debates at the Georgia Capitol don’t take place under the Gold Dome, but are instead hashed out across Mitchell Street, where committee rooms are often packed with lobbyists and concerned members of the public.

June 06, 2024
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  • Kate Verity
GPB News NPR

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  • News

Israel strikes U.N-run school in Gaza; a Georgia clinic cares for the uninsured

Israel launched an airstrike on a U.N.-run school in Gaza as part of a new ground and air operation. A health clinic in Georgia specializes in caring for the uninsured.

June 06, 2024
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
Glen Powell finds a star-making turn as Gary Johnson/"Ron" in <em>Hit Man</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

As a fake 'Hit Man,' Glen Powell shows off his real star power

Glen Powell co-wrote Netflix's Hit Man alongside Richard Linklater, of the Before trilogy. The story is based on a Texas Monthly profile of a real undercover cop.

June 06, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
More than 10 years after Congress passed laws cracking down on insider trading among members, lawmakers are still beating the market and inspiring new funds based on their trades.

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  • Politics

Congressional stock trading law has unintended, but profitable consequence

The law requiring lawmakers to disclose their stock trades spurred an unintended consequence: a cottage industry with funds modeled on lawmakers' investments. These funds are beating the market.

June 06, 2024
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  • Deirdre Walsh
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy speaks to a crowd during a fundraising event that featured Donald Trump Jr., in Missoula, Mont., on April 28.

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  • Elections

Tim Sheehy won the Montana GOP primary. November's race may decide Senate control

Republican Tim Sheehy won his party’s nomination to run for Montana’s U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday.

June 05, 2024
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  • Shaylee Ragar
Boeing's Starliner capsule lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Wednesday. It's the first time the capsule, powered by an Atlas V rocket made by United Launch Alliance, has flown people. Two NASA astronauts are on board for a day-long trip to the International Space Station. This test flight is years behind scheduled and billions of dollars over budget.

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  • Space

After long delays, Boeing's Starliner capsule and crew launch into space

After years of delay, Boeing's Starliner is flying people for the first time with two NASA astronauts heading to the International Space Station. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

June 05, 2024
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  • Brendan Byrne
The image on the right was generated by Zila Abka in February. She says she created it with Microsoft’s Image Creator. On the left is the viral image that Amirul Shah said he created also using an AI image generator tool.

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  • News

‘All eyes on Rafah’ is the Internet's most viral AI image. Two artists are claiming credit

The image, with over 50 million shares, is considered the most viral ever AI-generated photo. Tracing the image’s history has revealed a rift over its true creator.

June 05, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
The unfinished fuselage of a Boeing 737 at the Spirit AeroSystems factory in Wichita, Kan.

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  • National

Inside the factory where a key Boeing supplier builds the fuselage for the 737

As Boeing works to improve quality, it’s in talks to buy one of its key suppliers. NPR spoke to workers at the Spirit AeroSystems factory in Wichita, Kansas that builds the fuselage for the 737.

June 05, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
 Julio Torres in <em>Fantasmas, </em>which he also wrote and directed.

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  • TV Reviews

Gay hamsters. A litigious elf. A cowgirl toilet. Welcome to Julio Torres' 'Fantasmas'

On his search for a lost earring, Julio Torres (Problemista, Los Espookys) goes on an epic quest through a queer, delirious and hilariously deranged New York City.

June 05, 2024
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  • Glen Weldon
The NAACP is calling on American Airlines to provide an update on the pending investigations involving passengers and claims of racial discrimination. Here, the American Airlines logo stands atop the American Airlines Center on Dec. 19, 2017, in Dallas.

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  • National

The NAACP calls on American Airlines to investigate recent discrimination incidents

Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, says that without an appropriate response from American Airlines, the civil rights organization will be forced to reinstate an advisory against the airline.

June 05, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Five Republican-led states have banned ranked choice voting in recent months. Voters in other states, including Missouri, could ban the system later this year. Here, anti-ranked choice voting buttons are seen in Alaska.

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  • Elections

Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting

Five states have banned ranked choice voting in the last two months, bringing the total number of Republican-leaning states now prohibiting the voting method to 10. Missouri could soon join them.

June 05, 2024
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  • Jason Rosenbaum
 On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, U.S. Senate Democrats held a hearing on abortion access and House Democrats introduced legislation that would guarantee people throughout the country the right to contraception. U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, an Atlanta Democrat, speaks about the legislation during the press conference in front of the Capitol. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom

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  • Politics

U.S. Senate Dems decry limits on abortion access, House Dems unveil contraception bill

The national debate over whether laws or patients should determine abortion access dominated a U.S. Senate committee hearing Tuesday, when a panel of six experts testified about the complicated nature of treating pregnancies and miscarriages.

June 05, 2024
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  • Jennifer Shutt
GPB News NPR

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  • News

Biden to give D-Day anniversary speech; Fat Joe fights for hospital price transparency

President Biden will deliver a defense of democracy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Why rapper Fat Joe is fighting for hospital price transparency.

June 05, 2024
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
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