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Education Secretary Linda McMahon shared plans Tuesday to hire more lawyers to work on civil rights after about half of the staff, including many lawyers, at the Office for Civil Rights were fired last year.

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  • Education

Linda McMahon punches back at senators questioning Education Department cuts

In her first appearance on Capitol Hill this year, lawmakers questioned Education Secretary Linda McMahon about students' civil rights and cuts to federal education spending.

May 01, 2026
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta and
  • Sequoia Carrillo
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres and Dutch Minister of Climate and Green Growth Stientje van Veldhoven attend the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference in Santa Marta, Colombia, on Tuesday.

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  • Climate

In the midst of an energy crisis, countries make plans to ditch oil, gas and coal

Against the backdrop of an energy crisis and a warming planet, more than 50 countries have come to Santa Marta, Colombia, to discuss concrete ways to phase out oil, gas and coal.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Julia Simon
A woman mourns at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a deadly mass shooting that took place in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. A lawsuit filed Wednesday claims that OpenAI was negligent for failing to report the shooter to authorities after her account was flagged for "gun violence activity and planning."

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  • Technology

Families sue OpenAI over Canadian mass shooter's use of ChatGPT

The lawsuits claim OpenAI was negligent for failing to report the shooter to authorities after her account was flagged for "gun violence activity and planning."

April 29, 2026
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  • Geoff Brumfiel

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  • Investigations

How a Republican state lawmaker tried to let Holocaust deniers hijack history lessons

A New Hampshire Republican. A German Holocaust denier. A suspicious bottle of baby oil. An NPR investigation reveals how the alarming rise of antisemitic conspiracy theories reached a state capitol.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Jerome Powell held what's likely to be his last meeting as Fed chair, with questions lingering about whether he'll opt to remain on the central bank's board.

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  • Economy

Jerome Powell to remain on Fed's board after stepping down as chair

The Federal Reserve voted to hold interest rates steady, at what's likely Jerome Powell's last meeting as Fed chair. Kevin Warsh looks set to replace Powell next month.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

The U.S. Supreme Court strikes another severe blow to the Voting Rights Act

The court, in a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, ruled that Louisiana's 2024 election map, which created a second majority-Black congressional district, was "an unconstitutional racial gerrymander."

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Miles Parks and
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Prossy Muyingo spent a dozen years as a health worker in central Uganda. She's been at the forefront of providing information and services for reproductive, maternal and child health. U.S. aid cuts eliminated her salary.

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  • Global Health

The Trump team is quietly eliminating U.S. support for birth control abroad

Congress has allocated more than $500 million for family planning work internationally. The Trump administration hasn't spent it — and the consequences are already being felt.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
After a career with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea has his first solo album. "I'm making music that occupies its own place in the world and that feels that's good to me," he says of <em>Honora</em>.

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  • Music Interviews

Flea on his wild path from childhood to the Chili Peppers: 'Thank God I've changed'

The longtime bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers has his first solo album. "I'm making music that occupies its own place in the world and that feels that's good to me," Flea says of Honora.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Senior citizens gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2026, to advocate for Temporary Protected Status for immigrant caretakers.

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  • Politics

As Supreme Court weighs Trump's immigration policy, senior citizens join the fight

As the Supreme Court weighs the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, seniors are advocating for protections for their immigrant caregivers.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu

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  • Education

Inflation is sucking the life out of teacher pay raises, report says

A new review of state education data shows teacher pay increases can't keep up with inflation and fewer students are enrolled in public schools.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Cory Turner
The vineyard at San Patrignano outside Coriano, Italy. The community is home to 850 people all working to recover from alcohol and drug addiction.

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  • Health Care

RFK Jr. talked about 'reparenting' kids on wellness farms. We visit one that inspired him

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a farm community in Italy for people with addiction is a model for wellness camps designed to ease the U.S. overdose crisis. Critics say the idea is dangerous.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Brian Mann
A demonstrator holds up an "8647" sign at a "No Kings" protest in Louisville, Ky., in June 2025. It's an anti-Trump slogan, with multiple interpretations.

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  • Politics

'8647' got James Comey indicted. What exactly does it mean?

A grand jury charged Comey with threatening Trump's life through his since-deleted 2025 post of seashells forming "8647." Trump is the 47th president, and the term "86" has a few possible meanings.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
One of the Decorah, Iowa, bald eagles feeds its eaglets. The bald eagle livestreams allow viewers to watch the eagles from anywhere.

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  • Animals

Like soap operas, 75 feet up: How bald eagle nest cams hook online communities

Across the country, some 50 bald eagle nests fitted with cameras broadcast up-close views of raptor family life. Every spring, as eggs hatch and eaglets grow, these cameras rake in millions of views.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Ava Berger

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  • World

Greetings from Syria, where a postwar olive harvest offers a long-lost taste of home

In the warm sun, gathering handfuls of hard olives promised a taste of home that residents of a village in the Homs countryside had been missing for nearly 14 years of civil war.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Emily Feng

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  • Book Reviews

Welcome to 'Anxietyland' theme park, where the rides are no fun

From the Emotional Roller Coaster to the Worry-go-round, cartoonist Gemma Correll walks us through her brain's not-so-amusing amusement park in a darkly funny memoir.

April 29, 2026
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  • LA Johnson
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