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Israeli air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Israel and Iran's war enters its ninth day as talks fail to reach a breakthrough

With the war between Israel and Iran now in its second week, the two countries continued to trade missile attacks on Saturday, and Iran's foreign minister warned against a U.S. strike on Iran.

June 21, 2025
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  • Kate Bartlett
Group portrait (from left to right: former FGS patients  RAHAMA Abdallah, RAZANAPARANA Sylvia Suzanie, YOLANDRIE. 18 September 2024, district of Ambanja, Northern Madagascar.

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  • Global Health

Photos: Why it took courage for these women to pose for the camera

Wearing traditional cosmetic face masks from their homeland of Madagascar, they agreed to be photographed to take a stand.

June 21, 2025
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  • Diane Cole
A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on June 20, 2024. On Friday, a panel of federal appellate judges ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in the state's public school classrooms is unconstitutional.

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  • National

Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms

The ruling marked a win for civil liberties groups who say the mandate violates the separation of church and state, and that displays would isolate students — especially those who are not Christian.

June 21, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A person uses an umbrella as they walk near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Friday. The United States is experiencing its first significant heat wave of the year, across the Great Plains and expanding into parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

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  • Weather

Welcome to summer: U.S. braces for first significant heat wave of the new season

For many Americans, high humidity will make it feel in the triple digits. The National Weather Service is urging people to prepare to protect themselves from the dangers of extreme heat.

June 21, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Dakota Johnson plays a money-obsessed NYC matchmaker in <em>Materialists.</em>

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  • Analysis

I can't stop thinking about this plotline in 'Materialists'

A money-obsessed NYC matchmaker is wooed by a financial investor and a cater waiter in a romantic drama that has its protagonist finding strength and emotional growth via a side character's suffering.

June 21, 2025
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  • Aisha Harris
Police tape is strung outside the home of State Rep. Melissa Hortman on June 15 in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were shot and killed this month in what officials are describing as a political assassination.

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  • Politics

Questions remain about the Minnesota rampage. Anti-abortion extremism may shed light

The suspect in the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband texted, "Dad went to war last night,' evoking the language of the far right, Christian anti-abortion movement.

June 21, 2025
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  • Odette Yousef
Sen. Harold Jones, II (center) speaks at the Georgia Capitol during the Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigations on March 6, 2024. Screenshot

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  • News

Battleground Ballot Box: Lawmakers Huddle: Condemning Political Violence

Georgia Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones II reflects on the rise in political violence following a deadly shooting targeting Minnesota lawmakers. He emphasizes the need for respectful discourse, better security coordination for elected officials, and a cultural shift away from demonizing political opponents.

June 21, 2025
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  • Donna Lowry
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a cabinet meeting with President Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on April 10.

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  • Politics

Federal judge declines to order Trump officials to recover deleted Signal messages

The watchdog group American Oversight had asked a federal judge to order top national security officials to preserve any messages they may have sent on the private messaging app Signal.

June 20, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
President Trump talks to reporters on board Air Force One on Monday. Historically, he has promised action or answers within two weeks, as is the case with a decision about U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.

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  • Politics

Trump is no stranger to setting 2-week deadlines. Here's how others have played out

Since his first term, Trump has promised action on everything from tax legislation to health care within a fortnight — only for his announcements to materialize months later or not at all.

June 20, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on Monday, April 29, 2024.

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  • National

Judge orders release of Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil

Khalil will be released on bail while his case challenging his deportation orders plays out in the courts.

June 20, 2025
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  • Adrian Florido
People hold up signs during the Harvard Students for Freedom rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston in May.

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  • Education

Trump says he's close to 'a Deal' with Harvard, as judge grants injunction

Trump's Truth Social comments came as a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that would continue blocking the president's efforts to bar international students from attending Harvard.

June 20, 2025
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  • Elissa Nadworny
Trenton Abston, 25, has been charged with attempted kidnapping, stalking and aggravated criminal trespass.

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  • National

A man is charged with attempting to kidnap Memphis Mayor Paul Young

Police say Trenton Abston, 25, came to Mayor Paul Young's home armed with a Taser. Officers allegedly found rope and duct tape in his car.

June 20, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
With more than 400,000 acres of remote wilderness, the Okefenokee Swamp is among Georgia’s wildest places. It is home to some 200 species of birds and 50 reptiles, including American alligators and snowy egrets.

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  • News

Georgia Today: Arrested journalist placed in ICE custody; Wildlife Refuge saved by nonprofit

On the June 20 edition: Journalist arrested covering Atlanta protest placed into ICE custody; nonprofit saves the Okefenokee from titanium mining; Georgia lawmakers react to Minnesota lawmakers shootings last weekend. 

June 20, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jake Cook
Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has slashed its workforce by 85%, or 1,400 positions.

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  • Politics

Voice of America gutted by Trump adviser Kari Lake

The Trump administration is slashing jobs at Voice of America's parent agency by 85%. Journalists who have risked their freedom to report for the broadcaster wonder what happens next.

June 20, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Atmosphere at the 4th Annual Black On The Block Juneteenth Festival on June 15, 2025, in Los Angeles.

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  • National

Despite new challenges, Juneteenth event organizers are unbowed

Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. tell NPR how they're feeling this year. And NPR presents a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

June 20, 2025
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  • Taylor Haney
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