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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 13h

#DrugDiscovery #PharmaceuticalResearch #GlobalHealth

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Inside a rare lab that's blazing a bold trail as it hunts for new drugs
Kelly Chibale says that the hunt for new drugs is kind of like a fairy-tale quest. And it takes a lot of time and patience.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 2d

#HealthCare #AffordableCareAct #MentalHealth

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When health insurance costs $2,500 per month, families make tough choices
Ken Warner sits with his cat Ostara in his home office in Manchester, Conn. where he writes sci-fi and fantasy novels.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 2d

#optimism #resilience #mentalhealth

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Good vibes only? The science behind optimism and manifestation : Life Kit
Hey. It's Marielle. You ever have somebody say to you, just be positive, when you're right in the middle of an impossibly hard life moment, and it made you want to just punch them in the face.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 3d

#politics #democracy #humanrights

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Trump is dismantling democracy, reports find. And, Treasury to take over student loans
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 3d

#ImmigrationLaw #DueProcess #Deportation

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An immigration court few have heard of is quietly shaping policy behind the scenes
Cases in immigration courts nationwide can be appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals. Here, federal agents stand outside an immigration court in New York on March 6, 2026.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 3d

#StudentLoans #TreasuryDepartment #EducationPolicy

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Federal student loans will move to Treasury, further shrinking Education Department
The Trump administration announced a plan to move significant management of and responsibility for the nation's federal student loan portfolio from the U.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 3d

#TanningBeds #SkinCancer #PublicHealth

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FDA backs off stricter tanning bed rules with RFK Jr.'s support
Shortly before being nominated for the job, Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a now-infamous post on X, in which he pledged to end the federal government's "aggressive suppression" of - among many things - "sunshine.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 3d

#FolkMusic #CulturalHeritage #DigitalArchive

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Alan Lomax's Massive Archive Goes Online
Alan Lomax (right) with musician Wade Ward during the Southern Journey recordings, 1959-1960. Folklorist Alan Lomax spent his career documenting folk music traditions from around the world.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4d

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How an unlikely union led to the humble potato : Short Wave
Russets are just one of thousands of potato varieties that stemmed from an ancient hybridization event. Design Pics Editorial/Getty Images hide caption Usually, when two different species mate, it's a disaster.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4d

#fungi #science #health

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These scientists are trying to build a fungal-resistant future : Short Wave
EMILY KWONG: You're listening to Short Wave from NPR. REGINA BARBER: Hey, Short Wavers, Regina Barber here with my co-host, Emily Kwong.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4d

#Autism #Vaccines #HealthPolicy

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New autism group meets to counter MAHA's 'ideological agenda'
In an effort to challenge the Trump administration's views on autism spectrum disorder, a new independent panel of experts plans to meet just weeks after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4d

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Kick your tiredness with these 7 natural energy boosters
As a working mom of two young children, it was true she was busy. But she wasn't willing to accept the feeling of running on empty all the time, which her colleagues said was "totally normal" for her age and lifestyle.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4d

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Cursive is back. But should students be learning the skill?
Halle O'Brien writes during after-school cursive club, held by teacher Sherisse Kenerson, at Holmes Middle School in Alexandria, Va.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4d

#IranWar #USPolitics #MilitaryIntervention

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Trump started a war with no clear end in sight. They rarely end well for presidents
Demonstrators outside City Hall in Los Angeles on March 2 protest against the U. S. and Israel's attack on Iran. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4d

#Terrorism #NationalSecurity #AntiSemitism

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As overseas terrorists regroup, is the Iran war increasing danger in the U.S.?
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats on March 18.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 4d

#MigrantWorkers #MiddleEast #Dubai

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Far from home, millions of migrant workers in the Gulf are trapped by war
When Daffodils Guevarra first arrived in Dubai to work as a general practitioner nearly 20 years ago, she was afraid. Not only had she traveled over 4,500 miles from her home in Pasig, Philippines, to get there, but she'd also heard the Middle East, with its seemingly constant upheaval, was "a scary place.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#NewsUpdates #CurrentEvents #InternationalRelations

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The Fed to meet about interest rates. And, Sen. Mullin faces DHS confirmation hearing
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#Electricity #Sustainability #Infrastructure

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What's plaguing America's power grid? : Short Wave
REGINA G. BARBER: You're listening to Short Wave from NPR. For the majority of humans' time on Earth, we haven't had access to electricity.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#Iran #EnvironmentalImpact #ToxicPollution

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'Black rain' in Iran and the environmental cost of war : Short Wave
EMILY KWONG: You're listening to Short Wave from NPR. The US and Israel launched military strikes on Iran late last month.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#Iran #Israel #MiddleEastConflict

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Iran retaliates after Israel kills two top Iranian officials
Iran launched new missile attacks on Israel targeting Tel Aviv overnight, after Iran confirmed the deaths of Ali Larijani, who had emerged as a key wartime figure following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Gholamrez Soleimani, the head of Iran's Basij paramilitary force.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#Israel #DemocraticPrimaries #PublicOpinion

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Israel is a key issue in Democratic primaries as support for the U.S. ally drops
An attendee holds a U. S. and Israeli flag at an October 7th memorial rally near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#Drones #MilitaryTechnology #MiddleEastConflict

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Cheap drones are reshaping modern warfare -- and catching the U.S. off guard
Wladimir van Wilgenburg stands in a residential neighborhood in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and points out incoming drones high in the sky.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#Medicaid #HealthCare #CerebralPalsy

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The threats to Minnesota's Medicaid funds are unprecedented. Other states could be next
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in the U. S. Capitol Building on March 4 in Washington, D.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#FederalReserve #Inflation #Economy

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The Federal Reserve is facing tough choices as the economy faces deep uncertainty
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues are expected to hold their benchmark interest rate steady. Saul Loeb/AFP hide caption The Federal Reserve's balancing act is getting harder.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#WorldBaseballClassic #Venezuela #BaseballChampionship

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Venezuela beats U.S. 3-2, wins first World Baseball Classic title
MIAMI -- Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday night on Eugenio Suárez's tiebreaking double in the ninth.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#USSGeraldRFord #MilitaryDeployment #NavyOperations

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USS Ford has seen war, fire and plumbing woes as it nears a record long deployment
The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford seen in the North Sea on Sept. 24, 2025. Jonathan Klein/AFP via Getty Images hide caption After moving to the Red Sea to participate in operations against Iran, the USS Gerald R.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#Politics #InternationalRelations #Assassination

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Khamenei's killing renews questions about US assassinating foreign leaders
Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. The opening strike of the U. S. -Israeli war on Iran was a highly sophisticated operation that dealt a major blow to the Islamic Republic, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his office in central Tehran.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#Cannabis #MentalHealth #Research

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Sparse evidence for cannabis to treat mental health conditions highlights research gap
While many people turn to cannabis to help with mental health conditions, the scientific evidence is scant. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption Along with chronic pain, mental health conditions are some of the top reasons people use marijuana for medical purposes.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#Counterterrorism #USForeignPolicy #IranConflict

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Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, resigns citing Iran war
The head of the National Counterterrorism Center has resigned in protest over the war with Iran. Joe Kent, an Army veteran, said he "cannot in good conscience" support the war.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 5d

#USPS #PostalService #FinancialCrisis

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The Postal Service may be out of cash in 2027 without Congress' help, postmaster says
A U. S. Postal Service worker sorts packages behind a mail truck in Los Angeles in 2020. Kyle Grillot/AFP via Getty Images hide caption If it continues business as usual, the U.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 6d

#WorldCup #Soccer #FIFA

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Geopolitics may test the World Cup -- a new book draws lessons from the past
This summer, when soccer and the World Cup come to America, FIFA will have a tough task: hosting a global competition during a period of political violence and instability.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 6d

#MiddleEast #Politics #News

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U.S. seeks NATO help with Strait of Hormuz. And, SCOTUS blocks vaccine changes
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 6d

#Hypertension #HealthTips #BloodPressureMonitoring

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I'm concerned about my blood pressure. Can I check it at home?
Do you have a medical question you'd like to get a doctor's honest answer to. Dr. Mara Gordon, a family physician in Camden, N.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 6d

#Immigration #PalestinianRights #Activism

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Last protester in detention after Trump's campus crackdown has been released
ALVARADO, Texas -- A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration's 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses was freed Monday after a year in custody.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 6d

#TemporaryProtectedStatus #SupremeCourt #ImmigrationPolicy

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Supreme Court to hear expedited arguments on protected status for migrants
The U. S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from going ahead with plans to deport some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status by Presidents Obama, Biden, and Trump himself in his first administration.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 6d

#Cuba #Blackout #EnergyCrisis

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Cuba hit by island wide blackout as energy crisis deepens
HAVANA -- Officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 6d

#SleepingSickness #PublicHealth #Acoziborole

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A new drug could be the beginning of the end for sleeping sickness
A tsetse fly -- their bite can spread the parasite that causes sleeping sickness. Patrick Robert/Corbis/Sygma/via Getty Images hide caption Sleeping sickness is a notorious disease -- immortalized in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 6d

#Trump #IranWar #USPolitics

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'If You Can Keep It': What Trump Owes Congress : 1A
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media onboard Air Force One while en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland from West Palm Beach Florida.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 6d

#OilPrices #Gasoline #EnergyEconomics

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Gasoline prices are still rising as the Iran war stretches into its third week
A customer fuels up with regular gasoline priced at $5. 29 at a Chevron gas station in Bellevue, Wash. , Friday, March 13, 2026.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 7d

#IranWar #StraitOfHormuz #GlobalSecurity

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Trump threatens NATO allies over Strait of Hormuz help
A shirt is seen hanging amidst the rubble in the Beryanak District after it was damaged by missile attacks two days before, on March 15, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 7d

#OrganizedCrime #Mafia #TelevisionHistory

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75 years ago, a viral TV moment ignited America's obsession with the Mafia
Frank Costello, the powerful New York crime figure, sits patiently during testimony before the Kefauver Senate investigating committee in 1951.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 7d

#RenewableEnergy #EnergySecurity #SolarPower

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Oil and gas prices are soaring. Some countries are ready with solar panels and EVs
Energy experts say that because of the rapid growth of solar, Pakistan has a greater cushion against the growing energy crisis.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 7d

#Autism #Leucovorin #Healthcare

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As parents clamor for a treatment touted for autism, doctors hesitate to prescribe it
Swathi Balantrapu has been searching for a treatment for her 10-year-old son with autism. She first tried applied behavior analysis therapy, or ABA therapy -- an evidence-based approach.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 7d

#AcademyAwards #ConanOBrien #FilmIndustry

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Oscars 2026: Here's who's won an award so far
Conan O'Brien hosts the 98th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. , Sunday. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption The 98th Academy Awards are underway at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Conan O'Brien hosting the ceremony.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 7d

#SevereWeather #StormWarnings #WeatherImpact

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Snow and wind batter parts of US, with threat of thunderstorms and tornadoes
CHICAGO -- A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U. S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow and making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 1w

#Lebanon #Hezbollah #Israel

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In a small Lebanese town, grief and fear follow the Michigan synagogue attack
MASHGHARA, Lebanon -- As you arrive in this town in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, one of the first things you notice is a poster of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, plastered across a concrete wall.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 1w

#WestBank #IsraeliPalestinianConflict #HumanRights

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Israeli soldiers fire on family car in occupied West Bank, killing 4
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry said.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 1w

#JürgenHabermas #Philosophy #Democracy

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Acclaimed 20th century philosopher Jürgen Habermas dies at 96
The German philosopher and influential thinker on modernity and democracy Jürgen Habermas died Saturday in Starnberg, Germany at the age of 96.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 1w

#StarsAndStripes #PressFreedom #MilitaryNews

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Pentagon tightens controls over Stars and Stripes after calling it "woke"
US soldier Sgt. John Hubbuch of Versailles, Ky. , one of the members of NATO led-peacekeeping forces in Bosnia reads Stars and Stripes newspaper on Sunday Feb.
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NPR News source @npr.org · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 1w

#UkraineWar #Russia #MissileAttack

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Russian strike on Kyiv region kills 4 and wounds 15, with peace talks stalled
KYIV, Ukraine -- A combined missile and drone attack on the Kyiv region killed at least four people and wounded at least 15 overnight into Saturday, an official said, after the U.