The Missouri NAACP sued to block lawmakers from meeting in a special session. Now that the special session has concluded, the lawsuit has become moot, the attorney for the state said.
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A federal appeals court blocked President Trump from firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, just ahead of a key vote on interest rates.
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After the 2023 train crash in East Palestine, Ohio, freight railroads promised to join a federal safety program that lets employees anonymously report mistakes. Only two pilot programs have launched.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Newsweek Chief Royal Correspondent Jack Royston about the pomp and circumstance that will accompany President Trump's meeting with King Charles.
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This summer in Baltimore, thousands of copies of the same book showed up in mailboxes and on doorsteps without an explanation. Here's the story behind the mysterious "Great Controversy."
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Vice President JD Vance hosted Charlie Kirk's radio program Monday — following last week's murder of the conservative activist.
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A Boston church along the city's Freedom Trail has unveiled a monument to the more than 200 slaves once held by members of the congregation.
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RFK Jr. thinks kids are stigmatized by mental health screenings. The experts say this is not the case.
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Robert Roberson, who is set to be executed on Oct. 16 for the death of his 2-year-old, maintains that the state used faulty evidence to convict him, pointing to the debunked "shaken baby" diagnosis.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Tramell Tillman and Britt Lower, stars of the Apple TV+ series Severance, about their complex character arcs and show's highly-anticipated second season.
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At almost two years, Israel's conflict with Hamas is its longest ever. But this nonstop fighting is starting to take a toll on the region's most advanced economy.
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The Studio, The Pitt and Adolescence won big at the Emmy Awards last night. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert took home the prize for best talk series months after CBS announced its cancellation.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks more new vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, days before a two-day meeting to consider COVID and hepatitis B shots.
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Pascoal said he had composed thousands of pieces. "I am 100 percent intuitive," he once told NPR. Miles Davis called him one of the most important musicians in the world.
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A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds property crime went up in Texas after a 2013 law closed half the state's clinics that provide abortion.