There's lots of debate over data centers and where they should be located. In a struggling rural town data center development can look a lot more attractive.
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Andrej Ivanov/AFP via Getty ImagesThe three fired workers say OpenAI punished them for being outspoken about safety. The company disputes the claims and says they were fired over mishandling sensitive information. -
South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her lifelong defense of human rights and international law.
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David Zalubowski/APTrump says the U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of U.S. pressure on Moscow, to combat prices before midterms. He said he struck the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call. -
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shot a man in New York City. It raised tensions between the Trump administration and New York officials over the state's sanctuary policies.
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Hurricane Isaias in poised to make landfall on the Gulf Coast near the Alabama-Florida boarder. It will be the first hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. since 2024.
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Planet Money traced many new beverage flavors to one laboratory that serves dozens of companies to see how new flavors are created and why we're seeing such an explosion of options right now.
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Hall of Fame football player and legendary coach Mike Ditka led the Chicago Bears to the team's only Superbowl win in 1986. He died Friday at 86.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with New York Times fashion reporter Jacob Gallagher about President Trump's apparent choice to wear a suit from the budget menswear chain Jos. A. Bank.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the "Satanic doo-wop" duo Twin Temple about their new album Doomed Lovers and what drew them to Satanism and the occult.
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Midterm election polls are everywhere but how much can one data point tell about who will win in November?
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New songs added to her 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl has shot the release up the charts.
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Isaias is expected to make landfall as the season's first Atlantic hurricane. Oil rigs and refineries on the Gulf Coast are evacuating, but experts don't anticipate much of an impact on gas prices.
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Aaron Sorkin's companion piece to The Social Network tells the story of a Wall Street Journal investigation fueled by the 2021 leak of thousands of internal Facebook documents.
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In Alabama, the push that led to Voting Rights Act of 1965 intersects with the recent weakening of the statute and redistricting. Three generations of activists reflect on what it means for midterms.
