Sandra Young was between 16 and 18 years old when she went missing in the late 1960s. Police in Oregon say an upload to the genealogy databa...
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Oppenheimer movie dominates SAG Awards, while Streisand wins lifetime prize
Oppenheimer dominated at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Saturday, as several winners paid tribute to last year's actors' st...
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Putin remains defiant as ever 2 years into Russia's war in Ukraine
The Russian leader had a busy week, one that saw him exude confidence about Russia's military and economic resilience as Ukraine has inc...
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Trying to eat more protein to help build strength? Share your diet tips and recipes
What do you eat to support muscle strength? NPR is reporting on diet and strength-building and we'd love to hear your suggestions for pr...
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'A fabulous ambassador' Flaco, the beloved New York owl, died after building collision
Flaco, who fled the Central Park Zoo, thrived in New York City on his own for about a year before his death. http://dlvr.it/T3CC8k
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Voting in South Carolina's all-important Republican presidential primary ends today
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley faces a critical election today in her bid for the GOP presidential nomination in her home state of South...
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8 people killed in a head-on crash in central California farming region
Seven farmworkers traveling in a van and the driver of a pickup truck were killed Friday in a head-on crash in a farming area in central Cal...
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Jury finds NRA, Wayne LaPierre liable in civil corruption case
Top executives for the gun rights nonprofit were accused of using millions in NRA donations for private luxuries. A jury found former CEO Wa...
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Haley launching '7-figure' ad buy, signaling she's staying in through Super Tuesday
The Haley campaign told reporters Friday that she is continuing on, arguing that doing so is not just about the nomination but making a case...
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Cezanne seascape mural discovered at artist's childhood home
The previously unknown artwork discovered during renovations at the Cezanne family home in Aix-en-Provence, France, expands knowledge of the...
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Alabama lawmakers move to protect IVF; massive leak reveals Chinese hacking operations
Alabama lawmakers propose bills to clarify the state Supreme Court's ruling that frozen embryos are "children." Leaked documen...
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Didn't get a Valentine's love song? These skywalker gibbons sing love duets
In the green tree canopies of forested areas in Myanmar, you might wake up to the sounds of gibbons singing love songs. Gibbons start their ...
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Meet RDDT: Popular social platform Reddit to sell stock in an unusual IPO
Reddit's IPO will be the first time since 2019 that a social media company has premiered on the stock market. http://dlvr.it/T37F22
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Guinness World Records posthumously strips Bobi of his title of 'oldest dog ever'
Bobi's owner said the dog had lived a record-breaking 31 years and 165 days old when he died in October 2023. But a review by Guinness W...
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AT&T outage disrupts some 911 calls as tens of thousands lose service
Reports of outages spiked around 3:30 a.m. ET, reaching more than 71,000 within a few hours. AT&T says it is aware of the problem and &q...
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They came to clinics in Mexico for cosmetic surgery and got a deadly fungal meningitis
The risks of medical tourism are depicted in a study of U.S patients who traveled to two clinics for procedures like tummy tucks and butt li...
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A girl dies after a sand hole on a Florida beach collapses
The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a Florida beach is a danger that kills...
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Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist, dies at 39
Broadbent, diagnosed at age 3, was one of the first generation of children born HIV positive, and known for raising awareness to lessen the ...
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How much humanitarian aid is getting into Gaza? The exact answer can be hard to know
The need for humanitarian aid in Gaza is enormous, but trying to decipher how much aid is getting into the territory and where it's goin...
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Alabama's Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are 'children' under state law
Fertility clinics in Alabama are contemplating next steps after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen fertilized eggs are children — and...
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The minty past and cloudy future of menthol cigarettes
In the U.S., flavored cigarettes have been banned since 2009, with one glaring exception: menthols. That exception was supposed to go away i...
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NASA is looking for people to test out its Mars simulator for a year
The agency is accepting applicants for the second cohort of its Mars simulator mission. Participants will live and work from a 3D-printed, 1...
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Ex-FBI source charged with Biden lies is tied to Russian intelligence, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors say that Alexander Smirnov admitted to authorities that "officials associated with Russian intelligence were involv...
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Watch out, a dead satellite is falling back to Earth
There's a one in a billion chance it could hit somebody on the head. Europe's space agency doesn't know exactly when or where it...
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Scientists have found a black hole so large it eats the equivalent of one sun per day
With a mass 17 billion times larger than our sun, this black hole is the fastest-growing black hole ever recorded, Australian National Unive...
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WikiLeaks founder Assange starts final legal battle to avoid extradition to U.S.
Julian Assange's lawyers will begin their final U.K. legal challenge on Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the Uni...
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Capital One is acquiring Discover in a deal worth $35 billion
The companies are teaming up, in part, to expand their payment network. Discover is the smallest of the four U.S.-based payment networks, wh...
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Bayer makes a deal on popular contraceptive with Mark Cuban's online pharmacy
Bayer is adding two of its name-brand drugs to the roster of Cost Plus Drugs: the birth control pill Yaz and the menopause treatment Climara...
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Putin's grip on power is weaker than it appears, an opposition activist tells NPR
If the Russian president continues to burn through his reserves of oil and gas money, ordinary people will become a threat to his power, acc...
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What to know about the debut of Trump's $399 golden, high-top sneakers
The announcement came one day after a New York judge ordered Trump and the Trump Organization to pay nearly $355 million as part of a civil ...
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Near-record winds over the Northeast push passenger planes to speeds over 800 mph
A couple of planes got a big push from a jet stream with winds clocking 265 mph at cruising altitude this weekend, the National Weather Serv...
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Dozens of men killed in Papua New Guinea tribal violence, Australian media report
Dozens of men were massacred in a major escalation of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea, Australian media reported. Police expected to fin...
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The U.S. military says it struck a Houthi underwater vessel in the Red Sea
U.S. Central Command said it was the first time the Iranian-backed rebel group had been observed using an uncrewed underwater vessel since s...
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FDA approves a drug to treat severe food allergies, including milk, eggs and nuts
Xolair is considered the first medication approved by the FDA that can help protect against severe allergic reactions brought on by accident...
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MLS will open its season this week with replacement referees after labor talks falter
Major League Soccer said it would be turning to replacement refs, after members of the referees' union voted overwhelmingly against a ne...
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Generations after its heyday, isolationism is alive and kicking up controversy
For a time, the phrase "America First" seemed an artifact of the prewar world. But the idea that the U.S. would do better by holdi...
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U.N. court to hold hearings on legality of the occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands
The United Nations' highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of lands sought fo...
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Worries grow over fate of Palestinian doctor after Israeli troops raid Gaza hospital
The last messages sent by Dr. Khaled al-Serr were on Thursday night from a Gaza hospital raided by the Israeli military. Colleagues fear he ...
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Lefty Driesell, coach who put Maryland on college basketball's map, dies at 92
The Hall of Famer whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four NCAA Division I...
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Ex-FBI official gets over 2 years in prison for receiving $225,000 tied to Albania
Charles McGonigal, a former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official, was sentenced for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash...
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Thousands of vets fell victim to a bait-and-switch...by the VA? Lawmakers want a fix
Lawmakers grilled the head of the VA home loan program this week about a self-inflicted error with the department's COVID forbearance pr...
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An explosion at a Virginia home kills 1 firefighter and injures 11
An explosion in a Washington, D.C., suburb leveled a home where firefighters were investigating a gas leak. One firefighter was killed and n...
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Biden visits East Palestine a year after a train derailment changed the Ohio town
Biden had promised to visit soon after the derailment. He has faced criticism from some residents and from former President Donald Trump, wh...
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How the ex-FBI informant charged with lying is tied to the Biden impeachment inquiry
Alexander Smirnov has been accused of making false statements to the FBI — claims that House Republicans have used in their probe of Preside...
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Women are breaking Brazil's 'bate bola' carnival mold
Women are taking their rightful place in Rio's "carnival of the streets" — the "bate-bolas," translated literally, a...
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Migrating animals undergo perilous journeys every year. Humans make it more dangerous
Every year, billions of animals across the globe embark on journeys. They fly, crawl, walk or slither – often across thousands of miles of l...
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Russia is developing nuclear capability to threaten satellites, source says
The full extent of the threat is unclear as the details remain classified. National security adviser Jake Sullivan is expected to brief a sm...
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Japan's space agency says it may now have clues about the origins of the moon
An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing lunar rocks, an achievement that could help provide clues about the...
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Hurricane Idalia shows nature may provide the best shoreline protection
Researchers at the University of Florida found that nature-based "living shoreline" projects significantly reduced wave energy and...
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Special counsel asks Supreme Court to move quickly on the Trump immunity case
Special counsel Jack Smith urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference c...
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