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Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III aircrew, assigned to the 176th Wing, evacuate approximately 300 displaced western Alaska residents following Typhoon Halong, Oct. 15, 2025. The State Emergency Operations Center and the Alaska Organized Militia continue to coordinate response operations following the severe storm that struck Alaska’s West Coast. ( photo by )

Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III aircrew, assigned to the 176th Wing, evacuate approximately 300 displaced western Alaska residents following Typhoon Halong, Oct. 15, 2025. The State Emergency Operations Center and the Alaska Organized Militia continue to coordinate response operations following the severe storm that struck Alaska's West Coast. Staff Sgt. Joseph Moon/Alaska National Guard hide caption

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Hundreds of Alaskans are evacuating from hard-hit villages following a major storm

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As authorities end their large-scale search, volunteers and village public safety officers vow to keep looking for two residents whose home floated away in the storm.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, in Quantico, Va. In an unprecedented gathering, almost 800 generals, admirals and their senior enlisted leaders have been ordered into one location from around the world on short notice.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, in Quantico, Va. In an unprecedented gathering, almost 800 generals, admirals and their senior enlisted leaders have been ordered into one location from around the world on short notice. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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Politics

Hegseth orders U.S. troops to watch his speech decrying a 'woke' military

During the speech last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lectured senior military officials on the "warrior ethos," focusing on fitness and grooming standards, and calling out "fat generals."
Andrew Scott, left, as Richard Rodgers and Ethan Hawke, right, as Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater's Blue Moon.

Andrew Scott, left, as Richard Rodgers and Ethan Hawke, right, as Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater's Blue Moon. Sabrina Lantos/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption

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Movies

Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater find the heartbreak in 'Blue Moon'

Director Richard Linklater and actor Ethan Hawke discuss their new film Blue Moon, which focuses on one fateful night toward the end of lyricist Lorenz Hart's life.

Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater find the heartbreak in 'Blue Moon'

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This photo, taken in 2018, shows a home being built in Sarasota, Fla. The government shutdown has forced many would-be homebuyers to delay their purchases because the U.S.-backed National Flood Insurance Program stopped writing new policies on October 1 and can’t resume until it’s reauthorized by Congress.

This photo, taken in 2018, shows a home being built in Sarasota, Fla. The government shutdown has forced many would-be homebuyers to delay their purchases because the U.S.-backed National Flood Insurance Program stopped writing new policies on October 1 and can't resume until it's reauthorized by Congress. Kerry Sheridan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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For private flood insurance companies, the government shutdown is good for business

With the government shutdown, the National Flood Insurance Program is no longer writing new policies. It's causing problems for would-be homeowners, but private companies have stepped in to help.

For private flood insurance companies, the government shutdown is good for business

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Folkston is a small rural town not far from the Florida-Georgia line. Known for its large and scenic swamp, the area has few major employers and struggles to keep workers from moving to bigger cities like Jacksonville, Fla., just an hour down the road. The jobs created by the Folkston ICE detention facility will bring much-needed jobs, but some locals don't want their town associated with the Trump Administration's divisive immigration enforcement practices.

Folkston is a small rural town not far from the Florida-Georgia line. Known for its large and scenic swamp, the area has few major employers and struggles to keep workers from moving to bigger cities like Jacksonville, Fla., just an hour down the road. The jobs created by the Folkston ICE detention facility will bring much-needed jobs, but some locals don't want their town associated with the Trump Administration's divisive immigration enforcement practices. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR hide caption

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Immigration

The price of a paycheck: one town's ICE dilemma

The ICE detention center in Folkston, Ga., is expanding to become one of the nation's largest immigrant detention centers. Operated by a private prison corporation GEO Group, it will hold more than 3,000 detainees.

Hundreds of ICE detainees will soon be held in the small town of Folkston, Ga.

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Bob Weir and Wolf Bros: Tiny Desk Concert

A set rich in Grateful Dead lore and that will likely create new memories for the Deadheads who were in the room and beyond.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured as he attends the start of the production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" on March 22, 2022 in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin. - US electric car pioneer Tesla received the go-ahead for its "gigafactory" in Germany on March 4, 2022, paving the way for production to begin shortly after an approval process dogged by delays and setbacks. (Photo by Patrick Pleul / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK PLEUL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Business

How much can Tesla pay Elon Musk? Delaware's Supreme Court will decide

On Wednesday, the Delaware Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit over Tesla's record-setting compensation package for Elon Musk.

How much can Tesla pay Elon Musk? Delaware's Supreme Court will decide

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A vendor sells sugarcane next to the entrance of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, after the organization announced the facility’s closure due to ongoing violence.

A vendor sells sugarcane next to the entrance of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, after the organization announced the facility's closure due to ongoing violence. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption

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The Americas

Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital

Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, a city now 90% controlled by gangs.
Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty’s new cookbook, Recipes from the American South, pays homage to the rich tapestry of cultures that have shaped Southern cuisine — and keeps a gimlet eye on the region’s complicated history.

Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty's new cookbook, Recipes from the American South, pays homage to the rich tapestry of cultures that have shaped Southern cuisine — and keeps a gimlet eye on the region's complicated history. Maansi Srivastava/NPR hide caption

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Food

A celebration of the South's rich — and messy — heritage, delivered on a plate

In a new cookbook, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty pays homage to the rich tapestry of cultures that have shaped Southern cuisine — and keeps a gimlet eye on the region's complicated history.
Raynard Covarrubio fills a syringe with the MMR vaccine, at a vaccine clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department on March 1 in Lubbock, Texas. West Texas saw a measles outbreak this year.

Raynard Covarrubio fills a syringe with the MMR vaccine, at a vaccine clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department on March 1 in Lubbock, Texas. West Texas saw a measles outbreak this year. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images hide caption

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Health

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 130 schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
Cachitas Now!, una banda disidente, le canta a un público universitario y queer en La Plata. La vocalista es Melissa Lobos Cachitas Now!, a dissident band, sings to a university and queer audience in La Plata. Their singer is Melissa Lobos.

Cachitas Now!, una banda disidente, le canta a un público universitario y queer en La Plata. La vocalista es Melissa Lobos Cachitas Now!, a dissident band, sings to a university and queer audience in La Plata. Their singer is Melissa Lobos. Karla Gachet hide caption

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The Picture Show

Argentina: The queen of bailanta

Luciano Rombolá, host of the radio and digital program Cumbia de la Pura, calls Argentine cumbia "the tropical music of the end of the world." And, he says, its history cannot be analyzed without considering migration.
It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world’s most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film.

It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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Movies

How Charlie Chaplin used his uncanny resemblance to Hitler to fight fascism

It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film.

How Charlie Chaplin used his uncanny resemblance to Hitler to fight fascism

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Demonstrators holding signs in support of minority voting rights gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Some signs say "Protect our Vote."

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Elections

A Supreme Court ruling on voting rights could boost Republicans' redistricting efforts

A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to draw 19 more House seats.

A Supreme Court ruling on voting rights could boost Republicans’ redistricting effort

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People bring a man who was injured in the clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces in the border area for medical treatment at a hospital in Chaman, Pakistan, Wednesday.

People bring a man who was injured in the clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces in the border area for medical treatment at a hospital in Chaman, Pakistan, on Wednesday. H. Achakzai/AP hide caption

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World

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a temporary ceasefire after days of deadly clashes

Clashes in recent days have killed dozens of people on both sides of the border. Pakistan is grappling with militant attacks that have increased since 2021, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Afghan women and their children are pictured after earthquakes at Mazar Dara village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. More than 800 people have died and over 2,700 were injured from August 31 night to September 1, 2025, in eastern Afghanistan after a 6-magnitude earthquake, followed by at least five aftershocks felt hundreds of kilometers away.

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Afghan women and their children are pictured after earthquakes at Mazar Dara village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. More than 800 people have died and over 2,700 were injured from August 31 night to September 1, 2025, in eastern Afghanistan after a 6-magnitude earthquake, followed by at least five aftershocks felt hundreds of kilometers away. Wakil Kohsar/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption

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Goats and Soda

An Afghan earthquake triggers contradictory Taliban tactics on rescuing women

The Taliban responded with contradictory stances in the effort to rescue women and girls who were wounded and left homeless. That's a reflection of tensions between hardliners and pragmatists.

Rescuers continue search efforts following devastating earthquake in Afghanistan

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This micrograph depicts Bacteroides fragilis ss fragilis bacteria cultured in blood agar medium for 48 hours, 1972. Gram-negative B. fragilis, though a commensal bacteria that normally lives in the human gastrointestinal tract, can become pathogenic under circumstances involving disruption of the normal intestinal mucosa such as trauma, or surgery.

This micrograph depicts Bacteroides fragilis ss fragilis bacteria cultured in blood agar medium for 48 hours, 1972. Gram-negative B. fragilis, though a commensal bacteria that normally lives in the human gastrointestinal tract, can become pathogenic under circumstances involving disruption of the normal intestinal mucosa such as trauma, or surgery. Smith Collection/Gado/via Getty Images hide caption

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Goats and Soda

Study: We're losing the fight against drug-resistant infections faster than we'd thought

Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate.

New study finds 1 in 6 infections globally show resistance to antibiotics

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Shots - Health News

With therapy hard to get, people lean on AI for mental health. What are the risks?

People are using ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence apps to help them with emotional issues, but experts say they are not a substitute for therapy or companionship.

With barriers to accessing therapy, people lean on AI chatbots for mental health

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A biologist holds a green and golden bell frog, an endangered species, at the research center of Macquarie University in Sydney. Some scientists are using gene-editing tools to try and protect frogs from the deadly chytrid fungus, which is threatening amphibian species all over the world.

A biologist holds a green and golden bell frog, an endangered species, at the research center of Macquarie University in Sydney. Some scientists are using gene-editing tools to try and protect frogs from the deadly chytrid fungus, which is threatening amphibian species all over the world. Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Science

Scientists are modifying wildlife DNA. Should these species be released into nature?

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change. The IUCN is voting on whether those species should be allowed in nature.
President Trump, accompanied by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on Friday. Trump signed two executive orders, establishing the "Trump Gold Card" and introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.

President Trump, accompanied by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on Friday. Trump signed two executive orders, establishing the "Trump Gold Card" and introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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Education

Many rural schools rely on international teachers. Trump's visa changes threaten that

The Trump administration announced a $100,000 fee to accompany each H1-B visa. The fee could wreak havoc on rural school districts that rely on them to bring in teachers.
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