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In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity.
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Meet the Dutch art detective who tracks down stolen masterpieces
For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. He says patience and trust are everything.
When health insurance costs $2,500 per month, families make tough choices
A self-employed couple already had to dip into retirement savings for health costs. Now, they are skipping vacations and canceling streaming to afford health insurance.
DHS shutdown hurts families' access to detention facilities, Democrat says
The difficulties for families adds to the patchwork of complaints about immigration oversight and other issues while the department remains without government funding for five weeks.
Iran war enters its fourth week with no clear end in sight
As the war in the Middle East enters its fourth week, President Trump says the U.S. is considering "winding down" military efforts, as it also seeks to ease the energy crisis by lifting sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea.
U.S. judge rules against Pentagon restrictions on press coverage
The policy required media organizations to pledge not to gather information unless Defense officials formally authorized its release. A U.S. judge said the rules are at odds with the First Amendment.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with journalist Geoff Bennett about his new book, "Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms."
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Harrison Ford says he isn't retiring: "I really wouldn't know what to do with myself." David Bianculli reviews a the Peaky Blinders film. Spufford's new novel is set during the London Blitz. -
A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations. -
Residents in hard-hit areas were told to leave immediately as the islands braced for more rain. Authorities also warned that a 120-year-old dam could fail. -
The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S. -
A small Tennessee town hopes to stop the construction of a facility that has a federal contract to refine depleted uranium into a metallic form the government needs to build nuclear weapons.
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The costs of the joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran are mounting in terms of civilian deaths and damage to some of Iran's most famous and beloved cultural heritage sites. -
Philadelphia Emo band Sweet Pill has a new album out, Still There's a Glow. Lead singer Zayna Yousseff breaks down how this album reflected her mental health journey.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa about her interview with Dolores Huerta, who revealed this week that her United Farm Workers co-founder Cesar Chavez raped her.
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Across the west, local and state officials are moving to scrub Cesar Chavez's name and image from schools, streets, murals and holidays honoring the famed labor leader. In San Fernando, California they've already pulled down a statue of him.
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An Iranian missile strike in the West Bank killed four Palestinian women preparing for the Muslim holiday of Eid, highlighting the deadly reach of the Iran–Israel conflict into unprotected civilian areas.
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Nowruz celebrates the arrival of spring and rebirth. But for many in the Iranian diaspora, this year is different. As the war continues, many are trying to balance the joy of the holiday with grief.
