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A solution to homelessness in Phoenix seems successful, but funding is running out
Downtown Phoenix businesses sued the city over a sprawling homeless encampment. The city's solution appears successful two years later, but funding for it is set to run out.
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New Orleans on alert as it marks one year since the New Year's Day attack
Extra security will be in place tonight in New Orleans as the city marks the anniversary of last year's New Year's Day attack. Drew Hawkins of the Gulf States Newsroom reports.
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Progress for women movie directors stalled in 2025
Only 8% of directors with movies in theaters in 2025 were women. That news comes from an annual study from USC Annenberg. It reveals a reversal of trends that were not great to begin with; in 2020, the best year for women directors on record, only 15% of movie directors were women.
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Non-U.S. citizens will have to pay $100 surcharge to enter some national parks
Starting Jan. 1, non-U.S. citizens will have to pay an additional $100 each to enter 11 of America's most popular national parks.
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In a rare formal complaint, a federal judge is accused of bullying law clerks
A nonprofit group has filed a complaint alleging a federal judge has been bullying her law clerks. It's a flashpoint in the debate over whether the judiciary can police itself.
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This new year celebration in Mumbai is just one of many in India
In Mumbai, some celebrate New Year's Eve with an effigy of the old year. It's just one of many New Years celebrated in India.
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Judge considers whether to detain or release D.C. pipe bomb suspect
The suspect in the attempted pipe bombing of political headquarters in 2021 appeared in court today for a pre-trial detention hearing.
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Pine needles help researchers track how forever chemicals get into the environment
Volunteers in Minnesota are collecting pine needles to help researchers determine how PFAS -- the substances commonly called forever chemicals -- find their way into water, soil and air.
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It was a rough year for nightclubs
A number of promenant nightclubs and music venues closed across the country in 2025, part of an ongoing trend driven by high rents, decreasing alcohol consumption and monopolization.
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Promoting a movie in 2025 is a performance in itself
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Nicholas Quah of Vulture about the evolution of celebrity publicity as the "new media circuit" commands more attention.
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What to know about a power struggle among U.S. allies in the Red Sea
Israel became the first country in the world to recognize Somaliland, part of a wider Red Sea rivalry also playing out in Yemen
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Tatiana Schlossberg, author and JFK's granddaughter, dies at 35
Journalist and author Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former president John F. Kennedy, has died after battling a rare form of cancer.