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Judge rules there is "probable cause" to hold U.S. in contempt over deportations, Trump administration explores detaining citizens who commit crimes in overseas prisons, stock markets tumble.
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TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe releasing solo album 'Thee Black Boltz'
His band TV on the Radio was part of the frenzy of great music coming out of Brooklyn in the early 2000s. Now, Tunde Adebimpe is releasing his first solo album, "Thee Black Boltz."
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RFK Jr. calls autism an 'epidemic' and launches effort to find 'environmental' cause
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says autism is "epidemic" and he's launching research to identify an "environmental toxin" for blame. Independent scientists and advocates are skeptical.
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Researcher discusses CDC findings that autism rates have increased in kids
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Helen Tager-Flusberg, director of Boston University's Center for Autism Research Excellence, about CDC findings that autism rates have increased among children.
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As Trump's trade war continues, Canadian businesses evaluate relationship with U.S.
The trade war the U.S. is waging with countries around the world could reshape the global economy. NPR's Planet Money brings a dispatch from Canada.
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Crisis Communicator radio show connects community in Boyle Heights in LA
Broadcasting out of a community arts center in the immigrant community of Boyle Heights in LA, Crisis Communicator is a radio show where the concerns of a young woman and her community are unburdened.
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Stocks tumble Wednesday as fears over tariffs cloud economic outlook
The stock market tumbled again Wednesday as fears over tariffs cloud the economic outlook. Retail spending got a boost in March, however, as people tried to stock up before the tariffs took effect.
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Wesleyan President Michael Roth discusses Trump's pressure campaign on universites
NPR's A Martinez speaks to Wesleyan University President Michael Roth about the Trump administration's pressure campaign on universities.
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U.K. high court says trans women don't meet definition of women under equalities law
U.K.'s Supreme Court has ruled the legal definition of a woman under its equalities law is someone born biologically female. The ruling has big implications for transgender people there.
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President Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS
The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official.
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Harvard professor gives perspective on the Trump administration clash with university
What does the clash between Harvard and the Trump administration look like from the perspective of its faculty? NPR's Michel Martin akss Harvard Law School professor Nikolas Bowie.
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President Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status
President Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull Harvard's tax-exempt status a day after cutting more than $2 billion in federal funding after the university refused to implement government demands.