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Reflecting on NATO's past and future as the alliance celebrates its 75th anniversary
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to former NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller about how the alliance got its start, and its importance in a changing world.
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A member of Banjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet calls for elections in Israel
Benny Gantz, who leads an opposition party and also regularly faces the prime minister as part of the war cabinet, is calling to set a date for elections. Polling shows Netanyahu would lose to him.
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Coordinated Lunar Time: The U.S. wants the moon to have its own time zone
The moon's different gravity means a precise atomic clock there would run slightly faster than on Earth. The difference could complicate calculations between spacecraft and a potential lunar base.
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If you want to see superstar Caitlin Clark play live it's gonna cost you
Clark and the University of Iowa are electrifying women's college basketball. Tickets for the women's Final Four are currently reselling around $2,300 — more than double the men's Final Four average.
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NATO is marking 75 years since its founding after the end of World War Two
The alliance has grown from just a dozen members in 1949 to the current 32 — including Sweden, which is attending its first meeting as a full member Thursday morning.
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Liberty Media adds MotoGP to its global racing portfolio that already includes F1
NPR's Michel Martin talks to former MotoGP rider John Hopkins about what the proposed takeover of the sport by Formula One owners Liberty Media, could mean for the future of motorcycle racing.
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The FDA has approved the first app to help treat depression
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Dr. John Torous, director of digital psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, about the first app being approved to help treat depression.
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Should whales have the same rights as people?
Some indigenous Polynesians say yes, and they're pushing an initiative to give whales personhood rights as a way to combat climate change.
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Food aid groups forced to suspend operations after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Rebecca Abou Chedid of the aid organization Anera about its decision to stop operations in Gaza after the death of seven World Central Kitchen staff.
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A major earthquake rocked Taiwan — the biggest in a quarter of a century
The deadly earthquake struck Taiwan during the morning rush hour on Wednesday — collapsing buildings and triggering tsunami warnings in Japan and the Philippines.
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Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra is saying goodbye
The group is going on a 31-show, North American farewell tour. Known for hits including "Xanadu" and "Mr. Blue Sky," ELO has sold more than 50 million albums since the band formed in the 1970s.
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After 67 years, Las Vegas' iconic Tropicana Hotel has closed
The hotel was once a hang-out for the Rat Pack — magicians Siegfried and Roy debuted their act at the Tropicana, and the fictional spy James Bond stayed there in the 1971 film Diamonds are Forever.