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What does Trump's rhetoric tell us about his plans for a return to the White House?
Earlier this month while speaking to the auto industry, former President Trump predicted a "bloodbath" if he loses the November election. How might his rhetoric apply to Jan. 6 cases?
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NCAA men's tournament bracket reaches the Sweet 16 milestone
March Madness basketball play reaches the Sweet 16 on the men's side — the women's will be solidified by the end of the day. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Nicole Auerbach with The Athletic.
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Digital World Acquisition Corp. shareholders to vote on merging with Truth Social
Donald Trump could make billions of dollars if his company Truth Social is able to pull off a plan to go public. Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp. will vote Friday on whether to merge.
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Russian troops advance on towns in eastern Ukraine, where some residents remain
Some Ukrainians are spending their days under the fire of advancing Russian troops. We meet some of the last residents of an eastern Ukrainian town.
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Kermit the Frog has a new namesake: a 270 million-year-old fossil
The fossil was collected in 1984 but so many were found that researchers didn't get around to examining it until 2021, when they discovered a new member of the amphibian family tree.
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Freddie Mercury's home in London is on the market for $38 million
The frontman for Queen bought the neo-Georgian brick mansion and lived there until he died in 1991. Mercury left his house and possessions to his friend Mary Austin, who's lived there for decades.
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There's a lot of action on the New York legal front for former President Trump
It's a crucial time for former President Trump's New York trials: Will his hush money trial be delayed any further? Will he pay the half a billion dollar penalty by the Monday deadline?
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Blinken is in Israel aiming to negotiate a temporary cease-fire
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel after stops in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The war in Gaza is in its sixth month, and this is his sixth stop in the region since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
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How baseball turned two strangers into family
In this week's StoryCorps, a youth baseball coach and one of his former players talk about how they ended up becoming close.
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WWII veterans to receive Congressional Gold Medal for their role in 'Ghost Army'
The unit was made up of actors, directors, costume designers, prop makers and sound engineers who tricked the Nazis into believing Allied forces were bigger and in locations they really weren't.
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Texas authorities wait to enforce immigration law that's tied up in the courts
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg about the law, currently on hold, that would let state and local law enforcement arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border.
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New vehicle emission rules are meant to quicken the change to electric vehicles
The EPA has finalized new vehicle emissions standards to dramatically speed up adoption of electric vehicles over the next decade. It's part of the White House effort to fight climate change.