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For the first time in nearly 6 decades, a Syrian president steps up to speak at the U.N.

Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa addressed the U.N. General Assembly, marking the ...
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As AI advances, doomers warn the superintelligence apocalypse is nigh

The Anthropic website on a laptop arranged in New Hyde Park, New York, on Aug. 22. Anthropic is one of the leading artificial ...
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White House threatens layoffs -- not furloughs -- if the government shuts down

In past government shutdowns, workers have been put on temporary furloughs until funding resumes. This time, the Trump White House is looking for bigger and more permanent cuts, a new memo shows.
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Even with rain on the way, New York declares drought warning in the North Country

Governor Kathy Hochul and the state Department of Environmental Conservation asked residents to conserve water whenever ...
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A band of dancing witches descends on the Southern Adirondacks

Members of the Dancing Witches range in age from their forties into their eighties. Susan Murante is the group’s most senior ...
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Greetings from Guatemala, where one person's trash becomes another's colorful art

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...
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'We have to speak out,' Jimmy Kimmel says in his late night return

The comedian was suspended for nearly a week by ABC's parent company, Disney, before returning to airwaves on Tuesday night.
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Estonian foreign minister talks about Russia's alleged incursion into their airspace

NPR talks with Margus Tsahkna, the foreign minister of Estonia, about Russia's alleged incursion into Estonian airspace and NATO's response.
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'One Battle After Another' wants a revolution

Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Teyana Taylor star in Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller about the unfulfilled promises of protest and rebellion.
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A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared

The statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn't the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit.
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy issues a stark warning about a global arms race and AI war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Trump made another shift in his stance on Russia's war in Ukraine.
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NY prison staffing and morale are low 6 months after strike

Staffing shortages at New York prisons have worsened, morale among guards remains low, and the lives of incarcerated people are still disrupted six months after a wildcat prison strike ended.