The deadline for the legislature to pass the budget for the upcoming fiscal year is 6 p.m. Friday.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ryan Fannon, who has called dozens of Wildcats games, about the special chemistry of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo — who played together as undergrads.
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Russia marked the 79th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin drew parallels between history and the current fight in Ukraine.
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Unseasonably heavy rains have led to massive flooding in Brazils southern state and at least one hundred people dead and many without shelter.
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On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Apryle Oswald thanks the man who stopped to save her after a car accident.
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El Niño helped drive global average temperatures to new records over the last year. Forecasters say it's waning, but that 2024 may still be one for the record books.
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A new analysis shows that students graduating from U.S. medical schools this year were less likely to apply for residencies across specialties in states with restrictions on abortion.
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Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, has agreed to plead guilty to stealing nearly $17 million from the Major League Baseball superstar.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York about GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's failed attempt to vacate Mike Johnson from the speakership.
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The U.S. will stop shipments of bombs or artillery shells if Israel presses its offensive against Hamas into the crowded city of Rafah in southern Gaza, President Biden said.
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Hawaii residents have used the "shaka" hand gesture to convey several greetings: hello, goodbye, thank you and aloha.
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Peacock announced the new mockumentary comedy series Wednesday. While the show doesn't have a name yet, it's about a publisher trying to revive a dying Midwestern newspaper with volunteer reporters.
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Progress is on the horizon in Germany's parliament, where lawmakers have been instructed to throw out their fax machines by the end of June.
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Could China act as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center.
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Three of Donald Trump's criminal trials are on hold indefinitely, and may not move forward before the November election.