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American Muslims are giving Texas barbecue a halal makeover

Even as anti-Muslim rhetoric rises in Texas, Muslim pitmasters are winning over diners and reshaping one of the state's most iconic culinary traditions. Read f...

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U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner land for talks in Kyiv after meeting Putin in Moscow

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to arrive in Kyiv on Sunday in their first visit to the Ukrainian capital as part of a renewed push for peac...

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QUIZ: Ugh, I'll do it later. How much do you know about procrastination?

Learn a few surprising facts about procrastination — and helpful tools to overcome it — with this quiz. It's based on social scientist Itamar Shatz's new book,...

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Whatever happened to kindness? Spoiler alert: Our readers prove it's alive and well

We asked readers to share stories about a moment of kindness involving a stranger. Here are some of their heartwarming anecdotes. Read full article on NPR News...

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Jazz legend John Coltrane's Philadelphia house to become a cultural heritage site

On the centennial of father's birth, Ravi Coltrane talks about turning the home where the jazz legend spent a crucial period in the 1950s into a cultural herita...

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U.S. and Iran trade attacks on ships as fighting flares up again

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Opinion: A sculpture in perpetual motion, removed

"Blue," a statue that's been on the grounds of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. for 7 years has been dismantled and removed. Read full article on NPR New...

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Trump administration to dig at triumphal arch site despite no final federal approvals

The Trump administration says it will break ground on a 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., without final federal approval and despite an ongoing lawsu...

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U.S.-Venezuela oil deal puts opposition in a political bind

Venezuelan opposition members are uneasy with new oil deals with the U.S., worried that agreements with authoritarian regime in Caracas could undermine democrat...

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Whatever happened to the floating schools of Bangladesh?

It was a light bulb moment: If monsoon rains keep kids from safely getting to school, let's create a floating school to pick them up! Bangladesh pioneered the i...

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