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Corporal Peter McDonald/USMC/Wikimedia CommonsWinter uniforms, or the lack there of, during the Korean War was a classic SNAFUBAR. -
Emotional responses differ based on our relationship to the environment, says Jennifer Uchendo. -
This week we hear a recording from a Cal Poly Humboldt student trombone quartet! -
North Coast Conversations: The search for Glorious Kinetic VolunteersDo you have dreams of becoming a Human Traffic Cone? Look no further! The Glorious Kinetic Universe has the perfect volunteer position for you! -
Elliott Portillo/Cal Poly HumboldtRecored live at the Arcata Veterans Hall, Soberanis’ lecture explores illusions people create, such as the “natural world” versus the “unnatural world,” and the importance of imagination. -
Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesBondi's departure comes amid simmering frustration over her leadership and handling of the Epstein files. President Trump says Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will be acting attorney general. -
Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesIt has been a year since President Trump announced double-digit tariffs on imports from around the world. So far, those levies have not produced the economic boom the president promised. -
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThere is public concern about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation. -
Margaret Albaugh for NPRForeclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners. -
Penguin Random HouseHistorian Ian Buruma chronicles the lives of ordinary Berliners — including his own father — during World War II. Stay Alive is about the past, but has powerful lessons for the present. -
Evening Standard/Getty Images/Hulton ArchiveThe Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin. -
Getty ImagesNASA's Artemis II crew has successfully launched on a mission that will take it around the moon and back to Earth. A key maneuver Thursday night determines whether they embark on their lunar visit.
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The federal housing agency wants to shift money away from permanent housing and toward programs that impose sobriety and other conditions. Advocates warn that would push many back into homelessness. -
The Trump administration and its critics are waging a war of images on the National Mall like none before. The president's face stares down from federal buildings while statues and posters mock him below. -
Israel says it's creating a "security zone" inside Lebanon, where homes will be demolished, and residents won't be allowed to return home until people in northern Israel feel safe. -
Britain's 1,640-foot-long National Covid Memorial Wall stretches along the River Thames, with over a quarter million hearts representing the lives lost during the pandemic — across from Parliament. -
NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Wednesday. The mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey.
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Krystal Ramirez for NPRFor more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. -
Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe suits are the most ambitious effort to date that the Trump administration has gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for the fast-growing and increasingly divisive betting industry. -
Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty ImagesU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Army Chief of Staff Randy George to step down and retire, a U.S. official confirmed to NPR. -
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Grammy-winning artist Brandy about her memoir, "Phases," in which she charts her growth to stardom from Mississippi churches to Hollywood.
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Pool/Getty Images North AmericaFIFA has raised prices for over 40 games of the World Cup in its latest sale that kicked off Wednesday, according to an NPR count. The most expensive tickets to the final now cost $10,900. -
Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesThe plan would fund DHS, except for immigration enforcement, through September. Republicans would then try to fund the whole agency for three years using a tactic that would not need Democratic votes.
