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Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities were tricked into calling for the ouster of Moldova's president through videos requested on the Cameo app that were edited and posted on TikTok.

Cameo is being used for political propaganda — by tricking the stars involved

1:10pm February 27, 2024

by Shannon Bond

Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities were tricked into calling for the ouster of Moldova's president. It's the latest example of the Cameo app being used for an apparent political propaganda operation.

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The $1 billion donation from Ruth Gottesman to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is one of the largest-ever charitable gifts to an educational institution in the United States.

Tuition will be free at a New York City medical school thanks to a $1 billion gift

11:29am February 27, 2024

by Ayana Archie

Ruth Gottesman is a professor emerita of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Gottesman's late husband, David, left the money to her upon his death.

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker speaks on the steps of the state judicial building on April 5, 2006, in Montgomery, Ala.

Alabama justice's ties with far-right Christian movement raise concern

11:09am February 27, 2024

by Odette Yousef

In the days after Alabama's Supreme Court deemed frozen embryos to be "extrauterine children," the chief justice's ties to a movement that experts call "Christian extremist" have come to light.

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State Representative Abraham Aiyash speaks at a "Vote Uncommitted" rally on Feb. 25, 2024 in Hamtramck, Mich.

On primary day, young Michigan voters are leading call to be 'uncommitted' to Biden

10:30am February 27, 2024

by Elena Moore

The campaign to check "uncommitted" on the Michigan Democratic primary ballot has gained nationwide attention. At its center are the next generation of activists, leaders and voters.

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It's primary day in Michigan — an important swing state

7:29am February 27, 2024

by Rick Pluta

While the winners of Michigan's Democratic and Republican primaries are not expected to be a surprise, the outcome can provide insights to candidate strength in a key battleground state.

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How did President Biden's administration get into a bind on immigration?

7:29am February 27, 2024

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Jason Houser, former ICE chief of staff, about the events and pressures influencing the Biden administration's immigration policy.

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Morning news brief

5:03am February 27, 2024

Republicans and Democrats in Michigan head to the polls today to vote for their respective parties' candidates. The FTC and nine states are suing to block the Kroger-Albertsons supermarket merger

Michigan college students say neither party talks about issues that matter to them

5:03am February 27, 2024

by Leila Fadel

As Michigan primary voters head to the polls Tuesday, we hear from students at Wayne State University about their biggest concerns for this election year.

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People who were born on Feb. 29 often feel left out. Not this year, it's leap year

5:03am February 27, 2024

In this leap year, experts and leap day babies weigh in on the pros and cons of adding a 29th day to February.

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Why self-immolation is used as a form of protest

5:03am February 27, 2024

An airman who died after setting himself on fire wrote that he was protesting Israel's war in Gaza. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to scholar Michael Biggs about the history of self-immolation as protest.