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National

Former DOJ official discusses Trump administration's responses to court orders

7:14am April 25, 2025

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elliot Williams, legal analyst and former Justice Department deputy assistant attorney general, about the Trump administration's response to court orders.

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Health & Safety

Fauci urges people to get COVID vaccines and boosters to curtail variants

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, about the omicron variant, and how the U.S. should respond to its spread.

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National

Michigan's gun laws are shaping the question of accountability in school shootings

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kris Brown, president of the advocacy group Brady United, about charges filed against the parents of an accused high school shooter in Michigan.

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National

Authorities probe the actions of the parents of accused Michigan school shooter

by Quin Klinefelter

Following last week's high school shooting in Oxford, Mich., the accused gunman and his parents are being held in jail — separate from each other and in isolation.

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Books

There's new pressure to ban books at schools

by Nomin Ujiyediin

Attempts to remove books from school libraries have increased, spurred by activism from conservative parent groups and resistance to teaching socially progressive ideas in schools.

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Health & Safety

While the omicron variant steals the spotlight, delta is still a big problem

The omicron variant has been detected in about one-third of U.S. states, while the delta variant infects 100,000 people a day. Officials urge people to get vaccinated and boosted.

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In Greece, the pope demands the world focus on the plight of asylum-seekers

by Joanna Kakissis

Pope Francis visited a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos over the weekend, and called for more attention to migrant seekers.

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A court in Myanmar sentences ousted leader Suu Kyi to 4 years

Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison after a court found her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions.

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Education

U.S. students turn to Europe to earn affordable degrees

It is college application season and some American students are looking abroad for affordable degrees.

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National

New York man is named Guinness World Record holder for a holiday light display

Tim Gay's display has 687,000 blinking, multicolored lights. He calls it the ERDAJT Holiday Lights Display — using the initials of his children.

Arts

President Biden and the first lady attend the Kennedy Center Honors

by Elizabeth Blair

Bette Midler, Berry Gordy, Joni Mitchell, Lorne Michaels and Justino Diaz were awarded the Kennedy Center Honors at a gala in Washington, D.C. Sunday night. The show will be televised Dec. 22. on CBS.

Calif. rules to protect outdoor workers from smoke are rarely enforced, probe finds

by Farida Jhabvala Romero

California has strict protections for farm workers who labor outside when air quality is poor. But the state's worker safety agency rarely cites employers not in compliance with those regulations.

Science

Scientists have discovered the first self-replicating living robots

A team of scientists from the University of Vermont, Tufts and Harvard took stem cells from a frog and turned them into robots. The tiny robots made copies of themselves.

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