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Secret Service director steps down following interrogation over the attempted assassination of Trump
Kimberly Cheatle faced 5 hours of questioning yesterday over the security lapses leading up to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk recently received a royal surprise
Odenkirk learned he is a distant cousin of King Charles III. The news was revealed by host Henry Louis Gates during the actor's appearance on the PBS show Finding your Roots that airs Tuesday night.
As U.S. considers a response to deadly drone attack, Rep. Waltz has suggestions
NPR's A Martinez talks to Republican Rep. Mike Waltz of Florida, who has said that "Iran does not believe the Biden administration will hit back in way that they'll care about."
Has remote work really been tragic for big companies' bottom lines?
More businesses are mandating employees to return to the office — claiming it boosts profits, but some experts say the data shows otherwise.
Why doesn't Martin Scorsese join crowds in theaters to watch his own films?
Scorsese, who has another Oscar nomination for best director, told Variety he doesn't watch in theaters mostly because he's short, and doesn't want to deal with someone taller sitting in front of him.
How Narcotics have shaped everything for the Wa, an ethnic minority in Myanmar
The U.S. has had a profound impact on Myanmar's Wa people. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Patrick Winn about his new book, Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA.
New sickle cell therapies come with side effects and a big price tag
by Elaine Tassy
People with sickle cell disease are thrilled there are now approved gene therapies for the inherited blood disorder, but the cost has them wondering if they'll ever get treatment.
Exploration team may have spotted Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane in the Pacific
NPR's A Martinez talks to CEO Tony Romeo of Deep Sea Vison, about ocean explorers from his firm that may have found the wreckage of Earhart's plane, which disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
The dispute between Texas and the White House over border control escalates
The state's attorney general says federal border patrol agents cannot have access to a strip of land on the northern banks of the Rio Grande that's been a hot spot for illegal border crossings.
Morning news brief
U.S. weighs a response to a drone strike that killed American soldiers. Texas bars federal agents from entering a park used by migrants illegally entering the U.S. A farmers' blockade reaches Paris.
Diplomat trying to end Gaza war warns an attack on U.S. forces could widen it
by Eyder Peralta
The prime minister of Qatar is in Washington for talks with U.S. officials trying to iron out the framework of a deal to pause or end the war in Gaza and get Israeli hostages released.
U.S. officials are in China to discussion cooperating on fighting fentanyl
China's been the main source of precursor chemicals for the potent drug, and President Biden has made combating fentanyl a policy priority — in the face of tens of thousands of overdoses each year.
Farmers surround Paris in what they're calling a siege of the French capital
A movable blockade by French farmers protesting inflation and competition from the European Union has reached Paris. Highways leading in and out of the city are blocked by hundreds of tractors.