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Boston Celtics fans a little wary over planned $6.1 billion sale of the team
Fans of the Boston Celtics react to the planned sale of their team for a record $6.1 billion.
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VA program that helps provide veterans with more affordable mortgages now in jeopardy
An NPR investigation helped 15,000 veterans hang on to their homes, but some in Congress want to kill the program that made mortgages more affordable.
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Planet Money looks at a hiring controversy at Tyson Foods
Planet Money heard about a hiring controversy at Tyson Foods, one of the country's biggest meat processors. So they went to find out: Were they taking jobs from citizens and giving them to migrants?
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Weaponizing antisemitism makes students 'less safe,' says drafter of definition
Kenneth Stern, who drafted a widely used definition of antisemitism, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism claims to stifle speech and debate on the Middle East on college campuses.
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Morning news brief
Fed holds rates steady due to uncertainty over impact of tariffs on the economy, federal judge declines to block DOGE takeover of U.S. Institute of Peace, Israel launches new ground offensive in Gaza.
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Israel launches new ground invasion into Gaza after breaking ceasefire
Israel has launched a new ground offensive in Gaza after it broke the nearly two-month-long ceasefire with Hamas. On Tuesday, a series of airstrikes killed more than 400 Palestinians in the territory.
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Alvaro Bedoya, Democratic FTC commissioner fired by Trump administration, speaks out
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Alvaro Bedoya, one of the two Democrats fired from their roles as commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission.
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Zelenskyy and Trump speak after Trump call with Putin
After a phone call with President Trump Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed to stop striking Russian oil depots and energy infrastructure as part of a ceasefire deal.
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Author Clay Risen discusses his book 'Red Scare' on the story of McCarthyism
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Clay Risen about his new book, "Red Scare," which tells the story of McCarthyism based in part on newly declassified sources.
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Texas continues to be a major player in Trump's immigration enforcement plans
Texas is quickly becoming the epicenter of the Trump administration's deportation promises. A detention center in Dilley, Texas, shuttered during the Biden administration, is reopening soon.
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U.S. cuts funding for global network testing for measles as cases grow worldwide
The U.S.-funded Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network operates in 150 countries, detecting and controlling measles. Now it's lost its sole funder as part of the U.S. aid cutbacks.
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Minneapolis jury convicts nonprofit head in massive pandemic fraud case
A Minnesota nonprofit founder and a restaurant owner were convicted in what prosecutors call one of the largest COVID fraud cases — a $250 million ripoff of publicly funded child nutrition programs.
