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Members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are seen during a meeting at CDC headquarters on Dec. 4, 2025 in Atlanta.

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Public Health

CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants

In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
Frank Gehry stands next his fish lamps at his exhibition at the Gagosian Mayfair gallery, in central London, in November 2013.

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Frank Gehry stands next his fish lamps at his exhibition at the Gagosian Mayfair gallery, in central London, in November 2013.

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Obituaries

Frank Gehry, whose designs defied gravity and convention, dies at 96

Gehry transformed modern architecture with exuberant buildings such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum. "I've always been for optimism and architecture not being sad," he said.

GEHRY, FRANK

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Workers and military inspect Ukrainian Fire Point's Flamingo missiles during handover to the military in an undisclosed location in Ukraine Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.

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Workers and military inspect Ukrainian Fire Point's Flamingo missiles during handover to the military in an undisclosed location in Ukraine Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.

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Europe

Russia unleashes drone and missile attack on Ukraine as diplomatic talks continue

Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials said they'll meet on Saturday for talks aimed at ending the war.
The World Cup Trophy is placed on a pedestal at the draw ceremony for the the 2026 FIFA World Cup held in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, 2025.

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2026 World Cup: North America

From the U.S. fate to the group of death, here are 5 takeaways from the World Cup draw

FIFA held a draw to determine who all 48 participating countries in the FIFA World Cup 2026 will face in the group phase of the tournament, which the U.S., Canada and Mexico are co-hosting.
A visitor walks past portraits of DC Comics superheroes as she enters the "Action and Magic Made Here" interactive experience at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood media preview on June 24, 2021, in Burbank, Calif.

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A visitor walks past portraits of DC Comics superheroes as she enters the "Action and Magic Made Here" interactive experience at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood media preview on June 24, 2021, in Burbank, Calif.

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Media

Netflix will buy Warner Bros' studio and streaming businesses for $72 billion

The merger, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry's biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and DC Studios.
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A school named ICE: This NYC campus has a branding problem

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A progressive public school in Manhattan long known by its acronym — ICE — has decided it's time for a rebrand.
Early season snow has started to accumulate at Colorado's Arapahoe Basin ski area, as seen from nearby Loveland Pass, on Thanksgiving weekend.

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National

U.S. ski resorts are bracing for a steep drop in international travel due to politics

Canadians usually head south for the skiing, shopping and nightlife in American ski towns. But due to cross-border politics, tourism to the U.S. is down, and some resorts are worried.

FEWER CANADIAN TOURISTS

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Vendors hawking food and flotation devices wait for visitors at Lido beach in Mogadishu on Nov. 10, 2025.

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Vendors hawking food and flotation devices wait for visitors at Lido beach in Mogadishu on Nov. 10, 2025.

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Africa

Trump's 'garbage' comment is met with disappointment in Somalia

In Somalia, people are pushing back and pointing to the positives after President Trump disparaged their country.

Trump’s ‘garbage’ comment met with disappointment in Somalia

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U.S. Representative Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona, attends a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12.

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U.S. Representative Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona, attends a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12.

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Rep. Grijalva says ICE pepper sprayed her during a raid at Arizona restaurant

 KJZZ News

In a video posted on social media, U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., said she was sprayed in the face by a federal agent in Tucson as she attempted to get more information about a raid.
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Media

NPR battles a Trump executive order in court

NPR was in court for a pivotal hearing arguing that the Trump administration had broken the law with its treatment of public media.
Cars crawl slowly in rush hour traffic on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, California in March, 2022. After dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say congestion climbed to record levels last year.

Rush hour traffic on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, California in March, 2022. After dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say congestion climbed to record levels last year.

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Traffic congestion hits a record high, and spreads to more hours of the week

If it seems like traffic is getting worse where you live, that's because it probably is. After dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, congestion climbed to record levels in 2024, researchers say.

TRAFFIC CONGESTION RECORD HIGH

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Federal agents have arrested a suspect identified as Brian Cole they are alleging placed two pipe bombs, which never exploded, the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. FBI agents gather in front of the suspect's home Thursday in Woodbridge, Virginia. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

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Federal agents have arrested a suspect identified as Brian Cole they are alleging placed two pipe bombs, which never exploded, the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. FBI agents gather in front of the suspect's home Thursday in Woodbridge, Virginia. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

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Law

Pipe bomb suspect said he believed 2020 election was stolen, was supportive of Trump

The FBI has spent years searching for the person who put bombs near the Democratic and Republican committee headquarters, hours before the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

PIPE BOMB SUSPECT ARREST

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A White House official's brother was in a nasty custody fight. Now his ex is in ICE custody

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Michael Leavitt, the brother of Trump's press secretary, denies his family called ICE on his ex. Court records and police reports reveal years-old allegations of threats to call immigration authorities.

WATCH

Air: Tiny Desk Concert

The French electronic duo turns distressed dreams into symphonies plucked from cotton candy clouds — sonically light, but heavy with emotion.
A voter casts an in-person early ballot for the 2024 general election at the Northwest Activities Center on October 29, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan.

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A voter casts an in-person early ballot for the 2024 general election at the Northwest Activities Center on October 29, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan.

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Politics

Are you a swing voter? We want to hear how you're feeling about politics

Do you think the country is going in the right or wrong direction? Are you happy with your vote last year or do you have any regrets? Or maybe you sat the election out? NPR wants to speak with swing voters across the political spectrum.
Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris (left) and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox (right) were fired by President Trump earlier this year. A panel of judges at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is weighing whether he had the authority to do so.

Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris (left) and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox (right) were fired by President Trump earlier this year. A panel of judges at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is weighing whether he had the authority to do so. Mike Scarcella/Reuters; FM Archive / Alamy Stock Photo hide caption

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Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris (left) and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox (right) were fired by President Trump earlier this year. A panel of judges at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is weighing whether he had the authority to do so.

Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris (left) and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox (right) were fired by President Trump earlier this year. A panel of judges at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is weighing whether he had the authority to do so. Mike Scarcella/Reuters; FM Archive / Alamy Stock Photo hide caption

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Law

An appeals court hands Trump a victory, OK'ing the firing of 2 independent agency heads

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that President Trump's firings of Democratic members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the National Labor Relations Board were lawful.
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk prior to an informal dinner at Modi's residence in New Delhi on Thursday, the first day of the Russian leader's two-day state visit to India. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk prior to an informal dinner at Modi's residence in New Delhi on Thursday, the first day of the Russian leader's two-day state visit to India. Alexander Kazakov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk prior to an informal dinner at Modi's residence in New Delhi on Thursday, the first day of the Russian leader's two-day state visit to India. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk prior to an informal dinner at Modi's residence in New Delhi on Thursday, the first day of the Russian leader's two-day state visit to India. Alexander Kazakov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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World, reordering

Putin and Modi expand India-Russia economic ties in talks in New Delhi

India gave Russia's leader a warm welcome in his first visit since his country invaded Ukraine. The visit in part signaled India's defiance of the U.S., which has punished New Delhi for buying Russian oil.
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Business

EU hits Elon Musk's X with a $140 million fine over its business practices

The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers.
The trees on Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane are expected to shine even brighter this year, with thousands more lights added.

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The trees on Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane are expected to shine even brighter this year, with thousands more lights added.

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Altadena's Christmas Tree Lane will light up for the first time since the Eaton Fire

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Starting Saturday, more than 20,000 lights will roar back on the Deodar cedars towering over a nearly mile-long stretch of Santa Rosa Avenue, right on the edge of the burn scar.
Women breastfeed their babies while waiting to have them vaccinated against malaria during the launch of the vaccination campaign for children from zero to 23 months at La Marie d'Abobo, a popular commune in Abidjan on July 15, 2024. In Abobo, a working-class district of Abidjan, dozens of women line up in front of nurses, babies strapped to their backs in a loincloth: Ivory Coast has launched its first vaccination campaign against malaria, which mainly kills children under 5 years old.

Women breastfeed their babies while waiting to have them vaccinated against malaria during the launch of the vaccination campaign for children from zero to 23 months at La Marie d'Abobo, a popular commune in Abidjan on July 15, 2024. In Abobo, a working-class district of Abidjan, dozens of women line up in front of nurses, babies strapped to their backs in a loincloth: Ivory Coast has launched its first vaccination campaign against malaria, which mainly kills children under 5 years old. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP) (Photo by SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images) Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Goats and Soda

For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?

A dramatic drop in mortality for youngsters under age 5 has been one of the great accomplishments in global health. But estimates suggest that in 2025 child deaths will go up.
Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) speaks against a bill redrawing Indiana’s congressional boundaries to favor Republicans ahead of a final vote in the House chamber of the statehouse on Friday.

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Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) speaks against a bill redrawing Indiana’s congressional boundaries to favor Republicans ahead of a final vote in the House chamber of the statehouse on Friday.

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Indiana House passes Trump-backed redistricting. It goes to a contentious Senate next

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If passed in the state Senate, the plan could help the GOP win two seats in the House in 2026. President Trump has threatened to back primary challenges against Republicans who don't get on board.
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Texas Republicans celebrate, and Democrats condemn, redistricting ruling

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After the court allowed the redistricting backed by President Trump, Gov. Greg Abbott called Texas "officially -- and legally -- more red." A Democrat said the court "failed American democracy."
Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing on Thursday in New York.

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Video shows Luigi Mangione said he didn't want to talk. Police kept asking questions

Before being read his rights, the suspect in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing talked. Now his lawyers say those words could reshape the case.
From left: Yousef Bashir, who as a teen was shot by an Israeli soldier in Gaza. Dr. Lina Qasem Hassan, a Palestinian citizen of Israel whose relative in Gaza, an ambulance driver, died in an airstrike. Maoz Inon, whose parents died in the Hamas attack of Oct. 7.

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Goats and Soda

Has hope survived the war? We asked Israelis and Palestinians we spoke to in 2023

In 2023, we interviewed them to see how the Israel-Hamas war was affecting their ability to feel compassion and empathy. In the wake of the ceasefire this fall, we followed up. What's changed?
President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2025.

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Culture

The Kennedy Center Honors are coming up. This year's event will be different

President Trump has made major changes at the Kennedy Center this year, ousting the board chair and president, and naming himself host of the organization's yearly awards show.
FILE - Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, on Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

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Asia

China is in a diplomatic push to isolate Japan in their feud over Taiwan issues

No end in sight to spat between Japan and China over Taiwan, as neither Tokyo nor Beijing shows signs of backing down.

JAPAN CHINA STALEMATE

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Examples of "listening ages" shown in this year's Spotify Wrapped.

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Pop Culture

How old is your music taste? Spotify will tell you, though you may not like it

Spotify Wrapped is bluntly telling users their "listening age," which in many cases is several decades older or younger than their actual age. It's a calculated strategy.

How old is your music taste? Spotify will tell you, though you may not like it

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KPop Demon Hunters became a cultural phenomenon and gave us one of our favorite songs of the year.

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Review

Pop Culture Happy Hour

Listen: Our 12 favorite moments of 2025

It's been a great year for TV, movies, and music. And we are highlighting some of the best, including KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners, and Severance. We'll also talk about some things you might have missed.

Our 12 favorite moments of 2025

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