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Rubio faces Senate scrutiny as he defends Venezuela policy

At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since Nicolas Maduro was seized, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's adminstration.
- Michele Kelemen
How to survive 'Revive I-5'

If you’ve noticed more traffic in and around Seattle over the past couple of weeks, that’s not an accident. The Washington State Department of Transportation wants to “Revive I-5,” and that means two full years of lane closures and extra congestion around the city. We’ll hear more from UW Traffic Engineering Professor Yinhai Wang.
- Vaughan Jones
Health

As the U.S. bids adieu to the World Health Organization, California says hello

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring network. Are others following?
- Gabrielle Emanuel
National

Minnesotans remain skeptical as tensions as state-federal tensions appear to ease

A preliminary government review contradicts the White House's initial narrative of the shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The review comes as officials work to ease tensions.
- Meg Anderson
Politics

Former Homeland secretary on Kristi Noem's responsibility in deadly shootings

NPR's Michel Martin talks to former Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson about DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's culpability in the deadly shootings by federal agents.
- Michel Martin
Dungeons and Drag Queens and Drag Race, Oh My!
- Dyer Oxley
National

CBP has a history of excessive force. Critics say they were unprepared for Minnesota

Experts say federal immigration agents' skills are a dangerous mismatch for urban settings such as the Twin Cities
- Martin Kaste
National

To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog

Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
- Lee V. Gaines
National

Americans may love football, but did you know its origins are in medieval England?

"Football" is a word used to refer to different games: American football, the game played at the Super Bowl, where a foot is rarely used to direct the ball. And elsewhere in the world, football refers to what Americans call "soccer." But where does this word really come from?
- Jaclyn Diaz
Politics

The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules

The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
- Geoff Brumfiel

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