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What new cholesterol guidance means for your health

The new recommendations could translate into more Americans being treated with medicines and a stronger focus on lifestyle.
Are mixed reality plays the future of theater?

“An Ark” is play about the joys and terrors of being human.
Politics

The Postal Service may be out of cash in 2027 without Congress' help, postmaster says

The U.S. Postal Service's leader says it is set to run out of money in less than a year and may have to stop deliveries because of declining mail volume and what USPS sees as burdensome requirements.
- Hansi Lo Wang
National

Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, resigns citing Iran war

Kent said he "cannot in good conscience" back the Iran war. In his resignation letter, he says Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation."
- NPR Washington Desk
A defaced mural becomes permanent at Bellevue College

In 2020, a Bellevue College VP instructed someone to deface the artist description of a campus mural, that showed two Japanese American children in a U.S. Government incarceration camp during World War II. Now, Bellevue College is permanently installing the mural, by Seattle artist Erin Shigaki.
- Patricia Murphy
World

A Trump official quits over the Iran war, as Israel says it killed 2 Iranian commanders

Israel says it killed Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani. Iran has yet to confirm but it would be the highest-profile killings since the targeting of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- NPR Staff
World

Israel's Lebanon incursion raises pressure on West over Iran-backed Hezbollah

Western countries fear Israel's ground offensive in Lebanon aims to force them to act on disarming Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, increasing tensions and urgency for a diplomatic solution.
- Michel Martin
World

Historian shares how Russia benefits from the US being at war with Iran

NPR's A Martinez speaks with historian Sergey Radchenko about how Russia benefits from the U.S. being at war with Iran.
- A Martínez
Politics

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles diagnosed with breast cancer

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with breast cancer, President Trump said Monday.
- Deepa Shivaram
Business

Is there a more fair way to sell World Cup tickets?

World Cup tickets are expensive, and buying them has been frustrating and confusing. But this is what economics is for: figuring out the best ways to allocate scarce resources. FIFA, steal these ideas.
- Alex Mayyasi

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