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Some cities drop July Fourth fireworks for safer, quieter and greener alternatives
Americans will launch their own fireworks and attend public displays across the country for the Independence Day holiday. But could drones become the new way to wow crowds?
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Israel stages a large-scale raid on a Palestinian camp in the West Bank
Israel's military says it's launched an extensive counterterrorism effort in the occupied West Bank that's killed at least seven militants in the latest escalation of violence there.
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Protests in France were sparked after police shot to death a black teen in Nanterre
For the past six nights, protests have erupted in many French cities after the death of a teenager at the hands of police nearly a week ago. We visit the Parisian suburb where it all started.
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Why proposed solutions to combat the military's high suicide rate aren't implemented
The military has a suicide rate higher than the national average, but many proposed solutions haven't been implemented.
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Why Twitter is limiting the number of tweets a user can view
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the social media platform is capping the number of tweets users can view — saying the unusual measure was needed to fight off companies that scrape Twitter for data.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of web designer who refused work for same-sex weddings
The court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from "forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees."
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Despite inflation and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy is still strong
Spending on travel and entertainment is up, even as Americans contend with stubborn inflation. One reason the economy is doing so well is that people keep spending money.
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First Black man to win bull riding's world championship remembers life in the rodeo
Charlie Sampson rode bulls competitively for 20 years. He told his son Daniel that he found his calling when he visited a carnival as a boy.
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Hollywood actors, negotiating a new contract with studios, are prepared to strike
With the writers strike underway, the contract between actors and major studios is set to expire at midnight. Negotiations have been going on for weeks — if there's no deal, actors could go on strike.
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Can't take the heat? Here are some ways to stay cool
With a heat wave hitting the South, people dealing with high temperatures there and in other parts of the world, offer tips on how to stay cool.
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An education law professor on why race should be considered in college applications
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Dana Thompson Dorsey of the University of South Florida about the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
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Appeals court to hear challenges to lithium mine from environmentalists, tribes
West Coast Native American tribes will make a last-ditch effort in federal court Tuesday to block what would be the nation's largest lithium mine.