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Trump's attacks on offshore wind could hurt infrastructure spending across the economy

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/26/2026 - 04:19

President Trump has tried to kill offshore wind's future in the U.S. But industry analysts say the attacks could hurt business confidence across the U.S. economy.

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It's Equal Pay Day. Women have lost ground for the second year in a row

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/26/2026 - 04:01

The annual observance marks how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, it's March 26, a day later than it was in 2025.

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Decades ago, a Maryland sailor burned his winter socks. Now it's a spring tradition

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/26/2026 - 04:00

In Annapolis, Md., people gather each year to usher in the warmer weather by burning their socks. The springtime tradition is the unofficial start of the Chesapeake Bay sailing season.

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A $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals could actually lead to closures and cuts

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/26/2026 - 04:00
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States are rolling out plans for their share of a $50 billion fund established by Congress to improve rural health care. In some states, the money may provoke rural hospitals to cut services.

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Hoping to unseat Collins, Maine Democrats battle it out in an expensive U.S. Senate primary

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/26/2026 - 04:00

As June's primary election nears, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and combat veteran Graham Platner are effectively engaged in a proxy battle between factions in their own party.

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Morning news brief

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/26/2026 - 03:42

Iran rejects U.S. peace proposal and lays out its own conditions, the Army's 82nd Airborne Division readies to deploy to Iran, jury finds Meta and Google liable in social media addiction trial.

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Melania Trump shares the spotlight with a robot at an education and technology event

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/26/2026 - 00:29

The robot accompanied the first lady to the White House East Room for the final day of a summit she had convened with counterparts from around the world through her Fostering the Future Together global initiative.

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UN calls for reparations to remedy the 'historical wrongs' of trafficking enslaved Africans

NPR News Headlines - Thu, 03/26/2026 - 00:21

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations.

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War with Iran disrupts fertilizer exports as U.S. farmers prepare for planting season

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 23:01

Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn.

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OpenAI's Sora app may be going away, but its legacy will be the spread of AI video slop

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 16:05

Barely six months after its launch, OpenAI is ending an app that could generate AI video at the click of a button.

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Doctors worry about FDA scrutiny of RSV shots to protect babies

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 15:26

The antibody shots are about 80% effective at preventing babies from ending up in intensive care because of RSV. The drugmakers behind them maintain they're safe.

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Travelers are facing the longest TSA wait times in history

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 14:19

Wait times are exceeding four hours at some major airports, leading TSA officers to call out at rates of 40 to 50%, according to TSA Deputy Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill.

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Greetings from Turkey's border with Iran, where Iranians let loose on the dance floor

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 13:27

Iranians escaping hardship and war are shaking it off to Persian, Arabic and Turkish tunes in this disco in eastern Turkey.

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Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $6 million in social media addiction trial

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 12:32

The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.

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For the first time in more than 1,400 years, Church of England gets a woman leader

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 12:11

A new archbishop of Canterbury has been installed in a historic ceremony. Sarah Mullally is the 106th person to hold the job, and the first woman.

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Savannah Guthrie's first interview since mother Nancy vanished: 'I imagine her terror'

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 11:37
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Nearly two months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, her daughter Savannah discusses the toll on her family in an emotional interview with her Today show colleague Hoda Kotb.

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At the Legacy Museum, facing America's racist past is a path, not a punishment

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 11:03
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"There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it's waiting for us," says lawyer Bryan Stevenson.

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A leadership vacuum adds to strains on the CDC

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 11:01

Low morale, staff turnover and budget issues have sapped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The administration is expected to soon name a new director, who will have their hands full.

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DHS funding deal on shaky ground as Trump and Democrats both decline to embrace it

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 10:42

After weeks of start and stop negotiations between Congressional Democrats and the White House, there's an emerging proposal to fund the majority of DHS and tackle ICE enforcement funding separately.

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A 92-year-old judge will take on the Maduro case. What do we know about him?

NPR News Headlines - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 09:26

Former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro heads to court again this week. The judge overseeing this case is longtime federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein. At 92 years old, Hellerstein is older than the average age of a federal judge by more than 20 years.

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