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Homesick in a foreign country, a teenager meets a lifelong friend

Holly Deiaco-Smith was feeling homesick while studying abroad in France when she was 19 years old. An encounter at the post office changed everything and led to a decades-long friendship.

Homesick in a foreign country, a teenager meets a lifelong friend

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Kid Rock performs during the final day of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Suspension lifted for helicopter pilots who hovered near Kid Rock's home

The Army pilots who hovered two helicopters near Kid Rock's Tennessee home during a training run while he clapped and saluted have had their suspension lifted, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday.

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Judge rules White House ballroom construction must halt until Congress OK's it

Trump responded to the ruling by complaining that the National Trust for Historic Preservation doesn't appreciate his efforts at "sprucing up" Washington's buildings.

Natalie and Austin Jantz, a California couple, paid nearly $50,000 in non-refundable matching fees to Brighter Adoptions before a series of red flags and last-minute disruptions left them childless. Jantz family/Photo illustration by Alexis Rausch/KUER hide caption

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Natalie and Austin Jantz, a California couple, paid nearly $50,000 in non-refundable matching fees to Brighter Adoptions before a series of red flags and last-minute disruptions left them childless. Jantz family/Photo illustration by Alexis Rausch/KUER hide caption

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A Utah adoption agency imploded, leaving would-be parents bereft and out $575,000

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More than a dozen families had their adoption dreams shattered when the agency abruptly closed. Some feel like they were scammed.

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Food assistance slashed for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees trapped in Bangladesh camps

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh's overcrowded camps will see their food assistance slashed starting on Wednesday, raising alarm throughout the increasingly desperate community.

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Runners misled at a qualifier race will still get invites to the world championship

The U.S. will nearly double its contingent for the women's half marathon championship to fix what officials call an unprecedented problem: an official vehicle took the leading runners off the course.

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Supreme Court opens the door to controversial conversion therapy

Siding with a Christian counselor in Colorado, the U.S. Supreme Court tossed out the state's law banning conversion therapy. The decision could invalidate laws in some two dozen other states.

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The wellness world is eager for RFK Jr.'s promised move on peptides

A month ago, Health Secretary Kennedy said his agency would soon give compounding pharmacies the greenlight to make the products, which have exploded in popularity despite a lack of data.

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U.S. exempts oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for 'national security'

The "God Squad" voted unanimously to remove protections for Gulf animals, for "security." It's not the first time federal agencies cited the "energy emergency" to avoid rules meant to protect animals.

U.S. could exempt oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for ‘national security’

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Tickets for the Olympics go on sale Thursday. Here's what you need to know

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The sale will be open to those who pre-registered to buy tickets, and not everyone will be chosen. Fans will be randomly selected and given a time slot to buy tickets.

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Trump shares a look at his future presidential library. Here's what to know about it

Trump posted the first architectural renderings of his future presidential library, planned for a prime plot of land donated by Miami Dade College.

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Militarie Gun: Tiny Desk Concert

Militarie Gun packs explosive-yet-melodic rock anthems into our cramped space, complete with gang vocals and a '90s alt-rock interpolation.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chair Andrea Lucas is changing the priorities of an agency that had long focused its efforts on protecting vulnerable and underserved workers. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption

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How Trump's EEOC is attacking DEI and emphasizing white people

Andrea Lucas, the Trump-appointed chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has set a new agenda for an agency that long prioritized vulnerable and underserved workers.

How Trump’s EEOC is attacking DEI and emphasizing white people

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InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Jones is being sued by several victims' families for causing emotional and psychological harm after they lost their children in the Sandy Hook massacre. A Texas jury last month ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, one of 26 students and teachers killed in the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images) Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images North America hide caption

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InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Jones is being sued by several victims' families for causing emotional and psychological harm after they lost their children in the Sandy Hook massacre. A Texas jury last month ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, one of 26 students and teachers killed in the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images) Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images North America hide caption

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A former Alex Jones employee says Infowars' content 'was nonsense, it was lies'

Josh Owens spent four years as a video editor and field producer for Jones' Infowars media company. "It was all about making things look cinematic," he says. Owens' memoir is The Madness of Believing.

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A man uses a gas pump at a Shell gas station in Houston, Texas, on March 16, 2026. Oil prices retreated and equities rose Monday as investors remained focused on the Strait of Hormuz, with US allies pushing back against President Donald Trump's demands to help reopen the key waterway to oil and natural gas tankers. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A man uses a gas pump at a Shell gas station in Houston, Texas, on March 16, 2026. Oil prices retreated and equities rose Monday as investors remained focused on the Strait of Hormuz, with US allies pushing back against President Donald Trump's demands to help reopen the key waterway to oil and natural gas tankers. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Gas crosses $4 a gallon in the U.S. for the first time in 3 years

The war with Iran has driven up gas prices at a time when affordability is high on people's minds. For many Americans, there is no choice besides paying up.

Gas crosses $4 a gallon in the U.S. for the first time in 3 years

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In California, César Chavez day is no more. How will schools address his legacy?

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The state's teachers are grappling with the sexual abuse allegations against Chavez, who is prevalent in lessons about the farmworker movement and labor unions.

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The final batch of World Cup tickets is about to go on sale. Here are 5 things to know

FIFA is kicking off its last sales for World Cup tickets on Wednesday. From prices to why FOMO is working against you, here's what you need to know.

The final batch of World Cup tickets is about to go on sale. Here are 5 things to know

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Artemis II crew members — mission specialist Christina Koch (left) and commander Reid Wiseman (right) — listen as pilot Victor Glover speaks to the media after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center on March 27, 2026 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts' planned 10-day mission will take them around the Moon and back to Earth. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Artemis II crew members — mission specialist Christina Koch (left) and commander Reid Wiseman (right) — listen as pilot Victor Glover speaks to the media after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center on March 27, 2026 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts' planned 10-day mission will take them around the Moon and back to Earth. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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NASA is just days away from historic Artemis II moon launch

On Wednesday, the crew of NASA's Artemis II could blast off on a mission around the moon and back. No astronaut has ventured out to the moon since the 1970s.

To the moon, finally

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'We call it the walking bus': How kids are getting to school amid ICE operations

In cities where ICE operations have surged, community members are walking kids to school.

‘We call it the walking bus’: How kids are getting to school amid ICE operations

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'The Keeper' is a grand finale to Tana French's Cal Hooper crime series

Set in a quaint Irish village, The Keeper follows The Searcher and The Hunter, and solidifies the crime series' status as a contemporary classic.

FA: Book Review: The Keeper by Tana French

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Italian Newspapers carry the news of the heist of three paintings, "Fish" by Auguste Renoir, "Still Life with Cherries" by Paul Cézanne, and "Odalisque on the Terrace" by Henri Matisse, from a museum near Parma, northern Italy, Monday, March 30, 2026. Domenico Stinellis/AP hide caption

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Italian Newspapers carry the news of the heist of three paintings, "Fish" by Auguste Renoir, "Still Life with Cherries" by Paul Cézanne, and "Odalisque on the Terrace" by Henri Matisse, from a museum near Parma, northern Italy, Monday, March 30, 2026. Domenico Stinellis/AP hide caption

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Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from a private museum in Italy

Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy.

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