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A mobile medical station in New York City offers updated COVID-19 vaccines and testing, while raising awareness that the illness is still active.

A mobile medical station in New York City offers updated Covid-19 vaccines while raising awareness that the illness is still active. There is also rapid or PCR tests on site to test for Covid-19. Deb Cohn-Orbach/Universal Images Group Editorial/Getty Images hide caption

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A stricter FDA policy for COVID vaccines could limit future access

Federal officials unveiled a rigorous regulatory approach to future COVID vaccines that could make it harder for many people under 65 to get immunized.

A stricter FDA policy for COVID vaccines could limit future access

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Buck Meek: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Buck Meek sings about the clouds and his favorite new word, pareidolia, in his Toyota Land Cruiser in Topanga Canyon, Calif.
President Trump met with House Republicans on Tuesday to push members to back a massive bill meant to advance much of his domestic policy agenda.

President Trump met with House Republicans on Tuesday to push members to back a massive bill meant to advance much of his domestic policy agenda. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Trump personally presses House Republicans to get behind massive tax bill

President Trump spoke to House Republicans on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to persuade holdouts in his party to back a massive tax bill that includes cuts to Medicaid.

Trump personally presses House Republicans to get behind massive tax bill

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Mug shots from the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office show the 10 escapees.

Photographs from the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office show the escaped suspects, from top left: Dkenan Dennis, Gary C Price, Robert Moody, Kendell Myles, Corey E Boyd. Bottom from left: Lenton Vanburen Jr, Jermaine Donald, Antonine T Massey, Derrick D. Groves, and Leo Tate Sr. AP/Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office hide caption

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A maintenance worker was arrested after a New Orleans jailbreak. Here's what to know

Six of the 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail through a hole behind a toilet on Friday are still missing. Authorities believe they had help from the inside and made an arrest on Tuesday.
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO - APRIL 9, 2025: A view of Santa Fe from The Cross of the Martyrs monument in Santa Fe, NM on April 9, 2025. CREDIT: Adria Malcolm for NPR

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Blue Land of Enchantment Lures Unhappy Texans

The Land of Enchantment has quietly become a blue refuge in the MAGA red West for Americans who are fleeing extreme conservative strongholds.

The blue state of New Mexico lures unhappy Texans

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What are you looking for in a summer read? At a minimum, do you want the book to actually exist, and not be made up by AI? A syndicated summer reading list featuring fake books by real authors was published in major newspapers this week. Above, a reader enjoys the sunshine in Hyde Park in London in 2009.

What are you looking for in a summer read? At a minimum, do you want the book to actually exist, and not be made up by AI? A syndicated summer reading list featuring fake books by real authors was published in major newspapers this week. Above, a reader enjoys the sunshine in Hyde Park in London in 2009. Oli Scarff/Getty Images hide caption

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Books

How an AI-generated summer reading list got published in major newspapers

Newspapers around the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and at least one edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, published a syndicated book list featuring made-up books by famous authors.
President Trump hopes to encourage more U.S. manufacturing with his import taxes on foreign goods. But an online experiment suggests most people aren't willing to pay a premium for a "Made in the USA" product.

President Trump hopes to encourage more U.S. manufacturing with his import taxes on foreign goods. But an online experiment suggests most people aren't willing to pay a premium for a "Made in the USA" product. Angela Weiss/AFP hide caption

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Economy

What a Texas showerhead salesman discovered about 'Made in the USA' labels

A showerhead salesman wanted to know how much more customers would pay to buy a product made here. The answer could pour cold water on Trump's plan to encourage companies to open factories in the U.S.

A Texas salesman discovers the truth about 'Made in the U.S.A': no one's buying

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(Left to right): Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks

(Left to right): Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images; Lauren Leigh Bacho/NBAE via Getty Images; Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images; Brian Fluharty/Getty Images hide caption

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Sports

The NBA playoffs will end a years-long title drought. The only question is: whose?

It's impossible to predict what will happen in the NBA's conference finals matchups. But one thing is for certain: One long-suffering fanbase is about to have something to celebrate.

The NBA playoffs will end a years-long title drought. The only question is: whose?

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Scott Adams sit in an office next to Dilbert works in 2014.

Cartoonist Scott Adams, pictured in 2014, said Monday he has metastatic prostate cancer and does not expect to survive the summer. Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images hide caption

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Art & Design

'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams says he's dying of 'the same cancer that Joe Biden has'

Adams said he expects "to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer." The controversial cartoonist, a vocal supporter of President Trump, expressed compassion for former President Biden.
resident Joe Biden attends a roundtable session at the G7 world leaders summit in Italy, June 13, 2024. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21. (Christopher Furlong

resident Joe Biden attends a roundtable session at the G7 world leaders summit in Italy, June 13, 2024. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21. (Christopher Furlong Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Pool/Associated Press hide caption

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Politics

In 'Original Sin,' Jake Tapper describes a 'cover-up' of Joe Biden's decline

Tapper's book, co-authored by Alex Thompson, describes a president who struggled to function: "One person told us that the presidency was, at best, a five-person board with Joe Biden as chairman."

In 'Original Sin,' Jake Tapper describes a 'cover-up' of Joe Biden's decline

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Demonstrators calling for preservation of Medicaid funding, are removed from the House Energy and Commerce markup of the budget resolution in Rayburn building on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

Demonstrators calling for preservation of Medicaid funding, are removed from the House Energy and Commerce markup of the budget resolution in Rayburn building on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images hide caption

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Shots - Health News

New studies show what's at stake if Medicaid is scaled back

 TRADEOFFS

Researchers studied the health care program's effect on the health of millions of Americans and found tens of thousands of lives were saved.
Family friends of Kristie and James Sexton, help look through the debris of Sexton's home after a tornado passed through the area, Saturday, May 17, 2025, in London, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Family friends of Kristie and James Sexton, help look through the debris of Sexton's home after a tornado passed through the area, Saturday, May 17, 2025, in London, Ky. Large outbreaks of tornadoes are getting more common in the U.S. Carolyn Kaster/AP/AP hide caption

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Climate

Large tornado outbreaks are becoming more common, but it's unclear why

It's getting more common for a lot of tornadoes to form over a big area in a short period of time. But the total number of tornadoes each year in the U.S. is stable.

Large tornado outbreaks are becoming more common in the U.S.

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Some patients experience pain or discomfort with the insertion of an IUD for contraception. New guidelines urge doctors to offer pain treatment.

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Treatments

Doctors are urged to treat pain for IUD insertion and other procedures

A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing recognition that women's pain should be treated.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection technician examines overseas parcels after they were scanned at the agency's overseas mail inspection facility at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Feb. 23, 2024.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection technician examines overseas parcels after they were scanned at the agency's overseas mail inspection facility at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Feb. 23, 2024. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption

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Economy

Trump has imposed a lot of tariffs. But here's why collecting them can be hard

Collecting Trump's tariffs could be tricky. The agencies that screen imports say they're frequently overwhelmed and understaffed, and experts say exporters are becoming cannier at evading taxes.

Trump has imposed a lot of tariffs. But here's why collecting them can be hard

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Trucks load with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip are seen at the Kerem Shalom Crossing in southern Israel, Tuesday May 20.

Trucks load with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip are seen at the Kerem Shalom Crossing in southern Israel, Tuesday May 20. Maya Alleruzzo/AP hide caption

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Interview highlights

This senator wants Trump to pressure Israel to end its 'catastrophic' Gaza blockade

Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., wants pressure from the Trump administration on Israel to end its nearly three-month long blockade of food, medicine and other supplies into Gaza.

Sen. Peter Welch calls on Trump administration to get Israel to end Gaza aid blockade

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