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Tracer rounds illuminate the night sky as people fire live ammunition and fireworks into the air as a ceasefire was beginning between Israel and Hezbollah, in Beirut, Lebanon, in the early hours of Friday.

Israel starts a tense ceasefire in Lebanon, as Trump sounds optimistic on Iran talks

The leaders of Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day ceasefire in Israel's fight against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, but Israel vowed to keep troops in southern Lebanon.

Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy attends President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025 in Washington.

'The cases swung, not me': Ex-Justice Kennedy reflects on a changing Supreme Court

In an interview with NPR to be aired in October, Kennedy said he is "very worried" about America today.

Children ride a bicycle and play in the Roj camp in a Kurdish-held territory in northeast Syria in March. The detention camp houses wives and children of ISIS members.

Wives and children of foreign ISIS fighters stranded in Syria with no way home

NPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria.

A woman walks past an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel mural in Tehran on Tuesday.

Iran says it seized ships in Strait of Hormuz as U.S. blockade continues amid ceasefire

Three vessels came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, after the U.S. and Iran failed to meet in Pakistan for talks to end the war and as President Trump extended the ceasefire but kept the blockade.

Media set up outside the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse on April 27, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

WHCA dinner shooter charged. And, Charles III to address Congress

Cole Allen, the man who tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, is being charged with trying to assassinate President Trump. And, King Charles III is set to address Congress today.

Armed Secret Service agents stand on stage during a shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

Alleged Correspondents' Dinner shooter to appear in court. And, Charles III visits U.S.

The suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting incident is set to appear in federal court today. And, King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in Washington today for a state visit.

What To Look For As Big Races This Midterm Continue To Be Decided

As polls across the country close, a look at some early results and a look ahead to the big races yet to be decided.

Hospital employees walk underground in a hallway at Galilee Medical Center, a community hospital in Nahariya, in northern Israel.

Hospitals in Israel move underground to keep working amid rockets from Lebanon

Across Israel, especially in the north, hospitals are setting up underground or fortified care facilities as fallout from war with Hamas intensifies fighting with militants in neighboring Lebanon.

Cori Roberts of St. Cloud, Minnesota, incurred more than $8,000 in medical bills after she was diagnosed at CentraCare with early-stage cervical cancer. She says the health system told her she made too much — about $41,000 a year — to qualify for financial aid.

As ranks of uninsured grow, charity care can be hard to come by at many hospitals

An investigation of hospital data and charity care programs shows most Minnesota hospitals provide little financial aid to patients and often make assistance difficult to get.

'Today' show co-host Sheinelle Jones shares wisdom from moms

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to "Today" show co-host Sheinelle Jones about her new book, "Through Mom's Eyes: Simple Wisdom from Mothers Who Raised Extraordinary Humans."

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