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Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims over user data collection - 2025-05-09T21:57:58-04:00
The agreement settles several claims Texas made against the search giant in 2022 related to geolocation, incognito searches and biometric data.

Cities aiming to thwart immigrant detention centers wield a secret weapon: local laws - 2025-05-09T17:36:31-04:00
As the Trump administration moves to quickly expand immigration detention space, a series of standoffs have emerged between city officials and the private prison companies.

Why this U.S. ambassador cried at a press conference — and is being called a hero - 2025-05-09T17:10:18-04:00
Michael Gonzales, the ambassador to Zambia, announced at an emotional press conference that the U.S. would cut $50 million in aid due to theft of medications.

Chicago celebrates cultural victory with native son, Pope Leo XIV - 2025-05-09T16:50:27-04:00
The likelihood that the newly elected pope has consumed a Chicago style hot dog is not zero. And that means something.

Librarian of Congress firing is latest move in upheaval of U.S. cultural institutions - 2025-05-09T16:36:41-04:00
President Trump fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, via email late Thursday night, the latest in a string of actions the president has taken to shape American cultural institutions.

Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's sweeping government overhaul at 20 agencies - 2025-05-09T15:56:23-04:00
A federal judge in San Francisco issued a two-week restraining order temporarily blocking the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal government. Her order applies to 20 agencies.

USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipients - 2025-05-09T15:55:04-04:00
The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as DOGE is amassing data for immigration enforcement.

Investigating One of the Deadliest Moments of the War in Gaza - 2025-05-09T15:22:21-04:00
Since Israel's military went to war against Hamas in Gaza more than a year and a half ago, it has conducted thousands of strikes in the territory. One attack last year stands out. Israel struck a five-story building housing an extend family of well over 100 people. The military says they were targeting an enemy spotter on the roof. NPR reporters and producers set out to chronicle this attack, to know how many people were killed and injured and to understand what it means to the family of survivors.

Click here to see NPR's visual investigation of this attack.

For more coverage of all sides of this conflict, go to npr.org/mideastupdates

Pope Leo XIV may help Vatican explore the 'great uncertainty' that is Trump's America - 2025-05-09T14:37:33-04:00
For close watchers of the Catholic Church, the election of a U.S. pope seemed impossible. The "Trump effect" on the U.S. and global order changed that, papal expert Massimo Faggioli told NPR.

Trump fires all 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission - 2025-05-09T14:17:59-04:00
The Consumer Product Safety Commission works to protect Americans from dangerous products and issuing recalls and warnings. It's the latest attempt by Trump to exact control over independent agencies.