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CNN speaks with Israeli whistleblowers who describe brutal conditions at a shadowy detention facility for Palestinians.

Vermont lawmakers passed a bill that would allow the state to go after big oil companies for compensation over damage wrought by climate change. Vermont Public Radio reports.

A miniature poodle named Sage won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Fox Sports has video of the moment.

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Yasmeen Khan.

Doctors and nurses at one of the last functioning hospitals in Rafah tell NPR that months of Israeli military operations and border closures have devastated their ability to care for patients.

Wired looks at why some states are banning lab-grown meat.

Bloomberg Businessweek describes how Caitlin Clark and other star rookies are part of a plan to transform the WNBA.

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Yasmeen Khan.

Politico reporter Josh Gerstein explains why Trump’s political fate likely won’t be decided by the courts.

Atomic veterans are on the verge of losing federal benefits. NPR reports on how Congress hasn't helped.

Many insomniacs swear by dull narrators who put them to sleep, whether on purpose or not. The Wall Street Journal examines the phenomenon.

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Yasmeen Khan.

Biden’s “red line” in Gaza is an invasion of Rafah. What will that mean if Israel follows through with the attack? The Guardian’s Julian Borger examines the conundrum. 

The Guardian also reports on devastating flooding in Kenya. And Reuters has dramatic images of the severe flooding in southern Brazil.

Paco de Leon, a personal-finance expert, shares tips for becoming your own boss on this week’s episode of Apple News In Conversation.

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Mark Garrison. 

After years in a Syrian ISIS camp, a 10-person American family is back in the U.S. NPR has the details.

Some senior care homes in the United States are refusing to pick up fallen residents, instead dialing 911. Todd C. Frankel of the Washington Post joins to talk about the problem.

The “world’s largest” vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. CNN explains how it works.

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Mark Garrison. 

TikTok and its owners filed a legal challenge over a recent U.S. law that would ban the app if it doesn’t find a buyer in a year. NPR has the story. NPR also examines claims that the ban could be “an extinction-level event” for the creator economy.

Columbia canceled its universitywide commencement ceremony after weeks of protests on campus. NBC News reports. 

ESPN explains how WNBA plans to fund chartered flights could be a game changer for players. 

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Mark Garrison. 

Politico asks student journalists what’s really happening on college campuses.

Inside the encampments and crackdowns that shook American politics. A report for New York magazine by the staff of the Columbia Daily Spectator.

David Nakamura of the Washington Post explains the obscure N.Y. election law at the heart of Trump’s hush-money trial. 

Apple News looks at some of the most important work done by this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners.

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Mark Garrison.

The Washington Post reports on Hamas’s attack on a Gaza border crossing and on the status of ceasefire talks.

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Olympian and WNBA star Brittney Griner reflects on her freedom from Russian prison.

Wall Street Journal columnist Clare Ansberry explains why millions of American kids are doing the adult work of providing care for family.

Madonna’s free concert at Brazil's Copacabana beach was her largest ever, drawing 1.6 million fans. Reuters has images from the show.

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Mark Garrison.

Washington Post reporter Greg Miller talks about an investigation into an assassination plot on American soil, and what it reveals about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in India.

NPR has the story of how some faculty members are defending student protesters, in actions and in words.

For the first time, an orangutan was seen treating his wounds with a medicinal plant. NBC News explains why scientists are so excited by the discovery.

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Gideon Resnick.

Vox explains what student demonstrators against the war in Gaza are calling on their universities to do.

Nabih Bulos, the Middle East bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, shares his reporting on a medical facility in Qatar that’s treating child amputees from Gaza.

The New Yorker spent time with a secret society of writers and artists that’s trying to rethink how we pay attention in an age of infinite distraction.

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Gideon Resnick.