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          ICE detention approaches record highs as for-profit prison profits soar

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                Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship, weeks after Supreme Court ruling

                President Trump is once again attempting to put restrictions on who is automatically guaranteed citizenship after being born in the U.S., just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his attempt to end birthright citizenship.

                Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship, weeks after SCOTUS ruling

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          K-pop's global wave inspires Chile's next pop stars

          K-pop conquered the world — now Chile's young creatives are remixing the movement and making it their own.

          K-pop mad in Chile

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          Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants.

          Federal funds can’t be spent on giving drug users test strips, raising overdose fears

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          Another court blocks White House ballroom work, teeing up a Supreme Court review

          A federal appeals court says above-ground construction cannot continue without approval from Congress, siding with historic preservation advocates.

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          Switzerland is a neutral nation but has more nuclear bunkers than any country in the world

          Instead of scrapping its network of bomb shelters after the Cold War, Switzerland kept building them. The country has more than 370,000 nuclear bomb shelters. Some are now used to house migrants.

          Why does Switzerland have so many nuclear bunkers?

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          The Women's Professional Baseball League makes its historic debut

          The Los Angeles Queens, the New York Heights, the Boston Hunters and the San Francisco Firebells take the field in Springfield, Ill., as the Women's Pro Baseball League kicks off its inaugural season.

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          Wisconsin Democratic candidate for governor Francesca Hong called for a moratorium on data centers. So did Ohio Republican governor hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, as data centers begin to dominate campaigns.

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                      Manoush Zomorodi an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and host of NPR's "TED Radio Hour." Her book, BODY ELECTRIC: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being, builds on the popular podcast of the same name, expanding it into a much larger story about what the digital age is doing to our bodies. Flatiron Books/Tory Williams/NPR hide caption

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                  Good conversations take time and attention. Here's how to have better ones

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