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Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Jordan Strauss/Invision via AP hide caption toggle caption Jordan Strauss/Invision via …

Overdose deaths plummeted in the U.S. in 2024, down by 27%. The news comes as the White House and Congress are advocating for steep cuts in programs that may be …

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a case challenging the Trump administration’s effort to limit who gets birthright citizenship. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty …

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A Black Hawk helicopter approaches for landing at the Pentagon in July 2024. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP A hotline that provided direct communication between the Pentagon …

Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri Andrew C. Condon/Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding hide caption toggle caption Andrew C. Condon/Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Georgetown University …

Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez leave the courtroom in Santa Monica, Calif., in August 1990. They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1996 — …

Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, the ex-girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, took the stand on Tuesday as the star witness in the first full day of testimony in the federal trial against …

Tory Lanez, pictured performing in 2019, was stabbed in the California prison where he is serving time after being convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet. Scott Roth/Invision/AP …

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Bree Fram, a U.S. Space Force officer, about the Supreme Court decision to allow the Trump administration’s ban on trans troops to continue being enacted.