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The Trump administration has drastically changed the nation's counterterrorism strategy.⁠
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It’s gone from focusing on Al Qaeda and ISIS to what a strategy document describes as focusing on the threat of left-wing extremism. Is the change motivated by national security successes or a strategy that is becoming more political in nature?⁠
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NPR national security correspondent Greg Myre breaks it down for Sources & Methods host @marylouisekelly1.

A a nine-foot tall section of one of the Eiffel Tower’s original spiral staircase has sold at auction today for nearly $500,000.⁠
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The 14-step iron staircase dates back to 1889 and was removed in 1983 during renovations to install elevators. The auction house says this piece was sold after it was replaced and has only had one owner prior to today's auction.⁠
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Is putting up with sexism the price conservative women have to pay if they want to embrace traditional social norms? Some have decided it's too high.⁠
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Host Brittany Luse (@bmluse) wonders: will this change the tides of our political future? To answer that question, editor at large and NABJ president Errin Haines (@emarvelous), deconstructs the mindset of what these women were searching for: community, protection, and reciprocity.⁠
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Like in many American cities, Denver's largest source of climate pollution is its buildings. Powering, heating and cooling the city's skyscrapers takes a lot of fossil fuels.
Now, the city is trying a greener solution. It plans to heat and cool a cluster of large downtown buildings using a combination of water, the heat of the Earth — and sewage.
The Cherokee Boiler House, near downtown Denver, sits at the center of this plan. Despite the mothballed plant's handsome brick exterior, inside it's filled with rattling pipes, hazard signs and cockroach carcasses.
But the city sees potential in this relic. City officials think it could play a starring role in Denver's goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2040 — and save taxpayer dollars in the process.
Denver will pilot what's called a thermal energy network. Similar networks already exist on campuses and in some cities around the world. If it works here, it could set an example for how to decarbonize a dense, downtown core in the United States.

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This story is part of NPR’s Climate Solutions Week. For more from this series, visit npr.org/climateweek

Story by Ishan Thakore/CPR News
Video by Hazel Feldstein/CPR News

Since they were rescued from a biomedical research breeding facility in Wisconsin, 33 beagles have been receiving care and rehabilitation at Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley, Minnesota.⁠
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According to Liv Hagen, the director of animal welfare at Animal Humane Society, the dogs didn’t have a normal life. They essentially lived in confinement and didn’t get to go outside or have much human contact. After arriving at the humane society the dogs had a couple days of decompression before doing medical examinations and working on their behavior. Hagen says the team works to build the beagles’ trust and “offer them yummy treats that maybe they’ve never experienced before.”⁠
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Hagen cautioned that families adopting the beagles may find the pups to be timid at first. But, she’s already seeing them grow more comfortable and confident.⁠
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The beagles will be available for adoption on a first-come, first-served basis and will likely be available in the next week. Communications director Sarah Bhimani said to keep an eye on their website. As of reporting one beagle has already found her new home.⁠
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Video by Anne Guttridge | MPR News

Noah Kahan (@noahkahanmusic) had to accept his struggles with depression to find contentment.⁠
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On this week’s Wild Card with Rachel Martin, Noah talks to Rachel about growing up in Vermont and his love of “The Office.”⁠
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Host: @rachelnpr • Rachel Martin/NPR⁠
Producers: Summer Thomad and Alicia Zheng/NPR

Kansas City, the smallest of World Cup host cities, had a lot to do before it welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors for the tournament. So it’s built a second, temporary transit system to get all those visitors and residents around town.

The main problem is: Those shuttles are not sticking around.

“Connect KC 26” adds more than 200 new buses to the city’s transit network. They will carry visitors to 15 different locations where no direct bus service currently exists — plus the airport, stadium, and FIFA Fan Festival.

But after the World Cup ends in July, those new buses will disappear — along with a quarter of the city’s existing bus routes, thanks to chronic underfunding of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority.

KCUR’s Savannah Hawley-Bates reports on why local advocates and officials hope the World Cup can help increase support for transportation funding. And you can find all of our World Cup coverage at kcur.org/worldcup

🎙️Hosted by Savannah Hawley-Bates (@savannahhawleybates)
📹Produced and filmed by Zach Perez (@zach_pepez)
🖥️Edited by Gabe Rosenberg (@gabrieljr)

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The Justice Department has brought charges against Cuba’s former president, Raúl Castro. The Cuban government rejects the indictment and says its a pretext for military action against the country.⁠
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Castro is charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, destruction of aircraft and murder. The indictment alleges that Castro authorized the 1996 downing of two small aircraft operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Four people were killed, including three American citizens.⁠
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London is famous for drizzle. But climate change is making the rain here heavier and more erratic. In response, the city has turned to an unlikely flood-control expert: beavers.⁠
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Tap the link in our bio for more. ⁠This story is part of NPR’s Climate Solutions Week. For more from this series, visit npr.org/climateweek⁠
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Producer: @pablovaldivia • Pablo Valdivia/NPR

Republicans are racing to approve $72 billion in funding for immigration enforcement, but Trump isn’t happy that the package doesn’t include money for his ballroom.⁠
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Republicans are racing to approve $72 billion in funding for immigration enforcement, but Trump isn’t happy that the package doesn’t include money for his ballroom.⁠
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Republicans are racing to approve $72 billion in funding for immigration enforcement, but Trump isn’t happy that the package doesn’t include money for his ballroom.⁠
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Republicans are racing to approve $72 billion in funding for immigration enforcement, but Trump isn’t happy that the package doesn’t include money for his ballroom.⁠
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Republicans are racing to approve $72 billion in funding for immigration enforcement, but Trump isn’t happy that the package doesn’t include money for his ballroom.⁠
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Republicans are racing to approve $72 billion in funding for immigration enforcement, but Trump isn’t happy that the package doesn’t include money for his ballroom.⁠
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Republicans are racing to approve $72 billion in funding for immigration enforcement, but Trump isn’t happy that the package doesn’t include money for his ballroom.⁠
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The number of Ebola cases has been growing — and growing by a lot — each day since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency on Saturday. The latest toll? More than 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected-Ebola deaths.⁠
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The vast majority of the cases are in a province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo — a remote place struggling after decades of bloody conflict. There are also two cases in Uganda's capital. The World Health Organization has identified the strain of Ebola as a rare one and says the outbreak could have started months before it was detected.⁠
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"This is an example of a perfect storm," says Dr. Abraar Karan, an infectious disease physician and faculty at Stanford University.⁠
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Tap the link in our bio for what you need to know about this virus and what's on the minds of infectious disease experts as they look at the current outbreak.⁠
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Graphic: Gabrielle Emanuel, Maria Godoy, Alyson Hurt, Carmel Wroth, Michaeleen Doucleff and Adam Cole/NPR. Icon created by Alice Design from The Noun Project⁠
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Data source: Clinical Infectious Diseases (COVID-19); New England Journal of Medicine (hantavirus); The Lancet (1918 flu, SARS); University of Michigan School of Public Health (ebola, measles); Journal of Theoretical Biology (chickenpox, mumps); Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (HIV)⁠
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Data note: The infectiousness of COVID has varied over time as different variants spread at different rates, but it has generally become more contagious. This is the average rate calculated in 2022.

'Survivor' is a sport, a metaphor for society and yes, entertainment. As its 50th season ends, NPR critic Stephen Thompson ranked every season so far.⁠
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