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Chile peppers are a traditional part of Indian cuisine — and a key crop for women farmers. They say it's too demanding for men. "In spite of the challenges," says one, "we've found freedom."(Image credit: Viraj Nayar for NPR)
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[l] at 4/19/26 5:12am
After briefly reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has again closed the vital economic waterway, saying it will restrict ships from passing through as long as the U.S. continues its blockade.(Image credit: Asghar Besharati)
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[l] at 4/19/26 5:00am
Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch but deny blame for bad care.(Image credit: Taylor Glascock for KFF Health News)
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[l] at 4/19/26 4:30am
Exactly two months after the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs, the U.S. government has set Monday as the day when some companies can begin requesting refunds.(Image credit: Nickolai Hammar)
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[l] at 4/19/26 4:00am
A special day can be tinged with sorrow when your partner has dementia. But then he found the perfect gift.
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With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.(Image credit: Cliff Jette for NPR)
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[l] at 4/18/26 11:40pm
This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.(Image credit: NASA)
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South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launches happened on Sunday morning from the North's eastern Sinpo area.(Image credit: AP)
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The Mariana is a 145-foot dry cargo vessel registered in the U.S. It suffered engine failure Wednesday as a massive typhoon bore down on Saipan and nearby islands.(Image credit: AP)
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[l] at 4/18/26 3:43pm
A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000.(Image credit: AP)
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[l] at 4/18/26 2:43pm
A gunman has killed six people and injured at least 14 in a mass shooting in Ukraine's capital before he was shot and killed by police.(Image credit: Dan Bashakov)
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[l] at 4/18/26 12:56pm
President endorses psilocybin and ibogaine: "Can I have some, please?"(Image credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.(Image credit: Nicole Tung)
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A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.(Image credit: Nicole Tung)
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[l] at 4/18/26 6:00am
We remember Kevin Klose, former NPR president, who helped secure financial stability for the network while supporting and encouraging its journalism.(Image credit: Jay Paul)
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[l] at 4/18/26 5:31am
Chinese car company NIO is putting up EV battery swapping stations all around the world. NPR took a ride in one car for the experience.(Image credit: Tang Ke/VCG via Getty Images)
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[l] at 4/18/26 4:02am
They grew up amid olive groves in southern Lebanon. The son of one married the other's daughter. Now they're living temporarily in a vacant building in central Beirut, displaced many times. (Image credit: Claire Harbage)
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Friends gathered at a weaver's studio in Massachusetts to help MaddyChristine Hope Brokopp make her casket.(Image credit: Nic Neves)
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In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.(Image credit: Manuel Rueda)
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[l] at 4/18/26 3:15am
Iran's military said on Saturday the Strait of Hormuz has "returned to its previous state." The announcement came after President Trump had said the blockade on Iranian ports would remain in place.(Image credit: Win McNamee)
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Iran's military said on Saturday the Strait of Hormuz has "returned to its previous state." The announcement came after President Trump had said the blockade on Iranian ports would remain in place.(Image credit: Win McNamee)
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[l] at 4/18/26 3:00am
An 82-year-old Virginia senator raising the stakes, an Indiana consensus builder and a Texas enforcer are among state officials who have shaped the course of the midterm redistricting race.(Image credit: Stephanie Scarbrough/AP; David A. Lieb/AP; Ryan M. Kelly/AP; Stephen Spillman/AP; George Hale/WFIU; Chris Samuels/Pool/The Salt Lake Tribune)

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