Pedro Pascal plays Joel, a man who’s daughter has died, in the HBO series The Last of Us. Liane Hentscher/HBO hide caption toggle caption Liane Hentscher/HBO Pedro Pascal is up for an Emmy for his role in HBO’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Last of Us — but in real life, he’s not sure he has the will to survive an end-of-the-world …
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Venus Williams celebrates after winning a women’s single match against Peyton Stearns during on day 2 of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on July 22 in Washington, DC. Scott Taetsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Tennis legend Venus Williams is making history in her return to the U.S. Open later this month as the oldest singles player …
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A patient suffering from mpox sits on a bench at the Kavumu hospital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo — the global epicenter of the mpox outbreak, Glody Murhabazi/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Glody Murhabazi/AFP/via Getty Images Mpox made for scary headlines in 2022 and 2023: Tens of thousands of cases worldwide, with 30,000 in the U.S. …
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FILE – Solomon Pena, center, a Republican candidate for New Mexico House District 14, is taken into custody by Albuquerque Police officers, Jan. 16, 2023, in southwest Albuquerque, N.M. Roberto E. Rosales/AP/The Albuquerque Journal hide caption toggle caption Roberto E. Rosales/AP/The Albuquerque Journal ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A failed political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday …
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Travis Kelce looks at Taylor Swift during Wednesday’s episode of New Heights, the podcast he cohosts with his brother Jason Kelce. New Heights/Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption New Heights/Screenshot by NPR After days of anticipation, Taylor Swift revealed the cover art and October release date for her next album, The Life of a Showgirl, in a wide-ranging podcast …
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Mayors Karen Bass, Brandon Johnson, Barbara Lee, Brandon Scott and Eric Adams are responding to President Trump’s suggestion that their cities — LA, Chicago, Oakland, Baltimore and New York — may need federal intervention like what he is doing in D.C. Mike Egerton/PA Images, Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu, Genaro Molina/LA Times, Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images, Peter K. Afriyie/AP hide caption …
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President Trump is exerting an unprecedented amount of control over the shape and future of U.S. business. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Corporate America doesn’t want to fight with President Trump in public. But as a result, it’s ceding him an unprecedented amount of control over the shape — and future …
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Immigration attorney Stephen Born poses for a photo in his office on July 30, 2025 in Everett, Mass. Meredith Nierman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Meredith Nierman/NPR Attorney Stephen Born’s calendar is supposed to be full of immigration court appointments. His small law office in New England currently handles 5,000 immigration cases, many of them assigned to the Chelmsford Immigration Court, …
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Texas state Senator Carol Alvarado, a Democrat, speaks in a crowd of other Democratic state lawmakers outside the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025 in Boston. Leah Willingham/AP hide caption toggle caption Leah Willingham/AP President Trump sparked a national sprint to redistrict when he asked Texas Republicans to draw five more congressional seats for the GOP in their …
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There’s a growing consensus among researchers on how many daily steps are needed to improve health. Marco VDM/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marco VDM/iStockphoto/Getty Images From pricey wearable devices to your phone, it has never been easier to track your daily physical activity, or lack of it. And if you’re like many Americans — and spend 9-plus hours sitting …
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