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It will run between Las Vegas and Southern California, reaching a top speed of 200 miles per hour. The company behind the project plans for it to be ready by 2028.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Emma Grasso Levine of the youth advocacy organization Know Your IX, about what recent changes to the federal rule means to LGBTQ students.
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Following House approval of assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the Senate is expected to take up and approve the measure. The bill could end up on President Biden's desk as early as Tuesday.
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Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Gaza's southern city of Rafah. Palestinians say most of those killed are women and children.
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NPR's A Martinez talks to Hiroyuki Sanada, the lead actor and producer of Shogun, ahead of the finale of the FX miniseries, which is set in 17th century Japan.
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Gaza protests on college campuses stretch across the U.S. British lawmakers OK plan to outsource U.K.'s refugee system to Rwanda. Supreme Court to hear Starbucks case about fired pro-union workers.
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Genetic researchers and historians say the DNA of 27 people who were enslaved in Frederick, Md., before the Civil War indicates they have about 42,000 living relatives.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about how this latest round of U.S. aid will affect the situation in Ukraine — on and off the battlefield with Russia.
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The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ issues.
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Turmoil gripped some of America's most prestigious universities on Monday as administrators tried to defuse campus protests over Israel's war in Gaza.