A festival with vendors was planned as part of a "Heartland Pride" event scheduled for Saturday in Mansfield. After a Board of Aldermen decision to cancel permitted events on the square for June, organizers now plan a protest.
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Linen scarves, cotton aprons and dishtowels adorn the entrances to souvenir shops, many of which are run by Bangladeshis whose home country shares Portugal's rich tradition of textile manufacturing.
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The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.
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Voters in six states cast ballots Tuesday in primary races for U.S. House, Senate and statewide offices. A look at the results.
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NPR's Leila Fadel sizes up the results of six states' primaries with Matthew Klein of the Cook Political Report.
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The Supreme Court has narrowed the ways people in federal prison can apply for early release.
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President Trump is asking artificial intelligence firms to submit new models for government review. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Alondra Nelson, who worked on AI policy in the Biden administration.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department is scrapping its plans for a controversial $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate alleged victims of government weaponization.
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Three vaccine candidates are being fast-tracked to target the Ebola species spreading in Central Africa. Big organizations and companies are behind the effort, but logistics are complicated.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with journalist Jake Fischer, who covers the NBA for The Stein Line on Substack, about the start of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs.
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Republicans and Democrats all compete together in the unusual primary to set the one-on-one race in November. Two Democrats and one Republican were in close contention.
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Kuwait briefly shut the country's main airport after Iranian drones heavily damaged it and killed one person, the latest in a series of attacks by Iran and the U.S. that have tested a fragile truce.
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Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Peabo Bryson has died at 75. He was known for his Disney duets "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World." He died Tuesday after having a stroke.
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Community Outreach will partner with Deverin King's mom to hold the third annual track meet on June 6. The local athlete died in a motorcycle crash.
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Once one of the most dependent on the Colorado River, San Diego now may have water to sell to states that are seeing their supplies from the shrinking river cut.