'People are still afraid of those three letters': Fighting the stigma of HIV
'People are still afraid of those three letters': Fighting the stigma of HIVtoggle caption Ian Cheibub for NPRRIO DE JANEIRO -- "People are still afraid of those three letters," says Gareth Thomas, a former Welsh rugby star. Thomas became a global champion for people living with HIV when he announced that he was HIV positive in 2019. Despite the trauma he'd endured, and the fact that his condition was under control, when Gabriel chose to tell close friends that he was HIV positive, many cut contact. His struggle with the debilitating effects of AIDS turned HIV into a household discussion topic within the country. "When I learned I was HIV positive, I looked on Google, and the first thing I saw was the story of Cazuza."
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September 12, 2026 13:03 UTC
OPINION: 25 years on, a nation still mourns
OPINION: 25 years on, a nation still mournsAudio will be available later today. toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images/Getty Images North AmericaYesterday marked a quarter century since the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Praise the great windows where immigrants from the kitchen could squint and almost see their world, hear the chant of nations: Ecuador, México, Republica Dominicana, Haiti, Yemen, Ghana, Bangladesh. Praise the waitress who heard the radio in the kitchen and sang to herself about a man gone. Used with permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.
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September 12, 2026 12:00 UTC
A cancer survivor hoped to work — then she lost her Medicaid disability coverage
A cancer survivor hoped to work — then she lost her Medicaid disability coveragetoggle caption Kyla HailstoneTaya Hailstone has been in remission from childhood Hodgkin lymphoma for five years. Still, Montana's health department decided last year that Hailstone is no longer eligible for low-cost disability health coverage through Medicaid. Sponsor MessageHailstone, who lives with her mom, has been able to keep Medicaid coverage while they appeal the case. Now, new federal Medicaid work requirements mean states face the additional task of deciding who qualifies for a medical exemption. Work requirements become lawMany Republican policymakers and the Trump administration have touted Medicaid work requirements to preserve coverage for the neediest.
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September 12, 2026 11:00 UTC
Trump meets Ireland's leaders before heading to his golf club in Doonbeg
Sponsor MessageThe Irish president met Trump at the end of a red carpet at her official residence. Connolly then joined Trump outdoors to introduce the U.S. and Irish delegations before the leaders went back inside for their closed-door talks. Trump visit irks some DublinersPolice put up a cordon around Dublin's 1,750-acre (700-hectare) Phoenix Park, where he met Connolly at her residence, Áras an Uachtaráin. Speaking to Irish national broadcaster RTE on Friday in Doonbeg, home to the Trump International golf resort, Eric Trump said the course is the largest employer in the area. Last year, Trump went to Scotland for five days to play golf at his club in Turnberry and later inaugurated a new Trump golf course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire.
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September 12, 2026 10:55 UTC
The secret quest to preserve Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh's diaries
The secret quest to preserve Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh's diariestoggle caption Yazeed Abu KhdeirThe world's leading Palestinian writer, Raja Shehadeh, has been on a mission to save his most personal work: his diaries. Sponsor MessageShehadeh spoke with NPR's Daniel Estrin about his decades of diary writing, and the secret effort to preserve his archives. Excerpts from Shehadeh's diary during Israel's invasion of Ramallah at the height of the Palestinian Intifada in 2002April 2, 2002Last night was very noisy. The satellite stations show the suffering of the Palestinians like a soap opera ... [Palestinian leader Yaser] Arafat is a rebel rouser. toggle caption Raja ShehadehThe Israeli police revealed all the investigation, but all the investigation was extraneous.
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September 12, 2026 10:00 UTC
Miami crash raises concerns about the jet's operator, and why it's flying for Amazon
Miami crash raises concerns about the jet's operator, and why it's flying for Amazontoggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty ImagesIn the moments before an Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, automatic warning signals were blaring in the cockpit. The cargo plane crash in Miami is raising concerns about the safety culture at 21 Air, the little-known carrier that operated the flight for Amazon. 21 Air operates a total of eight planes for Amazon, according to Cirium, including the Boeing 767 involved in the Miami crash. Past safety concernsFormer 21 Air employees raised concerns about the safety culture at the airline long before the Miami crash. Investigation ongoingBoth 21 Air and Amazon say they are cooperating with the NTSB investigation into the Miami crash.
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September 12, 2026 09:00 UTC
Why are the people building the most powerful AI so worried about what it could do?
Why are the people building the most powerful AI so worried about what it could do? Many, including OpenAI's chief scientist, say the global race to build more powerful AI needs to slow down or stop, which requires coordination between AI companies and governments. The degree of inter-agent collusion revealed in the investigations of the Hugging Face hack surprised and worried many AI researchers. What researchers like Kokotajlo and Coxon are really worried about is how the AI companies are increasingly using AI to develop their models. If AI companies continue to delegate ever more tasks to AI, some researchers fear AI models may reach a point called recursive-self improvement, where AI builds itself.
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September 12, 2026 09:00 UTC
Neighbor turned on neighbor after Charlie Kirk's killing. Is the divide here to stay?
Neighbor turned on neighbor after Charlie Kirk's killing. But Collin Grannis, who graduated over the summer, said the space hasn't had much activity since Charlie Kirk was assassinated there last year. But Kirk's death changed this, according to several security experts who help prevent and mitigate online abuse. Kirk's death, Dillavou and other experts said, removed the final guardrails – democratizing the practice of doxing at a speed and scale they never had imagined. "I think opening the floodgates to every piece of surrealist garbage about Charlie Kirk just made it impossible to track down.
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September 12, 2026 09:00 UTC
BRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and counterparts from the other eight BRICS members. BRICS was founded in 2006 by Brazil, Russia, India and China, with South Africa joining in 2010. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian backed expanding trade in national currencies among BRICS members. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Friday that Xi was expected to discuss major international issues and ways to deepen cooperation among BRICS members. A key test for India will be whether it can secure a joint statement from leaders at the summit.
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September 12, 2026 07:18 UTC
Yemen's Houthis capture a Red Sea island in threat to shipping
Yemen's Houthis capture a Red Sea island in threat to shippingtoggle caption STR/APYemen 's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured the island of Mayun at the entrance of the Red Sea, a key alternative for shipping Saudi oil and other exports since Iran has been targeting vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. About 12% of the world's goods are typically shipped through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea. It's especially important to Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally. The Israeli military said the strike in Khan Younis had targeted a Hamas member. The Israeli military said one of the men, Mohammad Yazouri, was a Hamas commander.
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September 12, 2026 05:57 UTC
How shofars became the spiritual soundtrack of Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, begins at sunset Friday. The shofar marks moments of heightened experience and emotion — and Rosh Hashanah. "In the Hebrew Bible, Rosh Hashanah is the day of trumpeting and the day of remembrance," Picus said. "The association of the shofar with Rosh Hashanah is right there in the Biblical text." Another interpretation comes from Maimonides, the medieval Jewish rabbi and scholar known as the Rambam, who wrote "The Laws of Repentance."
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September 11, 2026 20:29 UTC
Amid war and sanctions, many Iranians are losing their jobs and struggling to get by
Amid war and sanctions, many Iranians are losing their jobs and struggling to get bytoggle caption Vahid Salemi/APISTANBUL — Rasoul had a plan for the worst-case scenario. Since the United States and Israel attacked Iran over six months ago, ordinary Iranians have borne the brunt of a collapsing economy. Livelihoods across the country are unraveling, forcing many to borrow just to survive and put major life milestones on hold. Sponsor MessageWhile the official unemployment rate in Iran sits at 9%, independent analysts say the true figure is significantly higher. "We don't know how much it will afflict our already fragile working class, leaving us all helpless and powerless," Mahjoob said.
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September 11, 2026 19:39 UTC
In photos: Remembering the Sept. 11 attacks, 25 years later
In photos: Remembering the Sept. 11 attacks, 25 years latertoggle caption Dave Sanders/New York Times via APAcross the country, ceremonies are being held to honor the thousands killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, when commercial planes crashed into the World Trade Center's twin towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pa.See photos of 25th anniversary commemorations from New York, Arlington, Va., Austin, Texas, Chicago, St. Louis, and Shanksville, Pa.. toggle caption Finn Gomez/Getty Imagestoggle caption Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radiotoggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Imagestoggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/APtoggle caption Jeenah Moon/Reuters Pool via APtoggle caption David Dee Delgado - Pool/Getty Imagestoggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Imagestoggle caption Patricia Lim/KUT Newstoggle caption Patricia Lim/KUT Newstoggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Imagestoggle caption David Dee Delgado - Pool/Getty Imagestoggle caption Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radiotoggle caption Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Timestoggle caption Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Imagestoggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Imagestoggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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September 11, 2026 19:05 UTC
As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliability
As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliabilitytoggle caption hapabapa/Getty Images/iStock EditorialThe worst measles resurgence in the U.S. in decades keeps growing. Against this backdrop, many public health experts are worried about the reliability of health information coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sponsor MessageDaskalakis and other independent public health authorities around the country are alarmed by how the CDC handled two deaths that Pennsylvania state officials recently blamed on measles . And I'm obviously concerned that it will happen again for other infectious diseases," says Dr. Georges Benjamin , who heads the American Public Health Association. Many hoped Schultz, a well-respected physician and attorney with solid public health experience, would restore the CDC's morale and credibility by pushing back against political pressure.
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September 11, 2026 15:34 UTC
Is Patagonia the new data center hub? + Harley-Davidson's role in the trade war
Is Patagonia the new data center hub? Coming up, why Patagonia could become the next data center hub, how semiconductors came through for China's trade numbers, and why the tariffs hitting Harley-Davidson are so high. Patagonia, say hello to more data centers - ReutersWhat to know: The American public is increasingly skeptical of data centers. In the first quarter of 2026, local opposition led to the disruption of at least 75 projects worth ~$130 billion according to Data Center Watch. Now, OpenAI has committed to a roughly 500-megawatt data center worth up to $25 billion that could land in Patagonia.
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September 11, 2026 14:16 UTC