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This Black History Month, we're highlighting stories from community changemakers

Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.

Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, speaks outside the White House last week before leaving to Qatar to begin ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.

Mediators seek a new deal to release more than half of the hostages in Gaza

President Trump's Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff is taking part in ceasefire talks in Qatar, the most serious Israel-Hamas talks since Trump took office.

Allen Media Group Founder Byron Allen speaks at the Allen Media Group upfront presentation on April 26, 2023, in New York City.

Local meteorologists could face layoffs amid new initiative with The Weather Channel

The new initiative will be rolled out across 27 stations and feature "additional visual storytelling capabilities," Allen Media Group says.

A poster with a map captioned "Gulf of America" with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2025.

AP sues Trump White House for denying access over 'Gulf of Mexico' row

The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as renamed by Trump.

Michigan resident Beverly Leaf stands in solidarity with Carol Frazier, mother of Demetrius Frazier, as she pleads publicly on Jan. 28 in Lansing, Mich., to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to bring home her son Demetrius, a Detroit man convicted of rape and a separate murder of a 14-year-old in the early 1990s, who was serving a life sentence when he was charged with another murder in Alabama and is scheduled to be executed there Feb. 6.

Alabama puts man to death in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas

Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life sentence in her state, which doesn't have the death penalty.

The exterior of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — or CFPB — headquarters in Washington, D.C. is seen on Monday, Feb. 10.

The Trump administration has stopped work at the CFPB. Here's what the agency does

It's the main U.S. agency tasked with overseeing the financial products and services used by everyday Americans. The CFPB's new head has closed its offices and told staff to stay home.

President Trump appears on a large screen during his address by video conference at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23.

A White House order claims to end 'censorship.' What does that mean?

The order bars the government from "any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen" and orders an investigation into the Biden administration's actions.

Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, hold photos depicting their faces during a protest demanding their release from Hamas captivity, in Tel Aviv, Israel on Thursday.

Hamas says it will release hostages as scheduled this weekend

Israel threatened Tuesday to resume hostilities with Hamas in Gaza unless the militant group releases hostages under the ceasefire agreement.

Benito Bautista and Emma Francisco, the filmmaking couple who co-founded San Diego Filipino Cinema and the San Diego Filipino Film Festival. Seen here at AMC Plaza Bonita at the 2023 festival. Oct. 8, 2023

San Diego Filipino Film Festival runs through Sunday

The festival expands to include a film trade expo as well as movies from around the globe.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement on defense spending at Downing Street on Tuesday in London, ahead of his visit to Washington. He said Britain would increase defense spending to 2.5% of economic output by 2027, the country's biggest sustained increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War. The U.K. will slash its aid budget to pay for this new expenditure.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to visit the White House. Here's what to know

In his visit on Thursday, the prime minister will try to leverage the U.K.'s so-called "special relationship" with U.S. and act as a bridge between the Trump administration and U.S. allies in Europe.

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