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Andrea Hetheru chairs the Chollas Valley Community Planning Group, which appealed to the city to overturn the footnote. She stands in front of the Malcolm X Branch Library in Valencia Park on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024.

City staff recommend repealing footnote in San Diego code that singles out neighborhoods with the most Black residents

It allows developers to build much more densely only in the Encanto planning area.

The National Zoo's first giant pandas, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, play in their yard in 1974 as onlookers watch.

The debut of new pandas in D.C. marks the latest chapter in China's 'panda diplomacy'

Friday's debut of new pandas at the National Zoo in D.C. is the latest chapter in a long tale of "panda diplomacy" between China and the rest of the world.

President Trump pauses Ukraine military aid

The news comes just days after a disastrous meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Crowds return to a reopened Bourbon Street on Jan. 2, 2025, the day after the deadly truck attack in New Orleans.

Vehicular attacks are not new. But preventing them has been a big challenge

For decades, individuals and terrorist groups have used vehicles to carry out deadly attacks. But installing safeguards hasn't always been successful.

Media swarm Fabio Ochoa, center, a former member of Cartel of Medellin, upon his arrival at El Dorado airport, after being deported from the United States, in Bogota, Colombia, on Monday.

Drug lord is deported to Colombia and walks free after 20 years in U.S. prisons

Fabio Ochoa, one of Colombia's legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel, has been deported back to the South American country, where he has walked free.

President Trump speaks as an image of an F-47 fighter jet is displayed in the Oval Office in Washington on Friday.

Trump says Boeing will build the new generation of fighter jets, the F-47

Trump said Boeing had won the contract to build the U.S. Air Force's next generation of fighter jets. Little is known about the jet's specifications, appearance or capabilities.

Split Fiction (from left), Monster Hunter Wilds and Avowed.

The best and biggest games of 2025 so far

Game studios have cranked out surprising hits ranging from cooperative platformers to historical epics. NPR staff and contributors round up the latest from a promising 2025.

Bipartisan push to ban lawmakers from trading stocks gets a boost from Trump

Proposals to bar members of Congress from trading stocks have stalled for years. But President Trump's public support of the idea, along with the endorsement of a top Democrat, could change the dynamic.

Ukraine wary of Putin's Easter truce and says it will reciprocate only a genuine ceasefire

Ukraine said it would reciprocate any genuine ceasefire by Moscow, but voiced skepticism after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter truce in Ukraine starting Saturday.

Study highlights cancer risk from millions of CT scans performed annually

They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate overuse of CT scans is increasing the U.S. cancer burden.

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