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Crime rates dropped across much of the U.S. in 2025. That was true for both property and violent crime. And it declined nearly everywhere: In big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states.
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Nearly half of the revenue for large American ballet companies each year comes from the cozy seasonal favorite The Nutcracker. Since COVID, they have become even more dependent on those sugarplum fairies.
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Health and Hope Clinic offers care and dignity to neighbors with nowhere else to go.
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"Such a pause would show a decent regard for the humanity of these families," they said. "Now is not the time to be callous toward the suffering caused by immigration enforcement."
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Ukraine's president says he open to pulling troops back from parts of the east if Russia also pulls back its forces.
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2025 has seen an explosion in AI-generated slop. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel and Shannon Bond discuss how AI-generated videos are shaping reality online.
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President Donald Trump dominated the news in 2025 and is expected to do the same next year.
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The traffickers who transport cocaine to the U.S. from Colombia in high-speed boats can make up to $100,000 a day.
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