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  • Protests erupted in Kyiv on Friday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov as Ukraine's defense minister. He was credited with bringing technology improvements to Ukraine's military.
    Paula Bronstein for NPR
    What to know about Ukraine's military shakeup
    Joanna Kakissis
    After a week of nationwide protests over the direction of Ukraine's military strategy in the ongoing war with Russia, the Ukrainian military has a new commander, Mykhailo Drapatyi. Here's what to know.
  • University of Cambridge professor Elizabeth Murchison and Peter Emerson of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department scoop up catfish for testing in Newport, VT. Emerson was one of the researchers to publish a new paper in the journal Nature describing the first known transmissible cancer in fish.
    Joshua Brown
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    University of Vermont
    A strange transmissible cancer is spreading through the catfish in this lake
    Ari Daniel
    For more than a decade, there's been something fishy going on in a lake that straddles Vermont and the province of Quebec. It involves cancer, a kind of catfish, and — possibly — clues about how tumors metastasize.
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    In pursuit of 'Instagram face,' are we losing the imperfections that make us human?
    Tonya Mosley
    Plastic surgery is becoming so normalized and undetectable, it's changing our relationship to reality. The New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino considers how beauty standards have dovetailed with AI.
  • Women wave Cuban flags during a rally calling for the end of the U.S. blockade against the island nation in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Ramon Espinosa/AP)
    Ramon Espinosa/AP
    U.S. ramps up pressure in Cuba
    Here & Now Newsroom
    Residents in Cuba are facing blackouts, fuel shortages and a worsening economy as the U.S. continues to ramp up its campaign against the Cuban government, imposing sanctions and an oil blockade on the nation.
National News
BBC News World Service
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States at City Hall on Friday July 3, 2026 in New York.
Anna Connors/Anna Connors
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Pool The New York Times
Mamdani says New York City can't arrest Netanyahu but the federal government should
The Associated Press
New York Mayor Mamdani said the city would not be able to execute an arrest warrant issued by the top war-crimes court for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged the federal government to do so.
FILE - Phones are kept for charging at a Doctors Without Borders informal camp in Mardyck, northern France, Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
Nicolas Garriga
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AP
French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15
The Associated Press
The four Democratic candidates for delegate to Congress participated in a debate presented by WTJX and The Virgin Islands Consortium that was recorded July 15 at WTJX’s television studio on St. Croix and premiered Tuesday night on WTJX-TV, Channel 12 and its social media platforms. (Left to right) Former Senator Emmett Hansen; former U.S. Attorney Delia Smith; Teri Helenese, former director of state-federal relations and Washington representative for the Office of the Governor; and former Senator Janelle Sarauw.
WTJX/Roshan Sookram
Smith defends federal judge’s rebuke as US attorney; primary delegate candidates debate priorities
Tom Eader
A new study from West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America finds "job lock" is even more prevalent for people with chronic conditions, 41% of whom report staying in a job to keep health insurance.
Creative Images Lab
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Staying in a job for the health insurance? About 1 in 4 Americans do, a survey says
Joseph Kim
The U.S Capitol is seen on July 17, 2026.
Mariam Zuhaib
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AP
House votes to extend government funding, aiming to avoid an election year shutdown
Eric McDaniel