/tags/npr-news NPR News en-US Copyright Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:25:05 GMT /2025-06-30/canada-ditches-digital-tax-after-tariff-threat-from-trump Canada scrapped a digital services tax that would have hit U.S. tech companies such as Google and Amazon after President Trump halted trade talks and threatened higher tariffs on Canadian imports. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:25:05 GMT /2025-06-30/canada-ditches-digital-tax-after-tariff-threat-from-trump Scott Horsley /2025-06-30/the-wnba-is-expanding-again-adding-3-new-cities-for-a-record-18-teams The WNBA is adding three new teams: Cleveland will join in 2028, Detroit begins play in 2029 and Philadelphia will be added to the roster in 2030. This will bring the league to a record 18 teams. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:22:12 GMT /2025-06-30/the-wnba-is-expanding-again-adding-3-new-cities-for-a-record-18-teams Russell Lewis /2025-06-30/trump-dhs-links-data-for-new-citizenship-tracking-tool-and-senate-discusses-tax-bill The Trump administration is developing a searchable national citizenship data system, worrying some officials. And, the Senate focuses on the sweeping Republican tax and spending bill. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:30:39 GMT /2025-06-30/trump-dhs-links-data-for-new-citizenship-tracking-tool-and-senate-discusses-tax-bill Brittney Melton /2025-06-30/click-speak-move-these-brain-implants-are-poised-to-help-people-with-disabilities People who can no longer move or speak may soon have a new option: an implanted device that links their brain to a computer. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT /2025-06-30/click-speak-move-these-brain-implants-are-poised-to-help-people-with-disabilities Jon Hamilton /2025-06-30/this-company-wants-to-be-the-first-to-mine-the-ocean-floor-with-trumps-help The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean. Other countries say the minerals aren't America's to mine. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT /2025-06-30/this-company-wants-to-be-the-first-to-mine-the-ocean-floor-with-trumps-help Daniel Ackerman /2025-06-30/in-effort-to-protect-children-france-bans-smoking-at-parks-and-beaches Smokers are no longer allowed to light up in public parks, at swimming pools, or at beaches, or "anywhere children may be present," said French health and family minister Catherine Vautrin. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:46:17 GMT /2025-06-30/in-effort-to-protect-children-france-bans-smoking-at-parks-and-beaches Eleanor Beardsley /2025-06-30/murders-are-down-nationwide-researchers-point-to-a-key-reason Homicides are falling dramatically in many U.S. cities, after a surge in 2020 and 2021. Analysts say a reinvestment in communities from local government after the pandemic's disruption is a key reason. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-06-30/murders-are-down-nationwide-researchers-point-to-a-key-reason Meg Anderson /2025-06-30/decades-later-karen-de-boer-still-remembers-a-kind-gesture-from-her-college-hallmate As a college freshman, Karen de Boer was sometimes inconsiderate to her hallmate, Pam. So when Karen missed the bus to her choir performance, she was surprised — and moved — when Pam came to her rescue. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-06-30/decades-later-karen-de-boer-still-remembers-a-kind-gesture-from-her-college-hallmate Laura Kwerel /2025-06-30/80-years-later-a-holocaust-survivor-meets-an-american-soldier-who-helped-free-him Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S. Army. Decades after liberation, the two met and shared their stories. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-06-30/80-years-later-a-holocaust-survivor-meets-an-american-soldier-who-helped-free-him Tom Dreisbach /2025-06-30/the-best-support-for-a-friend-with-cancer-presence-listening-and-space-to-vent People who get cancer say their friends often disappear when they hear the bad news. Don't be that person! Here's advice for what to do and say — and what not to say — when a loved one faces cancer. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-06-30/the-best-support-for-a-friend-with-cancer-presence-listening-and-space-to-vent Yuki Noguchi