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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared as a guest at a Washington Nationals baseball game on Wednesday. Kevin LaMarque/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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In his 1st White House visit, Rishi Sunak talks Ukraine, AI — and how to say his name

After Boris Johnson, Brexit and political turmoil, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to convey stability in his first trip to the White House. On the agenda: Ukraine, NATO and AI.

In his 1st White House visit, Rishi Sunak talks Ukraine, AI — and how to say his name

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Sloane Stephens of the U.S. plays a shot against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption

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Tennis stars get lots of hate online. The French Open gave them AI 'bodyguards'

They've been offered an app intended to block the abuse and toxicity that can slip past older social media filters.

Tennis stars get lots of hate online. The French Open gave them AI 'bodyguards'

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On her new album, The Age of Pleasure, Janelle Monáe concocts a vision of sensuality that is open to complication but goes down easy. Mason Rose/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Janelle Monáe wants you ... to enter the 'Pleasure' zone

There's almost nobody better at creating complex musical worlds, but on her new album The Age of Pleasure, Janelle Monáe's aim is to stop thinking. Or at least start thinking about feeling.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, center, helps raise a Pride flag outside of the Department of Energy as the Biden administration celebrates Pride Month. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Book bans are on the rise. Biden is naming a point person to address that

Book bans in schools can violate federal civil rights laws if they create a hostile environment for students. The Education Department will have a new point person to talk to schools about bans.

Florida lawmakers say SB 1718, a new anti-immigration law set to take effect on July 1, was written to scare migrants from moving to the state. Now, they're trying to convince people to stay. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption

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To keep migrants from fleeing, Florida Republicans focus on immigration law loopholes

Republican lawmakers in Florida are scrambling to convince established immigrant workers who already have jobs to stay, while making it inhospitable for newly arrived migrants.

Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, in Vero Beach, Fla., on May 5. The Southern Poverty Law Center has added the group to its list of antigovernment extremist entities. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Moms for Liberty is among the conservative groups named 'extremist' by civil rights watchdog

As the influence of Moms for Liberty grows in some school districts and conservative political circles, the SPLC compares the group's agenda to segregationist efforts of an earlier era.

Moms for Liberty among conservative groups named 'extremist' by civil rights watchdog

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Sens. Mark Warner and Mike Crapo, seen here making their way to the House chamber for President Trump's first State of the Union Address in 2018, are announcing an effort to expand access to capital for small businesses emerging from the pandemic. Pete Marovich/Getty Images hide caption

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A coalition has reached its $1 billion goal for minority and community lending

Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, will join Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo at the Capitol Thursday to announce the funding.

Argentina's Lionel Messi waves after receiving the Golden Ball award for best player at the end of the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar on Dec. 18, 2022. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption

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Soccer shocker: Lionel Messi says he will join Miami's MLS team

After months of speculation, Messi announced his decision Wednesday to join Inter Miami, a franchise that has been led by another global soccer icon in David Beckham since its inception.

Carol Buckley works to coax Mundi into the transport cage that will carry her from the Puerto Rico zoo to Buckley's elephant refuge in Georgia. Buckley, an expert on elephants in captivity, arrived on the island two weeks ahead of the May 12 flight so she'd have time to earn the elephant's trust. Erika P. Rodríguez for NPR hide caption

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Puerto Rico lost its only elephant — and cracked open a well of emotions

Mundi the African elephant was the pride of Puerto Rico's only zoo. But her fate became entangled in the island's recent struggles with natural disasters and a debilitating debt crisis.

Puerto Rico lost its only elephant — and cracked open a well of emotions

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Peter Møller, second from right, attorney and co-founder of the Danish Korean Rights Group, submits the documents at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 15, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

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South Korean inquiry to look into more foreign adoptions with suspect origins

The new cases in the expanded inquiry into South Korea's foreign adoption boom involve adoptees in 11 nations including the U.S., Denmark, Norway, and Sweden who were adopted from 1960 to 1990.

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