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      <title>She waited decades for Scotland to make the World Cup. At 93, she'll be cheering in person</title>
      <description>Moira Brown, perhaps the oldest of Scotland's Tartan Army of soccer fans, will be in Boston when Scotland's team plays against Haiti on June 13. "I'm the luckiest person in this world," she says.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5842854/scotland-world-cup-tartan-army-fans</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3619x2413+0+0/resize/3619x2413!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F25%2Fb6%2F977671ac4de2a77fcb7ccdafabb7%2Flf20260603-141908.jpg' alt='Moira Brown, 93, at her home in Glasgow, where the walls are plastered with Scotland soccer memorabilia.'/><p>Moira Brown, perhaps the oldest of Scotland's Tartan Army of soccer fans, will be in Boston when Scotland's team plays against Haiti on June 13. "I'm the luckiest person in this world," she says.</p><p>(Image credit: Lauren Frayer)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5842854' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Lauren Frayer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Which billionaire said they learned a 'significant lesson' this week? The quiz knows</title>
      <description>This week, Knicks fans had a big win after a big loss; fans of inflation were delighted and World Cup fans went broke. How will quiz fans fare?</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/g-s1-127424/trump-knicks-musk-world-cup-apple-news-quiz</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5654x3182+0+0/resize/5654x3182!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbc%2F77%2F747db65b43deb74c3899b2f4cff4%2Felon-musical-nithya.jpg' alt='From left: Elon Musk, a person in a musical that there's a question about; Nithya Raman.'/><p>This week, Knicks fans had a big win after a big loss; fans of inflation were delighted and World Cup fans went broke. How will quiz fans fare?</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-127424' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Holly J. Morris</dc:creator>
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      <title>How small-business loans got caught in Trump's immigration crackdown</title>
      <description>For decades, immigrants who are legal permanent residents in the U.S. could get loans through the Small Business Administration, a core pillar of small-business lending. Not anymore.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5853375/changes-loans-trump-small-business-immigrants-entrepreneurs-green-card</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1067x711+0+0/resize/1067x711!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F18%2F5e23b07b446e8008f16e15252f3a%2Fnyjdsno0-crop.jpg' alt='A small-business loan helped Sayuri Tsuchitani open her own storefront: a Japanese head spa. But today, she wouldn't qualify because the Small Business Administration has dramatically changed its lending policy.'/><p>For decades, immigrants who are legal permanent residents in the U.S. could get loans through the Small Business Administration, a core pillar of small-business lending. Not anymore.</p><p>(Image credit: Courtesy of Sayuri Tsuchitani)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5853375' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Alina Selyukh</dc:creator>
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      <title>Your cheat sheet to the 26 players on the U.S. World Cup team</title>
      <description>The U.S. is opening its 2026 World Cup on Friday evening against Paraguay. For the 26 Americans on the team, this match is the culmination of years of hard work and training.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5855763/2026-world-cup-usmnt-players-roster</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7564x5045+0+0/resize/7564x5045!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F78%2Ffa%2Fd3769dbf466d9b9657112110136a%2Fwob-2336.jpg' alt='The U.S. Men's National Team poses during the announcement of the 2026 World Cup roster in New York last month.'/><p>The U.S. is opening its 2026 World Cup on Friday evening against Paraguay. For the 26 Americans on the team, this match is the culmination of years of hard work and training.</p><p>(Image credit: Nicky Quamina-Woo for NPR)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5855763' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Becky Sullivan</dc:creator>
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      <title>Trump's DOJ can't get names and medical files of trans youth in California, for now</title>
      <description>Trump's Department of Justice is seeking patient files that include the names of young people who have been treated in transgender clinics, as well as hospital staff who have provided care.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4701x3134+0+0/resize/4701x3134!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff9%2Ff5%2F3f8068b44af9a3484d5095fdc302%2Fap25035090190199.jpg' alt='People in favor of healthcare for transgender youth march outside NYU Langone hospital in New York City in February 2025.'/><p>Trump's Department of Justice is seeking patient files that include the names of young people who have been treated in transgender clinics, as well as hospital staff who have provided care.</p><p>(Image credit: Heather Khalifa)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5855728' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Selena Simmons-Duffin</dc:creator>
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      <title>Want a better skin care routine? Sign up for our one-week guide</title>
      <description>Spending too much time and money on skin care? Find out what really works to improve skin health and appearance with our one-week newsletter guide. Sign up here.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5846860/smart-skin-care-routine-products-newsletter</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4500x3000+0+0/resize/4500x3000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd8%2F61%2Fe84b7f2e4ec1b125075643acc33c%2Flk-harlan-skin-care-newsletter-14.jpg' alt='undefined'/><p>Spending too much time and money on skin care? Find out what really works to improve skin health and appearance with our one-week newsletter guide. Sign up here.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5846860' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Kelle Walsh</dc:creator>
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      <title>The U.S. men's team is set to take on Paraguay in its World Cup opener</title>
      <description>Friday's game, the first of three group stage matches for the U.S., has been eight years in the making as a generation of players has reached their prime just in time for a World Cup on home soil.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5850736/2026-world-cup-usmnt-paraguay</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7979x5320+0+0/resize/7979x5320!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F7c%2Ff53b7eac43a29e7316127829ec11%2Fgettyimages-2279845378.jpg' alt='The U.S. and Paraguay play their opening World Cup match Friday at Los Angeles Stadium (temporarily renamed from SoFi Stadium) in Inglewood, Calif.'/><p>Friday's game, the first of three group stage matches for the U.S., has been eight years in the making as a generation of players has reached their prime just in time for a World Cup on home soil.</p><p>(Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5850736' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Becky Sullivan</dc:creator>
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      <title>Referees at the World Cup have new rules to whistle during games</title>
      <description>FIFA has introduced several changes to the laws of soccer for the World Cup. These include efforts to eliminate time-wasting and to ensure potentially game-changing officiating mistakes are corrected.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5855234/2026-world-cup-fifa-soccer-referees-officials-laws-ifab</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4701x3134+0+0/resize/4701x3134!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F38%2Fc5%2F07440d4a45c7b7ed53bfd5843e75%2Fgettyimages-2269281042.jpg' alt='FIFA match officials, including Slovene referee Slavko Vincic, shown here issuing a yellow card in March, will have new rules to apply during the World Cup.'/><p>FIFA has introduced several changes to the laws of soccer for the World Cup. These include efforts to eliminate time-wasting and to ensure potentially game-changing officiating mistakes are corrected.</p><p>(Image credit: Michael Campanella)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5855234' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Russell Lewis</dc:creator>
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      <title>Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?</title>
      <description>Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children?  A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5851795/iphone-birth-rate-drop</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3501x2321+0+0/resize/3501x2321!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2e%2Fcf%2Fe56fc7ee46b3a7fbe407dc56ffb7%2Fgettyimages-72955624.jpg' alt='Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone in 2007.  A new working paper suggests the spread of smartphones helps explain the persistent decline in birth rates in the nearly two decades since.'/><p>Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children?  A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.</p><p>(Image credit: David Paul Morris)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5851795' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Scott Horsley</dc:creator>
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      <title>Morning news brief</title>
      <description>Trump says a deal with Iran will be announced "soon," White House readies for UFC event as Trump navigates rocky political ground, Trump names new nominee for national intelligence director.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:41:54 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5846833/morning-news-brief</link>
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      <dc:creator>Steve Inskeep</dc:creator>
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