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In July, a new state law in California will require businesses to disclose all costs up front — a ban on so-called “junk fees” on everything from hotel rooms, to concert tickets, to restaurant food. Restaurants in particular are saying this will hurt their business.

A dangerous heat dome is coming to the Midwest and East Coast. It's particularly risky because it's happening early in the season, before many have acclimated to summer heat.

For centuries, women weren't considered fast enough or strong enough to race. They've broken every barrier and disproved falsehoods about their fitness for the sport, in some cases outcompeting men.

Scientists working to save Florida’s ailing reef hope Caribbean coral thriving in hotter water could bring some relief.

Though Pluto has formally been considered a dwarf planet for almost two decades, it still has many lessons left for planetary scientists — including hints about how the solar system formed.

Our colleagues at NPR Music have been sifting through all of this week's new releases, bringing you the gems on their weekly New Music Friday podcast.

As pride month celebrations continue, LGBTQ lawmakers are working to expand their ranks in D.C. next year. The Equality PAC — the political arm of the Equality Caucus in the U.S. Congress — is raising millions to boost representation on Capitol Hill.

The Attorney General has filed an appeal to lift the injunction blocking enforcement of Iowa's immigration law. Bird flu has been detected at another county in Iowa. An injunction hearing has been set to block Iowa's new hemp law that is supposed to go into effect on July 1.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jean-Yves Camus of the French think-tank IRIS, about the rise of the far right in the country, and what's at stake in legislative elections.

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, is supposed to report to prison by July 1 to begin serving his four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.