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Misty Copeland has retired from the American Ballet Theater following her last spin on the dance floor at the Lincoln Center.

Her retirement comes 10 years after Copeland became the first black female principal dancer in the company's 75-year history.

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President Trump is defending the deadly U.S.

strikes on multiple boats suspected of hauling drugs.

The U.S.

military hit two boats in the eastern Pacific Wednesday, killing five alleged smugglers.

NPR's Sage Miller has more.

The North Carolina legislature has approved a new congressional map to add one more Republican seat in the U.S.

House.

The move is similar to steps taken by legislatures in Texas and Missouri and being considered in California.

Christopher Cooper is a political science professor at Western Carolina University.

He weighs in on the redistricting trend.

Cooper says the redistricting efforts could turn off voters going into the 2026 midterms.

Israel and Hamas are exchanging dozens of bodies as part of President Trump's ceasefire plan.

NPR's Anas Baba reports from Gaza, where the unidentified remains of 54 Israelis were buried on Wednesday.

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The Justice Department has reached an agreement with the University of Virginia that pauses civil rights investigations into the school.

Under the deal, UVA has agreed to accept the Trump administration's interpretation of a 2023 U.S.