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Cue the fanfare! A new set of pandas is headed to the National Zoo later this year. Why do people love these bamboo-munching creatures so much?

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Paul Tenorio, soccer writer with The Athletic, about the Copa America soccer tournament, in which the best teams from North and South America will compete in U.S. cities.

The new names added to the previous list include three U.S. senators: Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas and Missouri's Josh Hawley. Trump's 2016 list energized his base.

Syria's interim president says the now departed Iranian forces were damaging to his country and also posed a threat to the wider Middle East.

Israeli forces killed the Hamas leader in Gaza last week and they've been pressing their offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon too. Israel is also poised to strike Iran.

Congress returns this week. Republicans are hopeful they will maintain their House majority in the next Congress. In the Senate, Republicans will choose the next majority leader.

Senate negotiators move forward on legislation that would give President Obama the authority to negotiate a sweeping trade accord. That deal, however, will align Obama with Republicans and pit him against Democrats.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office in New York City after midnight Thursday. The city's first Muslim mayor, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has promised to focus on affordability and fairness.

Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer "water cremation," in which bodies are dissolved in a chemical solution. Some see it as more eco-friendly and less traumatic than consumption by flame.

Ukraine's power plant employees are battling to keep the infrastructure running in the face of Russian attacks.