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After a two-week raid, Israeli forces have withdrawn from Gaza's main hospital. The IDF said it raided al-Shifa because Hamas had regrouped there. This all comes as the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to allow food aid into Gaza, but the court has no way to enforce this order.
California's fast-food workers will start making a minimum wage of $20 per hour today — a 25% raise from $16 in most cities and counties. Fast food workers are among the lowest-paying workers in the U.S. The workers are often women, immigrants and people of color; many live below the poverty line.
AT&T says it is investigating a data breach involving the personal information of over 70 million current and former customers. The breach, which occurred two weeks ago, has not had a "material impact" on the company's operations, but has comprised social security numbers, full names, and phone numbers of some customers, according to an AT&T press release. The company has so far not identified the source of the leak, at least publicly.
Thousands of fans attended Cowboy Carter listening parties in Nashville, Washington, D.C., and Georgia over the weekend. Beyonce's latest album combines the sounds of classic country with hip-hop, bluegrass and Chicano rock. The much anticipated album contains collaborations with Dolly Parton and reimaginings of songs like The Beatles' "Blackbird."
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Reading as a habit can be hard to maintain, whether you're starting over or reading every night. Goodreads and The StoryGraph make it easy to track how many books you read each year, but if you're having trouble setting a goal, try these tips.
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This essay was written by Phil Harrell, Morning Edition senior producer.
There was a time when NPR would produce one fraudulent, absurd story per show on April Fools Day — a practice that was discontinued. Those were more innocent times, back when "fake news" would only be a threat once a year.

By the end of the story, it was pretty obvious that the whole thing was in jest. But every once in a while, unattentive listeners got fooled, and some of them wrote to NPR about how shocked — SHOCKED! — they were about this story that wasn't being reported anywhere else for some reason.
There's the time we told you about Starbucks building a coast-to-coast coffee pipeline.
We also tried to convince listeners that there were people who longed for dial-up modems again: The Slow Internet Movement.
We brought you "news" of a sagging market for maple syrup — which meant that neglected trees were so full of sap, they were exploding.
I even got to produce one about a pre-school so exclusive that unborn applicants had to submit to DNA testing in utero to search for markers of intelligence. The New York Times even weighed in on that one!
But rest assured: you can listen to NPR today with absolute confidence in the thorough, fact-based reporting we will offer.
NPR won't try to trick you today, but other companies and people on social media might. Here are five tips for not getting fooled.
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