The Brutalist Report

NPR

• Ahead of the World Cup, pressure to win and grow American soccer is on Tim Ream's mind [10d]
• After Stephen Colbert's viral talk show parody, CBS backs down from copyright action [10d]
• Trump to get "routine annual" medical exam 7 months after last visit to Walter Reed [10d]
• Trump says U.S. and Iran nearing a peace deal. And, Pope Leo weighs in on AI's rise [10d]
• U.S.-Iran peace deal emerging, while war threats still loom [10d]
• In Beirut, refugee girls and women learn more than self-defense in martial arts class [10d]
• Pope Leo takes aim at big tech in sweeping encyclical on AI [10d]
• Diners are staying home, so this restaurant lets patrons pay what they want [10d]
• This big university system is embracing AI. Students and faculty aren't all on board [10d]
• COMIC: To raise a confident little talker, learn to speak 'parentese' [10d]
• Spin to win: How this life insurance company turns healthy habits into a game [10d]
• 'My body carried me,' Elizabeth Smart says. Now she's celebrating it [10d]
• Morning news brief [10d]
• Muslims begin the annual Hajj against a backdrop of war concerns [10d]
• China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 1 of 3 astronauts set for yearlong stay [10d]