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This is Ira Glass with This American Life, each week on our show. We choose a theme, tell different stories on that theme. All right, I'm just going to stop right there. You're listening to an NPR podcast, chances are you know our show. So instead, I'm going to tell you, we've just been on a run of really good shows lately. Some big epic emotional stories, some weird funny stuff too.

Download us, This American Life. Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua-Helisa Cao Tao. A rare military parade in the U.S. celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary rolled through the streets of downtown Washington, D.C. The parade walked viewers through the Army's history featuring troops wearing uniforms from different wars and eras. And Pierce Kat Lonsdorf reports. Thousands of people waited in long lines to get into the event. Security was high with heavy secret service and police presence. 47-year-old Mike Davis was one of those waiting.

He's active duty and has been serving in the Army for 30 years. Davis was excited for the parade and the celebration, but doesn't think it should become a regular thing. I think this is you know something that maybe every other generation gets to witness so let's celebrate it under a good milestone. Critics worry the parade is a display of military might more in line with autocracies like Russia or North Korea and the event coincides with President Trump's 79th birthday. Hundreds of protests against the parade and other Trump administration actions are taking place across the country.

Kat Lansdorf, MPR News, Washington. From San Diego to New York City, tens of thousands of No Kings protesters marched to criticize the Trump administration. In Atlanta, police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators opposing the actions of immigration and customs enforcement. From member station WABE in Atlanta, Emily Wu-Pearson reports protesters there were attempting

to march on a highway. Hundreds of protesters faced Georgia law enforcement at the entrance to one of Atlanta's main interstate arteries, just south of where ICE raided immigrant communities at the onset of President Trump's second term. The protest was part of the national No Kings Day. In Atlanta, demonstrators highlighted the Georgia State Patrol relationship with ICE that allows state officers to take on some ICE responsibilities. The group was blocked from the highway by officers, and after a 15-minute warning to

get off the road, officers tossed tear gas canisters into the crowd. DeKalb County police report that eight people were arrested. For NPR News, I'm Emily Wu-Pearson in Atlanta. The latest round of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran have been canceled, according to mediator Oman. The two countries were meant to meet on Sunday. That was before Israel launched an attack on Iran, striking military and nuclear targets. And Piers Hadil Al-Shalchi reports.

This would have been the sixth time the US and Tehran were to meet to discuss Iran's nuclear program. The US was trying to strike a deal with Iran to limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for lifting sanctions which have crippled Iran's economy. But Israel began striking Iranian military and nuclear targets, killing top Iranian security chiefs and nuclear scientists. This week the UN's nuclear watchdog censured Iran for not complying with its inspections. Iran remained defiant, announcing that it would activate a third enrichment site. The Omani foreign minister said the

Sunday meeting was cancelled, but that the only way to peace is quote diplomacy and dialogue. This is NPR. Police in Minnesota, along with the FBI, are continuing to search for a suspect who posed as a police officer and killed a top Democratic lawmaker, Melissa Hortman, and her husband at their home. Another lawmaker, State Senator John Hoffman, and his wife were also shot and wounded. Over in Chicago, the city celebrated baseball and Pope Leo XIV, a lifelong White Sox fan. In a video message broadcast at the team's rate field, tens

of thousands watched and listened to Pope Leo's message on the Jumbotron. The pope directed his speech to young people, telling them, Depression or sadness. They can discover that the love of God is truly healing, that it brings hope. Americans' home insurance bills are soaring, and some are losing coverage as the cost of weather disasters keeps going up. One solution is for homeowners to better protect property from threats. And Piers Michael Copley reports. These can get grants and insurance discounts for installing fortified roofs or fireproof in their houses.

But the discounts are usually small and the upgrades might not help you get coverage in the first place, says Dave Jones, who runs the Climate Risk Initiative at UC Berkeley Law. If they won't write you the insurance because they're not taking into account forest treatment and they're not taking into account home hardening, the discount doesn't help you. An industry group says insurers have had

to limit coverage in some markets as costs rose and that they'll take a hard look at what homeowners have done to protect themselves when they can grow their businesses again. Michael Copley, NPR News. And I'm Dua-Halisa Icautau, NPR News in New York.