Destinee Adams

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Black Dandyism takes the spotlight at the 2025 Met Gala : NPR

1 week ago | npr.org | Michel Martin |Destinee Adams |Nia Dumas

Composer and band leader Duke Ellington adjusting his bow-tie at the Royal Festival Hall in London on October 5th, 1958.Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption When attendees hit the red carpet of this year's Met Gala, they'll be dazzling in stunning looks that pay homage to the history, defiance and cultural influence of Black style.
Ruth E. Carter discusses 2025 Met Gala theme 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style'

1 week ago | npr.org | Michel Martin |Destinee Adams

Ruth E. Carter discusses 2025 Met Gala theme 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5372642/nx-s1-5445386-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> The audio story was produced and edited by Destinee Adams and Mohamad ElBardicy.
Trump's Harvard funding cuts don't put 'America first,' says Massachusetts governor

2 weeks ago | wusf.org | A Martínez |Destinee Adams

Updated April 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM EDTDemocratic Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts says the Trump administration's "attack on science" through federal funding cuts will not only affect Harvard and other major research universities, but they will also negatively impact the U.S. economy.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Trump tariffs already affecting Michigan workers

1 month ago | kpbs.org | Michel Martin |Destinee Adams

The auto industry is already feeling the effects of President Trump's broad and sweeping tariffs. Days after the president's tariff announcement, Stellantis, which makes Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge, announced that 900 people would be temporarily laid off. The affected U.S. employees work in factories across the Midwest, including Michigan, a state where the auto industry drives the economy and where voters helped elect Trump for a second presidential term. Democratic Sen.
Mark Kelly says Pete Hegseth should be fired after Signal leak : NPR

1 month ago | npr.org | Michel Martin |Destinee Adams

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaks with journalists at his re-election celebration at Barrio Cafe on November 12, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. Jon Cherry/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Jon Cherry/Getty Images/Getty Images North America Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona calls for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to resign after war plans were shared on the messaging app, Signal.
'An unbelievable cocktail of incompetence': a U.S. representative on Signal messages

1 month ago | npr.org | Leila Fadel |Destinee Adams

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) speaks to members of the press after a briefing at the U.S. Capitol on February 14, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Former head of Social Security says Elon Musk and DOGE are wrong about the agency

1 month ago | npr.org | Michel Martin |Destinee Adams

White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn with President Trump on March 9 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images The Trump administration says big changes are coming to Social Security as it works to weed out alleged fraud.
DHS official defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest, but offers few details on why it happened

2 months ago | npr.org | Michel Martin |Destinee Adams

President Trump has ramped up efforts to deliver on a campaign promise to carry out the largest ever deportation of immigrants in U.S. history. Parallel to those deportation plans is a crackdown on what the administration calls antisemitism on college campuses. Both efforts came to the forefront this week when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate student, who has not been charged with any crime yet.
Kentucky governor says it will take a long time to recover from deadly storms

2 months ago | npr.org | A Martínez |Destinee Adams

PKentucky Governor Andy Beshear meets with locals at a strip mall following rain storms that caused flooding on February 17, 2025 in Pikeville, Kentucky. Severe winter storms brought torrential rains causing intense flooding in Kentucky. Jon Cherry/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Jon Cherry/Getty Images/Getty Images North America Kentucky residents are reeling with the aftermath of several deadly storms, which killed 12 people in the state.
Hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen was released by Hamas. His father describes his well-being. : NPR

2 months ago | npr.org | Leila Fadel |Destinee Adams

Palestinian militants escort Israeli-American hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen (C) before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 15, 2025, as part of the sixth hostage-prisoner exchange. EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Sagui Dekel-Chen, a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen, is one of the three Israeli hostages Hamas released over the weekend after nearly 500 days of captivity.