X now hides your ‘likes’ from other users, whether you like it or not The platform X is now hiding all users’ likes, with few exceptions. It says the change protects users’ privacy — but critics say it removes a layer of accountability in the process. Read more on NPR

Reconstruction-era records reveal how formerly enslaved people were stripped of land Journalist Alexia Fernández Campbell says following the Civil War, some freed men and women were given titles to land — but after President Lincoln’s death, the land was taken back. Read more on NPR

Nearly 120 million people were displaced around the world in 2023, UNHCR report says The U.N. office on refugees found that by the end of last year, 1 in 69 people had been forced from their homes — either within their own country or across an international border. Read more on NPR

Supreme Court rejects challenge to FDA’s approval of mifepristone The court said that the challengers, a group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, had no right to be in court at all since neither the organization nor its members could show they had suffered any concrete injury. Read more on NPR

Hamas’ cease-fire demands; Joey Chestnut banned from hot dog contest Mediators try to bridge gaps after Hamas’ demands to Biden’s cease-fire plan. America’s eating champion Joey Chestnut is banned from a NYC hotdog contest after signing with a plant-based meat company. Read more on NPR

A jury says Chiquita should pay millions over paramilitary killings in Colombia The jury awarded plaintiffs $38.3 million in damages saying that Chiquita was liable for killings perpetrated by the AUC–Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia). Read more on NPR

India defeats the U.S. in a match in the Cricket T20 World Cup The loss to India means the U.S. has a critical match coming up on Friday against Ireland. It’s the first time the tournament has been held in the U.S. Read more on NPR

A business leader, who’s a vocal supporter of Trump, explains what corporations want NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to businessman and talk radio show host John Catsimatidis, CEO of Red Apple Group, about support for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump among business leaders. Read more on NPR