2024-05-23 22:18
Among other fees, they will pay $235 million for the Environmental Protection Agency's past and future clean-up for contaminated air, water, and soil in and around where the train derailed i… Read More
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2024-05-23 20:34
After Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted the appearance of Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a controversial, viral moment was born.(Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Read More
2024-05-23 19:58
After a long decline of the government in Haiti, gangs have seized complete control. A multi-national force is being sent to Haiti to restore the government to power, but their success is no… Read More
2024-05-23 16:53
NFL head Roger Goodell, reacting to Harrison Butker's controversial commencement speech, said the league values diversity of opinion. Some fans were quick to argue that hasn't always seemed… Read More
2024-05-23 16:42
The U.N.'s top court is expected to issue an order Friday on Israel’s offensive in Rafah, potentially ordering Israel to halt the operation. The case was brought by South Africa.(Image… Read More
2024-05-23 12:02
It's tough out there for home buyers. Here's what you can do to increase your changes of snagging a home. And, new research reveals cycling can help with knee pain and longevity.(Image credi… Read More
2024-05-23 11:30
It’s been more than 15 years since an African leader was granted a White House state visit. President Biden is trying to upgrade the U.S. relationship with Kenya.(Image credit: Mandel… Read More
2024-05-23 10:34
Billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale gave UMass Dartmouth graduates $1,000 each, and instructed them to donate half. He tells NPR the best cause students can support is one that matters to th… Read More
2024-05-23 09:07
Iowa's Department of Public Safety says there could be many more people injured. Other severe weather events, such as floods and snowstorms, are expected in other parts of the country.(Image… Read More
2024-05-23 09:05
Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food is a love letter to Kattan's boyhood home — and the scents and flavors that made it a special place to learn how to cook.(Image credit: Ash… Read More
2024-05-22 22:10
The former South Carolina governor's remarks were her first on the matter since she dropped out of the presidential race. But she stopped short of formally endorsing her former rival.(Image… Read More
2024-05-22 22:03
Four plaintiffs in Florida say Hershey falsely represented several Reese's Peanut Butter products by showing "explicit carved-out artistic designs" on the wrappers being sold Read More
2024-05-22 21:43
For the first time in decades, the number of drowning deaths in the United States is on the rise. Researchers say part of the reason for the spike is the pandemic when many pools were closed… Read More
2024-05-22 21:19
Everyone says you live through history, but "I don't think anyone prepared us for this much history," say the students in the Class of 2024.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign u… Read More
2024-05-22 20:52
The Michigan dairy worker had mild eye symptoms from the infection and has recovered, health officials said. The worker had been in contact with cows presumed to be infected Read More
2024-05-22 20:00
Only days after the mogul apologized for a leaked surveillance video showing him attacking his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, he faces new allegations of drugging and assaulting another w… Read More
2024-05-22 19:04
Mangroves are unique coastal ecosystems protecting humans and wildlife. Rising sea levels and storms pose an increasing threat to their survival.(Image credit: Sia Kambou) Read More
2024-05-22 16:00
The MacArthur Foundation is looking for ideas that would solve one of the biggest global challenges. The winning proposal will receive $100 million.(Image credit: Ryan Donnell) Read More
2024-05-22 15:57
, is modeled on a Sunday afternoon driving record.'/>In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Rogers considered quitting music entirely. Instead, she took a detour &mdas&hell…Read More
2024-05-22 14:44
Under the plan, the European Union will send as much as $3.25 billion in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to help finance its military and reconstruction efforts.(Image credit:… Read More
2024-05-22 13:04
Exercises to help you cope with negative feelings around guilt (like shame or embarrassment) — and motivate better behavior in the future Read More
2024-05-22 12:07
The new study has scientists concerned that microplastics may be contributing to reproductive health issues.(Image credit: Volodymyr Zakharov) Read More
2024-05-22 11:00
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is requiring buy-now, pay-later lenders to provide the same protections to shoppers as credit card companies do.(Image credit: Nora Carol) Read More
2024-05-22 10:32
Regardless of what courts rule regarding SB4, a climate of distrust has permeated among immigrant and mixed-status families in Texas Read More
2024-05-22 10:00
Set during a uniquely stressful summer for one Nantucket family, Gabriella Burnham's second novel highlights the strong bonds between a mom and her daughters Read More
2024-05-22 09:39
Israel recalls ambassadors, as Spain, Ireland and Norway announce they will formally recognize the Palestinian state this month.(Image credit: Paul Faith) Read More
2024-05-22 09:00
Stephen King is out with a new collection of short stories. As you might expect from the reigning King of Horror, some are terrifying. Some are creepy. Others are laugh-out-loud funny Read More
2024-05-21 20:40
At 80 miles across, Thwaites is the world's widest glacier. It has been nicknamed the "Doomsday Glacier" for the catastrophic effects its thawing could have on global sea-level rise Read More
2024-05-21 18:11
Almost 40 percent of caregivers of older adults are men, and a third of that group is Black. But African American men face some issues other guys don't Read More
2024-05-21 16:09
The SNL alum co-stars with Carol Burnett in Palm Royale, an Apple TV+ series about a former pageant queen who wants to break into high society. Wiig says the show was a chance to work with "… Read More
2024-05-21 15:30
The video adds to a long line of connections between the former president and antisemitism. The Trump campaign has not yet responded to NPR's request for comment Read More
2024-05-21 12:17
We asked our book critics what titles they are most looking forward to this summer. Their picks range from memoirs to sci-fi and fantasy to translations, love stories and everything in betwe… Read More
2024-05-21 09:01
A man from Michigan was evacuated from a cruise ship after having seizures. First, he drained his bank account to pay his medical bills Read More
2024-05-21 09:00
Activists who describe themselves as "abortion abolitionists" want to charge women who have abortions with homicide and ban the fertility treatment known as IVF, saying life begins at concep… Read More
2024-05-21 09:00
Bad weather may have been a cause of Sunday's crash that killed Ebrahim Raisi. But mechanical issues, possibly exacerbated by a lack of spare parts due to U.S. sanctions, could also be a fac… Read More
2024-05-21 09:00
Wisconsin is one of a handful of pivotal states in the 2024 presidential election. Within the swing state, there are swing counties that could decide the election — even as people rema… Read More
2024-05-21 06:35
The Seoul summit is a follow-up to last November's summit in the U.K., where participating countries agreed to work together to contain risks posed by galloping advances in artificial intell… Read More
2024-05-21 04:52
Target joins other retailers trying to draw inflation-weary shoppers to stores. The chain says reductions have already been reflected in about 1,500 products.(Image credit: Joe Raedle) Read More
2024-05-21 02:10
Otto remained involved with the Raiders even after they moved from Oakland, Calif., to Las Vegas in 2020 Read More
2024-05-20 22:43
FDIC chairman Martin Gruenberg says he's prepared to step down once a successor is confirmed. Gruenberg has been widely criticized for fostering a toxic workplace at the agency.(Image credit… Read More
2024-05-20 21:43
Johansson says she was approached multiple times by OpenAI to be the voice of ChatGPT, and that she declined. Then the company released a voice assistant that sounded uncannily like her.(Im… Read More
2024-05-20 20:24
The conservative Cicero Institute is working with states to ban street camps, and shift money away from housing to addiction treatment. Homelessness advocates says such moves are counterprod… Read More
2024-05-20 17:05
McDonald says that earlier in his career, he tended to avoid writing about himself directly in songs. He opens up about his life and career in the memoir, What a Fool Believes.(Image credit:… Read More
2024-05-20 16:59
From Billie Eilish to Bad Bunny, JT to J.Lo, boygenius to Ice Spice, here they are: the home-run performances, the solid base hits and the outright whiffs.(Image credit: NBC) Read More
2024-05-20 16:40
The seafood chain is in hot water after a series of bad choices by a parade of executives. Almost 580 restaurants will stay open, after dozens closed abruptly last week.(Image credit: Alina… Read More
2024-05-20 15:04
Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen finished testifying in the New York case on Monday. The duration of Trump's own defense is not known, though they have already begun calling witnesses.(Image… Read More
2024-05-20 14:18
The U.S. is hoping to extradite the WikiLeaks founder and try him for espionage. A court in London says Assange is free to appeal the extradition, the latest twist in years-long legal drama… Read More
2024-05-20 14:04
One of the best albums of 2024, Diamond Jubilee, isn't on streaming services. The artist who released it, Cindy Lee, has rejected the streaming era's demands to create something entirely the… Read More
2024-05-20 13:10
Oversharing can make children vulnerable to identity theft, harassment and predators. To protect their privacy, share a 'holiday card-or-less' amount of data online, says expert Leah Plunket… Read More
2024-05-20 09:01
New research shows lifelong bikers have healthier knees, less pain and a longer lifespan, compared to people who've never biked. This adds to the evidence that cycling promotes healthy aging… Read More
2024-05-20 09:00
In 2006, Patricia Nieshoff's three-year-old son had a seizure. She was a single mother, with no one to accompany her to the hospital. But an hour into her hospital stay, a familiar face appe… Read More
2024-05-20 09:00
Some otters rely on tools to bust open hard-shelled prey items like snails, and a new study suggests this tool use is helping them to survive as their favorite, easier-to-eat foods disappear… Read More
2024-05-20 09:00
The Trump's Trials team breaks down why prosecutors have a timeline problem, what Michael Cohen's testimony so far has shown, and why it may all come down to a question of sex and privacy in… Read More
2024-05-20 07:06
Iran's ultraconservative president, killed in a helicopter crash, oversaw a crackdown on women's protests and was linked to extrajudicial killings in the 1980s Read More
2024-05-19 20:28
Without addressing his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who is seen in the video being kicked and dragged in 2016, the hip-hop mogul says, "I was disgusted then when I did it. I'm disgusted n… Read More
2024-05-19 17:30
Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot who was passed over to become an astronaut in the 1960s, described his flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard as "life changing." Read More
2024-05-19 17:01
Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance - and future of - democracy… Read More
2024-05-19 15:42
Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth." Read More
2024-05-19 15:20
The state-run IRNA media outlet reported that the aircraft carrying Raisi and other senior officials went down as the president returned from an event on the border with Azerbaijan Read More
2024-05-19 12:56
There's trouble in the town of Bad Göodsburg! A wishing well has stopped working! NPR's Tamara Keith talks with Jess Hannigan about her new children's book, "Spider in the Well." Read More
2024-05-19 08:23
President Biden's national security adviser met early Sunday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss a wide-ranging security agreement between the countries Read More
2024-05-18 22:31
Dr. Adam Hamawy is a former U.S. Army combat surgeon currently in Gaza. He said he's treating primarily civilians, rather than combatants: "mostly children, many women, many elderly." Read More
2024-05-18 18:37
The ultimatum by war cabinet member Benny Gantz reflects discontent among Israel's leadership about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and his far-right political p… Read More
2024-05-18 13:24
McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing to champion are as salient… Read More
2024-05-18 13:06
Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.(Image credit: Justin Merriman) Read More
2024-05-18 12:02
An art installation called The Portal was shut down this week in New York and Dublin because of rude gestures and other bad public behavior, as NPR's Scott Simon explains Read More
2024-05-18 11:01
Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track Read More
2024-05-18 10:27
At the height of the racial reckoning, a school district in Virginia voted to rename two schools that had been previously named for Confederate generals. This month, that decision was revers… Read More
2024-05-18 09:48
Students arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York spoke with NPR about their choice to risk legal and academic consequences Read More
2024-05-18 09:01
Ian Roberts has competed in some of the most high-profile races in the world. But his biggest competition to date was a determined fifth-grader in jean shorts and Nike tennis shoes Read More
2024-05-18 07:27
As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms, it will do so under a smog warning and as all of southern Texas starts to feel the heat Read More
2024-05-17 21:17
On Friday, CNN published footage that appears to show the hip-hop mogul, also known as P. Diddy, physically assaulting his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.(Im… Read More
2024-05-17 19:32
More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers who build luxury SUVs in Alabama were eligible to vote on whether to join the UAW. Workers faced intense anti-union messaging from Mercedes in the run-u… Read More
2024-05-17 17:45
A shot of pure joy to start off the weekend: a charming video of kids from Cork, Ireland, rapping about finding and following their creative voice.(Image credit: Creative Ireland) Read More
2024-05-17 16:46
Ahead of Biden's address at Morehouse, students share their frustrations(Image credit: Drew Angerer) Read More
2024-05-17 16:10
The first trucks of aid entered Gaza via a pier built by the U.S. But it's challenging to move aid around Gaza, and humanitarian groups operating in Rafah warn they don't have food to distri… Read More
2024-05-17 15:12
Scheffler, who won the Masters last month, was arrested and charged after an interaction Friday morning with a police officer directing traffic into to the golf club where the PGA event is b… Read More
2024-05-17 12:01
NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Hazel Cills discuss new releases by Billie Eilish, Portishead's Beth Gibbons and Rapsody.Featured albums:- Billie Eilish, 'Hit Me Hard and Soft'- Rapsody, 'P… Read More
2024-05-17 10:33
As part of our series on "the Science of Siblings," we looked at how some brothers and sisters are best friends. Here are some of the stories you shared of close ties with siblings Read More
2024-05-17 09:13
Hit Me Hard and Soft.'/>Speaking alongside brother/collaborator Finneas, Eilish says she discovered a new self-awareness on Hit Me Hard and Soft, after years of seeing herself through oth… Read More
2024-05-17 09:01
It's rattlesnake season in Arizona, where the number of bites has surged. And it turns out most of what you thought you knew about the reptiles isn't true Read More
2024-05-17 09:00
President Biden met with plaintiffs from the Brown v. Board of Education case Thursday. On Friday, he's meeting with members of historically Black sororities and fraternities.(Image credit:… Read More
2024-05-17 09:00
Louisiana could be the first state to regulate mifepristone and misoprostol in the same way as some narcotics and stimulants. Opponents predict harmful delays in miscarriage and other lawful… Read More
2024-05-17 09:00
Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old senior airman, was shot and killed at his apartment by a deputy this month. Lawyers for the family dispute the sheriff's office claim of self-defense Read More
2024-05-16 22:39
For American Jews who grew up thinking antisemitism was a thing of the past, the last several years have been startling. White supremacists marched in Charlottesville. A gunman massacred wor… Read More
2024-05-16 20:15
Stock markets received a boost from new data showing inflation is easing. Lower inflation has raised hopes about the U.S. economy — but there are still a lot of unknowns.(Image credit:… Read More
2024-05-16 20:00
Imagine that imaginary friends were real. Now imagine that IF director John Krasinski and star Ryan Reynolds convinced A-list pals to voice them Read More
2024-05-16 16:10
Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal cap… Read More
2024-05-16 15:59
Once an ally of the former president, now Cohen has spent a third day of testifying against him. He alleges Trump knew about the deal with an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged a… Read More
2024-05-16 15:59
The rapper slipped free from the legal mess that swallowed his label and his mentor Young Thug — but on his new album, he's still in the grip of an unending image crisis.(Image credit:… Read More
2024-05-16 15:46
Wallace is known for his celebrity profiles, but his new memoir, Another Word For Love, is about his own life, growing up unhoused, Black and queer, and getting his start as a writer at the… Read More
2024-05-16 15:05
People who live near the areas where nuclear weapons were tested say their communities still suffer harm and are pressing Congress to renew funding to help them.(Image credit: Claudia Grisal… Read More
2024-05-16 14:53
More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way Read More
2024-05-16 14:37
The opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented.(Image credit: Al Drago) Read More
2024-05-16 12:30
House Republicans want to hold the attorney general in contempt over the department's refusal to hand over an audio recording of a special counsel's interview with the president.(Image credi… Read More
2024-05-16 12:02
United Airlines is releasing a new safety video for the first time in years. The refresh comes as airlines struggle to hold the attention of passengers who are distracted by screens of their… Read More
2024-05-16 09:01
New Republican-backed laws in several states add large fines or criminal penalties for minor mistakes in voter registration work. As groups pull back, they're reaching fewer voters Read More
2024-05-16 08:47
A suspect was in custody and the country's interior minister said that an initial investigation found "a clear political motivation" behind the attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico Read More
2024-05-16 05:53
The collision's impact sent pieces of the bridge, which connects Galveston to Pelican Island, tumbling on top of the barge and shut down a stretch of waterway so crews could clean up the spi… Read More
2024-05-15 22:44
A federal district court ruled that the new map drawn by the state legislature violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the Black vote. A group of conservatives challenged the legislature'… Read More
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