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Nov 14, 2025
Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered unethical today. Her book is Chamber Divers. Originally broadcast April, 10 2024.
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Nov 14, 2025
The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.
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Nov 14, 2025
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.
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Nov 14, 2025
Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, and now President Trump is preparing to take on the concern. And, Charlotte, N.C., is bracing for Border Patrol agents to arrive in the city.
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Nov 14, 2025
The BBC has apologized to President Trump for the way it edited his Jan. 6, 2021 speech but says it won't pay compensation. Trump has threatened a $1 billion lawsuit against the British broadcaster.
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Nov 14, 2025
This week's quiz is mercifully light on politics, unless you count President James Garfield, a Kennedy family member and a new House rep … OK, so it's not light on politics. But there are geese?
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Nov 14, 2025
Building a social media brand has helped enrich players. But constant harassment — fueled in part by sports gambling — has come to outweigh potential income. Now, staying "regular" is the goal.
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Nov 14, 2025
Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, even as President Trump tries to tout "record highs" in the stock market.
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Nov 14, 2025
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks George Dunlap, a commissioner on the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, about the upcoming arrival of Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Nov 14, 2025
Cyndi Kirkhart and Scott Thompson of the Facing Hunger Food Bank in Huntington, West Virginia, talk about how they met and the rewards of feeding the hungry.
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Nov 14, 2025
At least 430 drones and 18 missiles were used in the overnight attack, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Nov 14, 2025
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge to dismiss their cases, arguing prosecutor Lindsay Halligan was illegally appointed.
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Nov 13, 2025
Disney CEO Bob Iger said his company is talking with AI companies about allowing subscribers to create their own short-form videos on Disney .
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Nov 13, 2025
A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs.
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Nov 13, 2025
The Transportation Secretary says air traffic controllers will be paid promptly as the government reopens. But after the last shutdown, in 2019, some controllers sued to get paid in full for overtime.
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Nov 13, 2025
In the 2015 attacks, 130 people were killed, including at the Bataclan concert hall. France is still wrestling with how to remember the deadliest attack on its soil in modern history and how to live with it.
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Nov 13, 2025
The Smithsonians, National Gallery of Art and other sites that receive federal funding are announcing their reopening plans now that the government shutdown is over. Past closures have been costly.
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Nov 13, 2025
The House of Representatives was sent home for the duration of the government shutdown. Members returned to the Capitol Wednesday with a lot on their minds.
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Nov 13, 2025
President Trump signed a bill reopening the government Wednesday night, but it will take more than a day for some things to return to business as usual. We're tracking those here.
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Nov 13, 2025
November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness.
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Nov 13, 2025
Details on the newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein. And, the government shutdown has ended, but health insurance subsidies remain in limbo, with a vote on the matter expected next month.
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Nov 13, 2025
The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.
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Nov 13, 2025
Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.
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Nov 13, 2025
Israel deported more than 150 freed Palestinian prisoners last month. Some experts in Israel warn it could have long-term consequences for Israeli security.
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Nov 13, 2025
The first ever disruption to the nation's largest anti-hunger program came as a shock. It's shaken trust in the program for some and stoked concern that it could happen again.
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Nov 13, 2025
The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about California and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally.
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Nov 12, 2025
The House voted to fund the government through the end of January, bringing the country one step closer to ending the shutdown that has dragged on for six weeks. The bill now goes to President Trump for his signature.
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Nov 12, 2025
President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through the end of January, ending the shutdown that has dragged on for six weeks.
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Nov 12, 2025
The bishops' decision formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. They also approved a special message on immigration, expressing concern over enforcement and conditions in detention centers.
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Nov 12, 2025
Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to rebuild.
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Nov 12, 2025
Experts in the mortgage industry are skeptical. Buyers would pay less each month, but would end up paying more over time. Here's what to know about the proposed 50-year mortgages.
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Nov 12, 2025
In a 2005 interview, the actor said that in his twenties, he was carrying the load of "everyone's masterpieces." He worked closely with directors including Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi.
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Nov 12, 2025
The best drug to fight malaria is facing increased resistance from the parasites it fights. Now there's an alternative in the pipeline and it looks promising.
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Nov 12, 2025
Israeli President Isaac Herzog added a rare and powerful voice to what has been muted criticism by top Israeli officials of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Nov 12, 2025
This year is the 25th anniversary of humans inhabiting the International Space Station. A new PBS documentary looks at how the ISS was built and the challenges of surviving in outer space.
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Nov 12, 2025
The game's governing body has filed a complaint against Vladimir Kramnik. Other players say he spent months making unproven allegations of cheating against Daniel Naroditsky, who died last month.
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Nov 12, 2025
The New Yorker's Antonia Hitchens describes how Loomer went from a conspiracy theorist to a close ally of Trump who's gotten government officials she claims are disloyal to the president fired.
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Nov 12, 2025
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
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Nov 12, 2025
Escobedo had been leading Kimmel's house band since the show launched in 2003. The musician and the comedian were childhood friends in Las Vegas.
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Nov 12, 2025
Strong geomagnetic storms brought colorful northern lights to the skies above many states on Tuesday night. Forecasters are expecting more on Wednesday.
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Nov 12, 2025
New guidance from the Trump administration directs visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigrants seek to enter the U.S.
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Nov 12, 2025
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released several emails from the estate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump.
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Nov 12, 2025
The House Oversight Committee has released a new tranche of documents, including several emails from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump.
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Nov 12, 2025
Even if the government shutdown ends this week, flight disruptions are expected to linger. And, Google has launched a lawsuit targeting text message scammers.
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Nov 12, 2025
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices.
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Nov 12, 2025
The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people.
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Nov 12, 2025
The Capital Area Food Bank in Washington D.C., says it's allotted an extra 1 million meals for November, given the uncertainties about whether and when SNAP recipients will get their full benefits.
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Nov 12, 2025
A vote in the House expected on Wednesday could end what is now the longest shutdown on record. Democrats are decrying the plan, saying it fails to address expiring health care subsidies.
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Nov 12, 2025
The word began as a medical diagnosis but over the centuries has evolved to mean the longing for a bygone, idealized past.
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Nov 12, 2025
Since September, the Trump administration has carried out more than a dozen strikes on boats it claims are run by drug traffickers, killing more than 70 people.
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Nov 12, 2025
Ever gotten a text saying you forgot to pay a nonexistent road toll or need to pick up a mystery package? Google's going after the scammers behind those messages.
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Nov 12, 2025
When Stacia was 21, she was struggling with severe depression. A stranger's simple question gave her safety during a time she needed it the most. Now, it's an example she's tried to follow ever since.
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Nov 12, 2025
The Arizona Democrat won her race in September, but Speaker Mike Johnson has waited to swear her in until today. Grijalva has vowed to be the decisive signature in a bid to release the Epstein files.
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Nov 12, 2025
The sun has burped out bursts of energy called coronal mass ejections that could reach Earth Tuesday night. Forecasters said the vibrant displays could be visible across much of the northern U.S.
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Nov 11, 2025
Airlines and aviation regulators warned that flight disruptions are likely to continue even after the government reopens. Thousands of flights have been cancelled as air traffic restrictions ramp up.
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Nov 11, 2025
The high court's decision keeps in place a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received nothing.
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Nov 11, 2025
New research from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that both podcast hosts and their guests skew very heavily male - and white.
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Nov 11, 2025
In a political podcast space dominated by men and displeasure with the Democratic Party, the two women behind the I've Had It show have seen viral success.
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Nov 11, 2025
The American Alliance of Museums put out its annual industry snapshot and it's not great. Trump's targeting of museum programming had downstream effects and put a "chill on corporate philanthropy."
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Nov 11, 2025
Marion Nestle says we need to rethink how we eat. She recommends "real food, processed as little as possible, with a big emphasis on plants." Her new book is What to Eat Now.
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Nov 11, 2025
The Supreme Court will hear a case that could decide whether states can count postmarked mail ballots that arrive after Election Day — something that about 20 states and territories currently allow.
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Nov 11, 2025
In his new book, 'Fair Doses,' epidemiologist Seth Berkley discusses what went right -- and wrong -- with COVID vaccine distribution and whether the world is ready if a new pandemic were to strike.
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Nov 11, 2025
The new film portrays Hitler's second-in-command, Hermann Goering, as a wily mastermind, sidestepping uncomfortable questions about how unexceptional evil can be.
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Nov 11, 2025
The House returns to vote on a bipartisan bill that could end the government shutdown. And, at the COP30, data show the world is still far from meeting its climate goals.
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Nov 11, 2025
Kevin Curry, a food influencer and a former SNAP recipient, explains where SNAP recipients can get the most up-to-date information on their benefits, and how anyone can find free or affordable food.
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Nov 11, 2025
A pregnancy test can tell you that you're expecting as early as 4 weeks, but most doctors won't see you for another month. Many women want care sooner. Why's it so hard to get and what can you do?
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Nov 11, 2025
A new book by the Nobel-winning pioneer of behavioral economics offers some advice we can all use.
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Nov 11, 2025
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion, which also wounded at least 27 people, but Pakistan has struggled over the past months with a resurgent Pakistani Taliban.
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Nov 11, 2025
Pakistan's defense minister said Pakistan is "in a state of war" and called Tuesday's attack a "message from Kabul." Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban of sheltering militants who attack Pakistan.
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Nov 11, 2025
President Trump says the government will distribute checks to Americans from tariff revenue. Here's what that could mean.
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Nov 11, 2025
As the Senate moves forward a deal to end the government shutdown, it's time to assess the winners, the losers and what the political fallout might look like into the future.
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Nov 11, 2025
An increasing number of women are joining the Ukrainian military, with thousands serving in front line roles, as Russia's war on Ukraine nears its fourth year — with no peace in sight.
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Nov 11, 2025
Nations have begun climate negotiations at the COP30 summit in Brazil. Studies show the world is not on track to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.
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Nov 11, 2025
The science around hormone therapy to treat menopause has changed a lot since the FDA issued warning labels 20 years ago. Now the labels are being removed, here are 6 things to consider.
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Nov 11, 2025
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has a reputation for going against his party and he's been doing so by voting to reopen the government. He spoke to NPR Monday ahead of his new book release, "Unfettered."
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Nov 11, 2025
Atletico Madrid is about to come under American ownership. The Spanish giant has announced that Apollo Sports Capital will become the soccer club's majority shareholder early next year.
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Nov 10, 2025
After 41 days of a government shutdown, the U.S. Senate has passed a set of bills to reopen the government. Its fate in the House is uncertain.
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Nov 10, 2025
The families of some of the 25 girls and two teenage counselors who died in catastrophic flooding in Texas on July 4 are suing Camp Mystic and its owners.
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Nov 10, 2025
If you buy your own health insurance through the ACA marketplaces, how do this year's prices look to you?
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Nov 10, 2025
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
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Nov 10, 2025
Six months after the Trump administration cut more than $800 million in Justice Department grants geared toward public safety, the organizations affected are adjusting to a future without that money.
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Nov 10, 2025
Trump said on social media that he wasn't happy with controllers who called out of work, and suggested a $10,000 bonus for those who didn't take any time off during the shutdown.
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Nov 10, 2025
Netflix's new four-part miniseries dives into the plot to assassinate President James Garfield. Death by Lightning is full of recognizable arrogance, political intrigue and unexpected betrayal.
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Nov 10, 2025
Hormone therapy drugs have carried box warning labels for years. The Food and Drug Administration is removing them, saying the risks were overstated.
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Nov 10, 2025
Hormone therapy drugs have carried box warning labels for years. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary talks with NPR about why the agency is removing them.
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Nov 10, 2025
A car exploded near the 17th century Red Fort in New Delhi on Monday, killing at least eight people, injuring others and triggering a fire that damaged vehicles parked nearby, New Delhi police said.
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Nov 10, 2025
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
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Nov 10, 2025
President Ahmed al-Sharaa once had ties to al-Qaida and had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. Then he led the rebel forces that toppled former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last year.
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Nov 10, 2025
This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says.
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Nov 10, 2025
This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says.
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Nov 10, 2025
Several Senate Democrats break ranks to join Republicans in a deal to reopen the government. And, world leaders gather in Brazil for a major climate conference, but the U.S. is not expected to attend.
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Nov 10, 2025
The pardons include 77 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell.
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Nov 10, 2025
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
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Nov 10, 2025
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
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Nov 10, 2025
Under President Trump, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes.
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Nov 10, 2025
Alaska's public schools are being used as emergency shelters, though many of the buildings are crumbling.
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Nov 10, 2025
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the Philippines after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1.4 million.
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Nov 09, 2025
The Senate voted late Sunday evening on a compromise that could reopen the government following the longest shutdown in history.
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Nov 09, 2025
Two Major League Baseball pitchers have been indicted on charges they took bribes to give bettors advance notice of the types of pitches they'd throw and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes.
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Nov 09, 2025
UPS and FedEx's fleets of MD-11 planes are grounded, which can each carry thousands of packages. Logistics experts say some cargo could shift to passenger planes, trains and trucks.
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