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Sep 11, 2026
It's been nearly 25 years since the start of the U.S- led invasion of Afghanistan. NPR returns to Kabul to see how Afghans, now back under Taliban rule, are coping with the legacy of that 20 year war.
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Sep 11, 2026
The shift to the right in Latin America is reshaping the U.S. approach to drug trafficking — a shift on display this week as Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to three South American countries.
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Sep 11, 2026
Swing voters in Michigan are sour on the economy — and President Trump's handling of it. That's one takeaway from a pair of focus groups this week.
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Sep 11, 2026
In the Portland area, one nonprofit harvests edible fruit from thousands of metro trees, shrubs and bushes and distributes it to people in need.
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Sep 11, 2026
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Wichita Mayor Lily Wu about President Trump's tariff war with Canada, Bombardier aircrafts, and the trade war's potential impact on her city.
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Sep 11, 2026
The 9/11 terrorist attacks changed the nation's approach to national security. NPR's May Louise Kelly speaks with four U.S. officials about the intelligence community's response and where we are now.
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Sep 11, 2026
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset Friday. For many Jews around the world, a highlight of the holiday will be hearing the shofar: an animal's horn blown like a trumpet.
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Sep 11, 2026
President Trump heads to Ireland hoping for a little diplomacy as he watches a tournament at his golf club in Doonbeg.
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Sep 11, 2026
Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the case against the alleged co-conspirators still hasn't gone to trial. We explain why.
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Sep 11, 2026
Events to honor the nearly 3,000 who perished on 9/11 and more are underway Friday, including in New York City.
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Sep 11, 2026
The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.
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Sep 11, 2026
For decades, the U.S. and Canadian auto supply chains have been tightly woven together. The trade war is threatening to unravel a complex system.
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Sep 10, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at the AI company Anthropic who resigned in protest over the dangers of AI.
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Sep 10, 2026
Gillian Anderson is known for her work in X-Files and The Crown. But her role in Sex Education convinced her that she wanted to encourage women to talk about the fantasies they've kept secret.
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Sep 10, 2026
Sing for Hope, which creates artist-decorated pianos and puts them in public spaces for everyone to enjoy, started after two Juilliard students thought about giving up performing in the wake of 9/11.
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Sep 10, 2026
Scientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records.
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Sep 10, 2026
If you thought this summer was hot, you were right. NOAA confirms that this summer in the contiguous U.S. has smashed previous heat records. Globally, August was the hottest month on record.
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Sep 10, 2026
As the U.S. war with Iran drags on, Iranians face increasing layoffs and a rising unemployment rate.
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Sep 10, 2026
After a flurry of court maneuvers, the Republican redistricting of U.S. House seats in Missouri is blocked. It's a win for Democrats fighting to win control of the House — but maybe not over yet.
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Sep 10, 2026
Did America sacrifice too much to stay safe after the 9/11 terror attacks?
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Sep 10, 2026
Real estate agents are sounding the alarm on a growing fee they say home buyers should not pay.
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Sep 10, 2026
The NFL regular season has kicked off. Among this year's changes, the league is rolling out a new three-strike policy for dangerous tackles.
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Sep 10, 2026
A strain of anti-Muslim bigotry has become increasingly common in GOP politics, manifesting everywhere from a "Sharia-free America" caucus in Congress to rhetoric on the campaign trail.
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Sep 10, 2026
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Spencer Cox, Republican governor of Utah, about his new book, Off Ramp, and his vision for peacemaking.
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Sep 10, 2026
An extremely well preserved fossil feather could reveal why some birds survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid, and others did not.
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Sep 10, 2026
Barbara Keating died aboard one of the planes that hijackers slammed into the World Trade Center. Her remains were finally identified last year, and her family is gathering for a long-delayed funeral.
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Sep 10, 2026
President Trump promised to send every adult citizen $5,000, but only if Republicans maintain control of Congress in the midterm election, drawing a strong response from House Democrats.
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Sep 10, 2026
The death of Charlie Kirk was seen as a rallying call for young conservatives. One year later, the movement is wrestling with questions about its future.
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Sep 09, 2026
Each year, fewer Americans remember 9/11. The radio archives of WNYC take us to Ground Zero as the planes hit.
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Sep 09, 2026
Safety investigators are releasing new details about the moments before the deadly cargo plane crash in Miami on Sunday, raising questions about the actions of the two pilots.
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Sep 09, 2026
Part war propaganda, part comic strip, the 230-foot Bayeux Tapestry is back in England for the first time in 900 years. It depicts the 1066 Battle of Hastings, which ended Anglo-Saxon rule.
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Sep 09, 2026
Part war propaganda, part comic strip, the 230-foot Bayeux Tapestry is back in England for the first time in 900 years. It depicts the 1066 Battle of Hastings, which ended Anglo-Saxon rule.
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Sep 09, 2026
The nearly 230-foot long Bayeux Tapestry is back in England for the first time in 900 years. It depicts the 1066 Battle of Hastings, a turning point in English history that ended Anglo-Saxon rule.
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Sep 09, 2026
A photojournalist was stuck, injured and without cell service, after he crashed into a boulder on his bicycle in Scotland. Three motorcyclists stopped to help.
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Sep 09, 2026
Over the past 25 years, books and television series have reflected the events and fallout from 9/11 in both direct and indirect ways.
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Sep 09, 2026
An American man is guaranteed to make the final of the U.S. Open after Ben Shelton's win over defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals. Shelton faces American Frances Tiafoe next.
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Sep 09, 2026
Comedian and actor Stavros Halkias speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about his new stand up comedy special, Uncle Stav.
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Sep 09, 2026
The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup is underway in Germany. NPR's Scott Detrow and retired WNBA legend Tina Charles break down the brackets.
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Sep 09, 2026
A researcher at the AI company Anthropic resigned with a warning that the entire artificial intelligence industry is designing tools that humans will soon lose control of.
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Sep 09, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with theoretical astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan of Yale University about a strange blip recorded by a dark matter detector in South Dakota and what the fluke could mean.
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Sep 08, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Lonnie G. Bunch, III, the Smithsonian Secretary, who announced he is retiring after 38 years of service with the institution. He will step down at the end of the year.
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Sep 08, 2026
The Trump administration's escalating trade war with one of the U.S.'s closest allies, Canada, is causing economic anxiety in rural border states like Montana, which counts Canada as its main export market.
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Sep 08, 2026
A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.
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Sep 08, 2026
Pediatrician Rupa Narra of Doctors Without Borders talks about the challenges of treating children with Ebola, especially because their fatality rate is so high.
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Sep 08, 2026
Officials blasted past NYC mayoral administrations, Republican and Democrat, for failing to disclose data showing toxic air quality in lower Manhattan after the 9/11 terror attack.
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Sep 08, 2026
Georgia and South Carolina are trying to fight off an invasive bee-eating hornet that's been spreading along their coasts.
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Sep 08, 2026
U.S. bases in the Gulf face an unclear future after being pounded in war with Iran.
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Sep 08, 2026
The popularity of telehealth for abortion has grown dramatically in recent years. Here is what telehealth abortion appointment looks like in Arizona, where abortion is legal.
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Sep 08, 2026
As a federal appeals court considers Louisiana's lawsuit to end telehealth abortion access, a longtime OB-GYN in Arizona explains how telehealth works in his clinic.
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Sep 08, 2026
Hank the donkey has the longest donkey ears in the world. His mom, Jennifer Gee, says in addition to big ears, the Mammoth donkey has a big personality, "like a gigantic golden retriever."
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Sep 08, 2026
The U.K. is banning imports from West Bank Israeli settlements, saying settlement terrorists are responsible for "ethnic cleansing" against Palestinians.
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Sep 08, 2026
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Rebecca Rosman about yet another museum heist in France — this time, thieves stole several paintings by Renoir.
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Sep 07, 2026
A screenwriter is suing a major Hollywood television producer, alleging that her screenplay and ideas were stolen and used in the hit TV series Yellowstone.
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Sep 07, 2026
The UN estimates 650 million women and girls currently alive were married before age 18. A new resolution aims to bring awareness and push countries to act to end child marriage.
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Sep 07, 2026
Many California countertop workers diagnosed with silicosis from engineered stone are struggling to obtain workers' compensation benefits as insurers deny claims.
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Sep 07, 2026
A landslide victory for the far-right AfD in a tiny German region sends seismic political tremors far beyond its borders.
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Sep 07, 2026
Federal aviation investigators are searching for answers following a deadly cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport Sunday that killed five people and injured at least five others.
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Sep 07, 2026
Copper peptides are among the biggest viral trends on social media. Does evidence support smearing on the electric blue tincture for firmer skin, wound healing and other anti-aging effects?
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Sep 07, 2026
The boom in data centers has brought plenty of work and lots of overtime to union electricians, putting them at odds with many communities trying to block new data center construction.
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Sep 07, 2026
A 50th birthday trip to Ghana and Senegal sparked a new picture book called That You Are Here is No Small Thing, which guides children through Black American history.
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Sep 07, 2026
With Temporary Protection Status expected to expire next week for Salvadorans, TPS recipient Daysi Gonzales has been documenting her life in limbo on social media.
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Sep 07, 2026
Italy's Giorgia Meloni is set to make history — but a new rival from even further right could threaten her grip on power.
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Sep 07, 2026
The Trump administration is considering stripping the name of an African American war hero from an aircraft carrier, even though President Trump himself praised the honor in his first term.
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Sep 07, 2026
A selective peek at the comedies, adventures, romances and awards contenders opening in cinemas between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
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Sep 07, 2026
President Trump is transforming Washington. New York Magazine's Ben Terris says the ballroom, the planned arch and other changes are an attempt to achieve "architectural immortality."
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Sep 07, 2026
Fifth graders calm school kindergartners in Los Angeles. Kids take the "bike bus" in Oklahoma. High school students take in a new high school building in Oregon.
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Sep 07, 2026
Heat kills thousands of people across the U.S. every year. The risk is especially high for the millions of Americans who live in manufactured housing like mobile homes and trailers.
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Sep 06, 2026
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff made their first trip to Kyiv, one day after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
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Sep 06, 2026
Diesel has hit a record high. Stephan Bisaha visits an Alabama truck stop to talk with drivers and business owners about how high prices are changing what they spend and charge.
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Sep 06, 2026
Monte Wiederhold runs a trucking company in northwest Ohio. He explains how problems overseas affect businesses at home.
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Sep 06, 2026
One of the world's largest logistics companies plans to fit one of its ships with a strange type of sail, the latest in a small but growing number of cleaner sailing shipping vessels.
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Sep 06, 2026
Ticks and the diseases they carry are a growing problem nationwide. As tick season ends, a closer look at what researchers are learning about how ticks survive and spread disease.
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Sep 06, 2026
Angine de Poitrine wears giant masks, speaks an alien language and plays wildly complicated math rock. Manager Sebastien Collin talks about the rise of the enigmatic musical group.
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Sep 06, 2026
Over the past quarter century the events of 9/11 have been reflected in direct and indirect ways in movies.
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Sep 06, 2026
Journalists Mikhail Zygar and Cindy Yu explain how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan helped reshape Russia and China's ambitions.
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Sep 06, 2026
Classicist Emily Wilson talks about her new book, 'Crossing the Wine Dark Sea,' a series of essays reflecting on translation and classic writing in the modern world.
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Sep 05, 2026
In a massive restructuring under the Trump administration, U.S. Forest Service is closing dozens of research stations but, as NPR's Chiara Eisner reports, it is keeping some facilities open that had been projected to shutter.
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Sep 05, 2026
The U.S. strikes three Iranian oil tankers after Iran targets two American warships, in the latest exchange over shipping and the Strait of Hormuz.
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Sep 05, 2026
Activist and author Angela Davis remembers her friend Gloria Steinem, and discusses intersectional feminism today.
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Sep 05, 2026
On the centennial of father's birth, Ravi Coltrane talks about turning the home where the jazz legend spent a crucial period in the 1950s into a cultural heritage and community space.
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Sep 05, 2026
The Republican midterm convention in Dallas takes place in the same city that helped give rise to the Bush political dynasty. Still, many policies championed by the conservative presidents are noticeably absent from today's Republican Party.
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Sep 05, 2026
A United Nations report has found that the world will warm to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Climate solutions advocate Ayana Elizabeth Johnson urges a quicker implementation of known strategies - and determination rather than despair.
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Sep 05, 2026
NPR's Bobby Allyn talks about covering the prediction markets, where anyone can trade bets on the outcome of anything happening in the real world.
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Sep 05, 2026
As political races heat up heading into the midterms, candidates from both parties are increasingly joining the fray to voice concerns over Flock surveillance cameras.
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Sep 04, 2026
On Wild Card, famous guests answer questions that we don't always talk about. Musician Sara Bareilles talks about the importance of crying in her life.
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Sep 04, 2026
A mother was caught in a current while saving her son in Lake Michigan. When she couldn't get them closer to shore, a man appeared to help.
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Sep 04, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sam Holleran, one of the authors behind the new book Scattered Steel: the afterlife of the World Trade Center.
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Sep 04, 2026
Nearly 600 artists submitted crop art at the Minnesota State Fair. Using seeds from Minnesota grown crops, many artists created scenes inspired by Operation Metro Surge.
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Sep 04, 2026
NPR's Regina Barber and Nate Rott talk about a new way to spot archaeological fakes, how hurricanes may have influenced lizard evolution and the health effects of extreme heat.
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Sep 04, 2026
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Allison Aubrey, health and science correspondent for NPR and the author of Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love.
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Sep 04, 2026
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Allison Aubrey, health and science correspondent for NPR and the author of Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love. You can share your story of midlife reinvention.
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Sep 04, 2026
That's the grim assessment from the ground in the wake of the catastrophic flooding, which damaged or destroyed 7 health facilities, interrupted routine care and is affecting mental health.
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Sep 04, 2026
Seven hospitals/health centers have been damaged in the floods, some completely wiped out. Medical workers are concerned about interrupted routine care, risk of waterborne and communicable disease outbreaks in "holding centers" and the mental health impacts of the disaster.
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Sep 04, 2026
After a bruising primary, Democrats in Michigan are working to unify their coalition ahead of what is expected to be a razor-thin Senate race this fall for a seat they need to hold if they hope to retake the Senate majority.
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Sep 04, 2026
After a bruising Senate primary, Michigan Democrats are trying to unify to hold onto a must-win seat. But healing those fissures is proving not so simple.
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Sep 04, 2026
The late country singer's hits are making a mark on the pop charts following her death. Many are charting higher than they ever have before — and the rise of country music might play a role.
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Sep 04, 2026
More than a week of strikes by jet-powered Russian drones has disrupted schools, work and transport … and left Ukraine, which lacks air defense supplies, feeling vulnerable.
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Sep 04, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Nancy Gertner, a former U.S. federal judge and current lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, about the legal drama inside the courtroom at the Lindsay Clancy trial.
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Sep 04, 2026
U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, beating expectations. The news could give the Federal Reserve more leeway to raise interest rates later this month to curb stubborn inflation.
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Sep 04, 2026
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says "excavation work" will begin in the next two weeks, without approval from a key federal body. Veterans who sued over the arch want a judge to intervene before then.
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