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Oct 01, 2026
There's a tax loophole that lets millionaires and billionaires drawdown their taxes… to nothing. So what does tax-loss harvesting mean and why is it still allowed?
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Oct 01, 2026
NPR visits the first of what are meant to be a series of pilot zones in south Lebanon, where the Lebanese army has taken charge after an Israeli pullout.
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Oct 01, 2026
Metro Phoenix has so far seen twice as many heat deaths as this time last year. Authorities are trying to understand why and how to intervene.
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Oct 01, 2026
Oct. 1 is when new federal rules for sharing the Colorado River start. It's going to be messy and courts will likely have to weigh in.
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Oct 01, 2026
Starting Oct. 1, refugees and asylum seekers are losing access to Medicaid across the country because of H.R. 1, the Trump administration's major budget bill Republicans passed in summer 2025.
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Oct 01, 2026
It was hours and hours of music — 60 hours in all — of "record breaking" music. Musicians in Michigan played and improvised in what they believe is now the world's longest jam.
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Oct 01, 2026
Mortgage rates are at their highest level in almost three years. The rising cost of borrowing is driving life's major purchases further out of reach.
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Oct 01, 2026
The failed execution attempt of a woman in Tennessee on Wednesday wasn't the first time this has happened. The state's execution protocols have been under scrutiny for years.
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Oct 01, 2026
A woman in Tennessee survived an execution Wednesday. We talk with a reporter who was there.
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Oct 01, 2026
The Chicago White Sox won their first playoff series since 2005. The victory feels more sacred now that the team has revealed Pope Leo's letter invoking "Almighty abundant blessing" toward the team.
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Oct 01, 2026
The alleged victim of a 2024 gang rape at Cornell University clearly said in her police statement that she was sexually assaulted, her attorney told NPR — counter to what a prosecutor has claimed.
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Oct 01, 2026
The craft beer market is saturated and tastes are changing. Brewers are coming with innovative ways to attract customers.
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Oct 01, 2026
The fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration agent last January in Minneapolis set off a firestorm of protests around the U.S. Her family is speaking out for the first time.
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Oct 01, 2026
The fridge-size satellite with AI chips on board is part of Project Suncatcher, the company's moonshot effort to put AI data centers in space and harness solar energy.
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Oct 01, 2026
Home to both Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic candidate Troy Jackson, Maine's senate race has put rural Aroostook County in the spotlight.
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Oct 01, 2026
This South Florida community is typically a refuge for Canadians fleeing cold weather, but trade tensions between the United States and Canada mean fewer are coming.
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Sep 30, 2026
A Southern California man has created a system which translates cars passing on Interstates in California into soothing music.
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Sep 30, 2026
The U.S. military has been in Iraq for much of the past 35 years. A low-key ceremony Wednesday marked the formal departure of U.S. forces at a time when Iraq is still facing an uncertain future.
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Sep 30, 2026
The Golden State Valkyries lead their playoff series 1-0 after the heroics of Gabby Williams. The former UConn star has one of the WNBA's latest expansion teams playing with incredible team chemistry.
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Sep 30, 2026
Against the backdrop of an unpopular war in Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a "State of the Force" speech announcing new autonomous warfare initiatives and leaned on culture war flashpoints.
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Sep 30, 2026
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with journalist Alexandra Robbins about the role the Greek systems play in causing harm on college campuses, and what they should be doing to keep students safe.
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Sep 30, 2026
The Cowboy State runs on diesel, and is facing some of the highest prices in America for it.
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Sep 30, 2026
Meta's AI Assistant has been downloaded millions of times. It could change the way we experience the internet, it'll just need a whole lot of your personal data first.
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Sep 30, 2026
Israel says a FlyDubai co-pilot tried to crash plane full of Israelis after stabbing the captain in the cockpit.
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Sep 30, 2026
Documentarian John Wilson, known for his HBO show How To with John Wilson, is out with his first feature length documentary on what might seem like a rather dense subject: The History of Concrete.
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Sep 30, 2026
A contest is giving Massachusetts residents a chance to become the new voice of Boston Logan International Airport. With thousands of entries, the competition is wicked steep.
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Sep 30, 2026
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say.
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Sep 30, 2026
The Trump administration has taken government equity stakes in more than three dozen private companies.
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Sep 30, 2026
Measles is traveling, with outbreaks in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York, and exposures on transportation and in sports. What should you know before getting on a plane or train?
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Sep 30, 2026
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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Sep 30, 2026
Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage them. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman illuminates the wrenching decisions families and guardians face.
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Sep 30, 2026
Congress got rid of a $7,500 federal tax credit for new electric vehicle buyers. One year later, are people still buying EVs?
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Sep 30, 2026
Disabled kids make up the largest group in foster care. They have the worst outcomes. They stay in foster care longest. They're the most likely to die.
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Sep 29, 2026
Solar microgrids are helping Western North Carolina to prepare for disasters like hurricane Helene, which devastated the region two years ago.
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Sep 29, 2026
The lawsuit by a former Cornell University student, alleging she was raped in 2024 by seven male students, has renewed long-standing concerns about how colleges deal with sexual assault.
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Sep 29, 2026
A lot has changed in the last decade when it comes to how college campuses handle sexual assaults.
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Sep 29, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers talks with author Deesha Philyaw about her debut novel, "The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman."
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Sep 29, 2026
In May, a fire damaged 80% of the trees one of the only two naturally-occurring groves of Torrey Pines in the world. The National Park Service is trying to help them recover.
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Sep 29, 2026
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with the Brennan Center's Faiza Patel about the year since President Trump issued National Security Presidential Memorandum 7.
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Sep 29, 2026
President Trump met with AI CEOs at the White House on Tuesday and promoted a new government AI tool even as concerns about the technology's risks grow.
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Sep 29, 2026
Prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the alleged rape of a former Cornell University student in 2024. Now the governor of New York is calling for an independent investigation into Cornell.
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Sep 29, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Tom Morello, co-founder of Rage Against the Machine, about his first solo rock record Everyone Gets Everything They Want.
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Sep 29, 2026
A judge heard statements on several motions, including one to dismiss the case of Lindsay Clancy, after her recent trial ended in mistrial.
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Sep 29, 2026
Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences is set to close down thanks to financial pressures. The 198-year-old museum houses important scientific specimens and a beloved dinosaur exhibit.
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Sep 29, 2026
Heavy winds and high seas pounded the Eastern seaboard. But they also revealed the remains of a ship on a Nantucket beach. The wreck is believed to be nearly 150 years old.
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Sep 29, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers talks with New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand about the reopening of the rape case at Cornell University, and her history of pushing legislation to curb campus sexual assault.
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Sep 29, 2026
The FBI says it's aggressively investigating a massive data breach. But some FBI personnel are still trying to get answers to how much sensitive information was compromised.
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Sep 29, 2026
Origin Genomics aims to prove that the potential benefits of its technology for editing disease-causing genes in human embryos outweigh the risks.
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Sep 29, 2026
The MacArthur Foundation has just announced its latest batch of 20 fellows. Among the recipients of the $800,000 "no-strings-attached" fellowships are researchers who were recognized for their work at the intersection of science and justice.
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Sep 28, 2026
Angie Nixon, the Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate in Florida, is running from the far left — raising questions about whether such a campaign can work in a red state like Florida.
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Sep 28, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer Meg Mason about her latest book, Sophie, Standing There, and the one-sided relationships we form with some of our favorite authors.
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Sep 28, 2026
After a botched lethal injection in May, dozens of Tennessee medical professionals told the governor that healthcare professionals shouldn't help with executions, ever. No matter the method.
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Sep 28, 2026
Much of what we are hearing about AI leaves many people anxious about the risks posed by the technology. The writer Michael Sacacas takes a long view of how to manage such feelings.
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Sep 28, 2026
Landlords are using AI chatbots to manage interactions with their tenants. We hear from one renter who just wants help from a human.
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Sep 28, 2026
Bucking the national trend, poverty has been steadily rising among seniors and older adults. A new survey sheds light on how low-income people are struggling in the crucial years before retirement.
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Sep 28, 2026
Five British men have been released on bail after being detained near a military base for alleged terror offenses. The British base is used by the U.S. military for strikes on Iran.
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Sep 28, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Charles Spencer about his new book Swan Song.
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Sep 28, 2026
We speak with a grandma in Scotland who has earned a Guinness record for playing Fortnite.
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Sep 28, 2026
The legendary calypso singer Slinger Francisco, known popularly as Mighty Sparrow, has died at 91 years old.
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Sep 27, 2026
U.K. police say five men were arrested on suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act after three vehicles were spotted near an air base the U.S. military has been using to launch attacks on Iran.
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Sep 27, 2026
The U.S. military formally ends a more than two-decade-long presence in Iraq this week.
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Sep 27, 2026
A University of Maryland farm manager explains why Swiss chard and garlic are good choices for a home garden this fall.
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Sep 27, 2026
LA-based composer Charles-Henri Avelange wrote a score to honor firefighters almost 20 years ago. After last year's wildfires in Los Angeles, he's made headway in finally recording it.
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Sep 27, 2026
In Laleh Khadivi's new novel "Female Life on Planet Earth", a woman finds photographs that reveal unknown layers of her late mother's past.
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Sep 27, 2026
In 1960, astronomer Frank Drake listened for signals from alien worlds. Reporter Brendan Byrne's podcast When We Find Them picks up the search and asks what would happen if we finally find something.
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Sep 27, 2026
What makes a movie a classic, and what if you just don't like it? Two NPR critics give their honest opinions.
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Sep 26, 2026
Two big TV news outlets, CBS and CNN, will now be controlled by Trump allies. Some journalists are worried about pressure on their coverage.
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Sep 26, 2026
From the National Archives to the state dinner, President Trump and Xi Jinping looked comfortable together in Washington. Two former NPR China correspondents on what the visit did and didn't deliver.
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Sep 26, 2026
A typewriter Maya Angelou used for decades is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, near the original Star-Spangled Banner. A curator explains why it belongs there.
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Sep 26, 2026
Four months in, Congo's Ebola outbreak is one of the largest ever recorded. Officials and outside experts can't agree on whether it's finally slowing down.
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Sep 26, 2026
Singer songwriter Angela Autumn's music starts with her Appalachian roots and then takes some surprising turns. She talks about the experiences that inspired the songs on her new album, 'Believer'.
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Sep 26, 2026
NPR's Scott Neuman went to Virginia and Maryland to report on data centers. In this reporter's notebook, he shares why opposition to new ones is bringing together people who rarely agree on politics.
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Sep 26, 2026
OpenAI says its AI agents gained access to websites at the SEC and the Commerce Department in unauthorized ways this summer. The agencies say no private data was exposed.
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Sep 26, 2026
In the 1950s and 1960s, doctors gave the drug thalidomide to pregnant patients without telling them — and without FDA approval. Now those patients' children want recognition.
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Sep 25, 2026
The Supreme Court rejects a Republican attempt to redistrict the congressional seats in Missouri.
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Sep 25, 2026
Several Republicans in competitive races broke with President Trump on key agenda issues this week as voters continue to express concern about the economy and the war with Iran.
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Sep 25, 2026
A new study from the Lancet out this week finds that non-communicable diseases accounted for nearly 5 million deaths across Africa in 2023, representing 45% of all deaths in Africa.
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Sep 25, 2026
On his new album, Leon Bridges teams up with members of the band Jungle, frees himself of genre constraints and creates music that cultivates joy.
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Sep 25, 2026
As China's president visits the White House, the Asia Society is visiting South Dakota to get grassroots views on agriculture trade issues.
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Sep 25, 2026
Willem Dafoe's desire to challenge himself has made the 71-year-old very productive. He's in five films being released in the second half of this year. That includes his most recent film, Late Fame.
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Sep 25, 2026
Talent and a special kind of passion landed Micah Johnson in Major League Baseball. When a mental health crisis pushed him out of the sport, he turned his drive to another field entirely: fine art.
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Sep 25, 2026
Programs that send mental health workers out to 911 calls instead of police have grown in recent years. But doing them right is a challenge.
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Sep 25, 2026
It's Sept. 25, and in a nod to "9 to 5", people in Nashville and other places are celebrating the Queen of Country, Dolly Party.
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Sep 25, 2026
The Pacific Ocean has churned with hurricanes this year while the Atlantic has had none. The unusual seasons are likely driven by an especially powerful El Nino.
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Sep 25, 2026
In Michigan, both candidates in a close race for a U.S. Senate seat reach out to autoworkers amid the trade war between the U.S. and Canada.
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Sep 24, 2026
The most coveted real estate in business might just be the choicest shelf space of national big box retail. We go inside the room and the process of how stores choose what you can and can't buy.
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Sep 24, 2026
The U.S. is pushing the Americas to confront Nicaragua—but what, if anything, the region is prepared to do remains unclear.
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Sep 24, 2026
Rural hospital closures are driving demand for air ambulance services. But finding and keeping highly trained staff to practice medicine in the air isn't easy.
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Sep 24, 2026
In the first papal state visit to France in nearly 20 years, Pope Leo will preside over Mass in Paris, meet with sex abuse survivors and deliver a speech on European unity.
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Sep 24, 2026
South Africa is aiming to smash a savory world record — the world's largest BBQ — and more boerewors sausage than you can shake a stick at.
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Sep 24, 2026
Part of the Trump administration's argument for banning news outlets is that their coverage posed a threat to national security. A story cited an anonymous official, who turned out to be VP Vance.
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Sep 24, 2026
Dr. Heidi Overton has been nominated to be the new FDA commissioner. The Senate HELP committee pressed her on vaccines, mifepristone, food safety and whether she can tell the president he's wrong.
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Sep 24, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an address to the United Nations General Assembly amid wide criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza. Meanwhile, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas delivered an address via pre-recorded video.
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Sep 24, 2026
Bishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified by the Catholic Church in St. Louis on Thursday, moving the television personality from the 1950s one step away from sainthood.
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Sep 24, 2026
President Trump invokes "national security" to defend actions like banning reporters and building a new ballroom and arch. Critics note judges are often deferential to presidents making this claim.
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Sep 24, 2026
Trump administration officials bowed to pressure from a federal judge, allowing CNN, MSNOW and Politico onto White House grounds after revoking their press passes over coverage Trump didn't like.
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Sep 24, 2026
All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly talks with White House correspondent Emily Feng about the Trump/Xi summit.
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Sep 24, 2026
Kids are used to being asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Two students in Columbus, Ohio, flipped the script to ask grown-ups why they chose their careers.
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Sep 24, 2026
No matter how much poison you put out, rats continue to thrive. So D.C.'s Rat Rangers are trying education (of people, not the rats). They take residents into back alleys to illuminate the problem.
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Sep 24, 2026
Rates have climbed more than a full percentage point since the U.S. war against Iran started.
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