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Jun 14, 2025
In a shocking, apparent assassination, authorities say a gunman dressed as a police officer kill a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and her husband in her home, wounded another politician and his wife in another home and had other political targets in mind
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Jun 14, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich
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Jun 14, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow
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Jun 14, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow
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Jun 13, 2025
Eleven Democrats are running to replace New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent and bypassing the primary. Early voting for the primary election begins this weekend.
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Jun 13, 2025
Saturday is the day of the big military parade in Washington. Amid the spectacle will be a jump by the Army's Golden Knights parachute team.
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Jun 13, 2025
Mohammed Soliman tried to buy a gun to attack people in Boulder, Colo., who support Israeli hostages. His application was denied, and DHS was notified but did not follow up on that information.
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Jun 13, 2025
The Diocese of Nashville has told Catholics that they do not have to attend Mass if they fear for their safety. That's in response immigration actions taken by the Trump administration in the city.
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Jun 13, 2025
The Club World Cup men's soccer tournament is set to kick off across the U.S. on Saturday, with some of the top teams around the world competing for a brand new trophy — and a whole lot of cash.
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Jun 13, 2025
The Basketball Africa League crowns a new champion this weekend, marking the venture's fifth anniversary. But can the NBA-backed league turn courtside glam and pan-African buzz into lasting success?
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Jun 13, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise talks with Chris Chibnall, author of Death at the White Hart.
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Jun 13, 2025
Imagine a room full of people in bald caps dancing joyfully.
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Jun 13, 2025
Pitbull fans are honoring him the only way they know how: partying till dawn in bald caps and fake goatees.
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Jun 13, 2025
Listen up if you're hoping to upgrade your kitchen: Tariffs are coming for your refrigerators, dishwashers and other home appliances.
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Jun 13, 2025
Most baseball legends get their start in the minor league. Bruce the Bat dog got the news this week that he's getting called up to the majors.
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Jun 13, 2025
House Republicans are considering a plan that would force colleges and universities to reimburse the government for a share of the federal loans their students don't repay.
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Jun 13, 2025
Israel launched a massive attack on Iran, striking nuclear sites and killing top military commanders. In response, Iran has launched at least 100 missiles at Israel.
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Jun 13, 2025
President Trump's tariffs are facing challenges in courts. At the heart of those cases is a question about where presidential tariff power comes from. Here's the story of the limits of tariff power.
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Jun 13, 2025
Israeli entrepreneur Shahar Segal is behind two well-known food ventures. One is a sensation: a restaurant group with a Michelin star. The other is a controversy: a program in Gaza mired in violence.
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Jun 13, 2025
A day after a plane crash that killed at least 240 people, India's state-run media reports that its aviation watchdog has ordered Air India to undertake extra safety checks on its Boeing 787 planes.
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Jun 13, 2025
Early satellite imagery appears to show some damage at Iran's main site.
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Jun 13, 2025
Deconstruction is a growing approach to taking down homes that diverts waste from landfills, cuts carbon emissions and creates a circular economy for construction materials.
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Jun 12, 2025
Israel launched an airstrike on Iran overnight. Blasts were heard in the capital Tehran around 3am local time. Israel's defense ministry warned it expects missile and drone retaliation.
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Jun 12, 2025
The House of Representatives voted to claw back two years of federal funding for public broadcasting Thursday in a largely party line vote. The bill heads to the Senate next.
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Jun 12, 2025
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a package of funding cuts that would affect public media and international aid.
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Jun 12, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Adam Clark Estes of Vox about his new story out titled: "I Covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life."
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Jun 12, 2025
Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave talk about humans' unique breathing patterns, how a hotter planet worsens droughts, and the diets of dinosaurs.
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Jun 12, 2025
A project spearheaded by UC Berkeley researchers provides free electric appliances and solar panels to people. In exchange, researchers learn what works in an attempt to electrify on a larger scale.
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Jun 12, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy Tony Pham — also a former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
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Jun 12, 2025
California Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from the press conference after entering the room and trying to speak with the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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Jun 12, 2025
Since the FDA said shortages of Wegovy and Zepbound are over, compounding pharmacies are supposed to stop making copies of the drugs. But some of those business are trying to find ways to continue.
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Jun 12, 2025
A small number of Senate Republicans are pushing back on their own party's plans to cut green energy credits that were approved under former President Biden.
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Jun 12, 2025
The last time the United States held a national military parade was in June 1991, timed to welcome returning veterans of the 100-day Persian Gulf War.
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Jun 12, 2025
On July 14, the U.S. is set to impose a 21 percent anti-dumping duty on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico, and the U.S. food industry fears that prices at grocery stores and restaurants will go up.
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Jun 11, 2025
Over 20 states are trying to bar people from using food assistance to buy candy and soda, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he'll expand the ban. Some recipients fear they may lose aid altogether.
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Jun 11, 2025
Some protesters in LA have been waving the Mexican flag, drawing criticism from conservatives. The flag's use in such protests is fraught, and criticism often comes from the pro-immigrant movement.
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Jun 11, 2025
President Trump's signature domestic policy bill is estimated to add trillions to the deficit. And that's putting new focus on Republicans and their rhetoric about fiscal conservatism.
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Jun 11, 2025
The comedy horror film I Don't Understand You follows a couple's pre-adoption Italian vacation gone wrong in every way. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to the movie's stars, Andrew Rannells and Nick Kroll.
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Jun 11, 2025
A continuous glucose monitor is a small device that sticks to your arm. Every few minutes it sends a signal to your phone estimating your blood sugar levels. But can it improve your health?
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Jun 11, 2025
President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" making its way through Congress includes a significant cut to federal employees' retirement benefits.
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Jun 11, 2025
The rhetoric used by President Trump and pro-MAGA media is conflating words like "insurrection" and "invasion." Those terms also have specific legal meaning to justify using the military.
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Jun 11, 2025
Jennifer Lyell, a prominent whistleblower within the Southern Baptist Convention who brought national attention to sexual abuse within the church, has died. She suffered from a series of strokes.
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Jun 11, 2025
In North Carolina, volunteers are re-building bridges that were swept away during Hurricane Helene. The bridges will finally allow access to houses that have been cut off by the storm for nine months.
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Jun 11, 2025
Things are quiet in Los Angeles the day after Mayor Karen Bass instituted a curfew for a small portion of downtown.
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Jun 11, 2025
This NHL playoff season a good luck charm for the Edmonton Oilers has been Chappel Roan's hit song Pink Pony Club.
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Jun 11, 2025
Simon Hankinson, senior research fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about federal efforts to enforce immigration law.
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Jun 11, 2025
South Florida's Cuban-American community supports President Trump, but some members are uneasy with his immigration policies. "I'm not for deporting people without criminal records."
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Jun 11, 2025
Protests around the country continue and the Trump administration forges ahead with its aggressive immigration enforcement. Here's where public opinion stands on immigration.
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Jun 10, 2025
Children and teens in states with the most permissive gun laws are more likely to die in shootings than those in states with strict laws, a new study in JAMA Pediatrics shows.
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Jun 10, 2025
President Trump has launched high-stakes talks with Iran over its nuclear program, but ordinary Iranians are unmoved.
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Jun 10, 2025
For the first time, a Chinese fighter plane made a debut in an active conflict. Pakistani pilots manned the Chinese J-10c during four days of clashes against India in May.
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Jun 10, 2025
Cowboy boots and fishnets might not feel like a natural pairing. But at this weekly queer line dancing night in New York City, that's almost the uniform.
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Jun 10, 2025
Looking to buy a used car? Check out the odometer. Some states are seeing an increase in fraudulent odometer rollbacks.
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Jun 10, 2025
Orville Peck is a country music singer known for keeping some secrets -- performing under a stage name and a mask. He talked with Rachel Martin about hitting pause on his career to get sober.
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Jun 10, 2025
Every Tuesday, protesters gather outside the CDC in Atlanta to point out possible public health dangers due to drastic federal cuts.
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Jun 10, 2025
Lost and tucked away in a private collection for over 150 years, one of J.M.W. Turner's earliest oil paintings has been rediscovered.
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Jun 10, 2025
President Trump wants to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the National Park Service budget this year and much more next year. The effort is facing bipartisan criticism.
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Jun 10, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Walter Gaskin about President Trump's activation of Marines and what comes with following orders on American streets.
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Jun 10, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Walter Gaskin about President Trump's activation of Marines and what comes with following orders on American streets.
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Jun 10, 2025
Amid ongoing raids in Los Angeles, many immigrants are afraid to leave their homes. We hear what that's looking like from residents, workers and business owners in the San Fernando Valley.
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Jun 10, 2025
A new anti-Hamas militia, comprising looters and criminals in Gaza, has emerged in Gaza with arms from Israel.
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Jun 10, 2025
Those who've been advocating for women deacons in the Catholic Church are taking stock of the possibility under the papacy of Pope Leo XIV.
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Jun 10, 2025
In 2019, Darren Wayman was about to become a new father. He was terrified. Then, a doctor came into the delivery room and said something that changed his perspective on parenthood.
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Jun 10, 2025
Health and Human Services head, RFK Jr, is replacing all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee. We discuss the potential impact on public health policy.
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Jun 10, 2025
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with addiction correspondent Brian Mann about the drop in overdose deaths among teens and young adults in the U.S.
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Jun 10, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Peter Swanson about his new mystery novel, Kill Your Darlings, which explores the reasons behind a poet's act of murder against her own husband.
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Jun 10, 2025
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro took the stand Tuesday, accused of plotting a coup to cling to power after losing the 2022 election. It's the first time a former Brazilian leader is being tried for attempting to overthrow the government.
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Jun 09, 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., told NPR that the deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles by President Trump is "an illegal act."
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Jun 09, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., about the protests in his state and the federal government's decision to send in the National Guard.
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Jun 09, 2025
An Italian referendum on granting faster citizenship to immigrants has failed due to low voter turnout. Italy's right-wing government was against it and tried to boycott the democratic process.
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Jun 09, 2025
Social media is one of the few places where India and Pakistan can come together. But during the most serious escalation between the two nuclear powers in decades, content was censored .
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Jun 09, 2025
In Lima, a city known for some of the world's wildest traffic, a Peruvian startup is testing driverless cars.
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Jun 09, 2025
President Trump's travel ban on citizens from 12 countries went into effect today. Reaction to the ban has been more muted than to the bans of Trump's first term.
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Jun 09, 2025
The Trump administration said it would begin to "aggressively" revoke visas from Chinese students with connections to China's ruling Communist Party or who were studying in fields deemed critical.
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Jun 09, 2025
The French Open started with a tearful farewell to the phenomenon that was Rafael Nadal — 14 time winner in Paris.
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Jun 09, 2025
Albuquerque is home to the biggest flamenco gathering in the world outside Spain. One family has a lot to do with New Mexico embracing the art form.
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Jun 09, 2025
Over the weekend, President Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard soldiers to Los Angeles, where people are protesting federal immigration raids.
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Jun 09, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers talks with retired Major General Randy Manner, former Acting Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, about President Trump federalizing the guard for his deportation campaign.
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Jun 09, 2025
As they process President Trump's chaotic tariffs and other economic policies, some of the country's most powerful CEOs are moving from denial and bargaining to public anger and depression.
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Jun 09, 2025
American bullfrog populations have exploded around the world with dire consequences for native wildlife. But researchers say they may have found a way to help these species rebound.
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Jun 09, 2025
The musical visionary led a multi-racial funk band that produced five Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early '70s.
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Jun 09, 2025
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
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Jun 09, 2025
El Eternauta has acquired near-mythic status in Argentina since it was first published in 1957.
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Jun 09, 2025
A booming population and changing climate have strained water supplies in St. George, Utah. Local leaders are betting that recycled wastewater can keep the city's taps flowing.
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Jun 09, 2025
No one show swept this year — and it turns out, that's a good thing.
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Jun 08, 2025
Members of the California National Guard have arrived in downtown Los Angeles. President Trump ordered 2,000 Guard troops to be deployed following protests in the LA area over raids by ICE.
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Jun 08, 2025
A CEO was charged after a journalist's home is vandalized after reporting on the CEO's alleged misconduct.
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Jun 08, 2025
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass talks with NPR's Scott Detrow about President Trump sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE protests.
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Jun 08, 2025
President Trump federalized the National Guard to curb protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles.
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Jun 08, 2025
Service Employees International Union California leader David Huerta was injured in a scuffle with federal agents. Sandra Diaz, vice president of SEIU-USWW California, talks with NPR's Scott Detrow.
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Jun 08, 2025
Air quality can be impacted by smoke from wildfires. Our reporter set out to build an air filter — in a style the EPA praised, using only things she already had at home.
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Jun 08, 2025
Air quality can be impacted by smoke from wildfires. Our reporter set out to build an air filter -- in a style the EPA praised, using only things she already had at home.
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Jun 08, 2025
Remakes are as old as cinema itself. Why do they get so much love ... and hate?
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Jun 08, 2025
New Jersey holds primaries Tuesday in the race for governor, where President Trump has already jumped in with an endorsement. The state has a Democratic governor but could see a shift this fall.
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Jun 08, 2025
Salmon farming is big business in Chile, and the U.S. is one of its largest markets. Yet the fish are not native, and fishermen say salmon are damaging ecosystems and an Indigenous way of life.
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Jun 07, 2025
78th Tony Awards preview: What to expect on Broadway's biggest night
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Jun 07, 2025
NPR's Life Kit explains the basic rules of texting etiquette.
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