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Police arrest ‘person of interest’ Luigi Mangione in United Healthcare CEO shooting
A man has been arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Boston’s school admissions policy
The court's action was the second time the justices declined to intervene in an admissions program based on geography since their 2023 ruling invalidating affirmative action in higher education.
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii gun licensing rules — for now
At issue was a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed the state to prosecute a man carrying a loaded pistol without a license.
The Eras era ends: A look back at Taylor Swift’s record-breaking, 21-month tour
Swift has made over $2 billion in ticket sales and spent over 25 hours singing the 10-minute version of "All Too Well" since March 2023. Here's a look at the historic tour and what might come next.
A gang leader in Haiti is accused of massacring over 100 people
A gang leader who controls a key port in Haiti's capital is accused of massacring older people and Vodou religious leaders to avenge his son's death.
How Syria’s revolution could reshape the Middle East
The swift downfall of Bashar al-Assad is reverberating throughout the Middle East. Countries are urgently reassessing how to deal with a nation seeking to rebuild itself after years of civil war.
Jon Batiste finds the Blues in Beethoven
Batiste re-imagines Beethoven compositions in his new album. It's "not that the original wasn't great and transcendent..." he says. "But there's also a lot of things since then that have happened."
An 84-year-old pop superstar just dropped an album — how does she sound so good?
You might recognize the performer's unmistakable voice from the Netflix series Ripley, the HBO series The White Lotus, and the Pixar animated feature Luca. In Italy, she's a legend.
Biden creates a new national monument marking the legacy of Indian boarding schools
The new monument will be in Carlisle, Pa., on what was the campus of a school where about 7,800 children from more than 140 tribes were sent for assimilation between 1879 to 1918.
Cooks We Love: 11 cookbooks from 2024 recommended by NPR critics and staff
NPR has an appetite for great recipes — every year, plenty of cookbooks get thrown in the mix as we assemble our annual Books We Love guide. Here's a sampling of our food favorites from 2024.
A material that’s almost entirely air keeps EV fires from spreading
The Department of Energy is focusing on aerogels to reduce the severity of lithium battery fires. A lab that creates the substance shares the technology behind it all.
Yes, the number of food recalls has been rising. Here’s what you need to know
Food recalls fell sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic but are on an uptick now. Here's how the government is tracing outbreaks — and some tips on handling food safely to minimize the risk of illness.
Artificial Intelligence wants to go nuclear. Will it work?
The nuclear industry and big tech companies think they can solve each other's problems, but critics are skeptical the marriage can last.
South Korea’s Justice Ministry imposes travel ban on President Yoon over martial law
Yoon's martial law decree plunged South Korea into political turmoil and caused worry among its key diplomatic partners.
Under Trump, an ‘all of the above’ energy policy is poised for a comeback
Trump promised to "drill, baby, drill." What does that actually mean for the U.S. oil and gas industry – and other types of energy, too?
Why these doctors started writing medical ‘prescriptions’ for solar power
Doctors in Boston got tired of writing letters to power companies asking them to help vulnerable patients. Then they realized the solar panels on the hospital roof might offer a solution.
Russia targets Ukraine’s energy grid as winter sets in. Here’s how one plant copes
Russian strikes continue to destroy Ukraine's power grid, prompting nationwide power cuts while temperatures drop. Workers at a damaged plant try to restore its operation before the winter freeze.
Mississippi communities scarred by ICE raids fear future under Trump
Morton and nearby towns in central Mississippi saw the biggest workplace ICE raids in the country in 2019, when nearly 700 workers were arrested from chicken processing plants. Five years later, the impact is still felt here, even as activists and immigrants brace for more workplace raids under a second Trump term.
The 10 Best Classical Albums of 2024
Discover a wide range of this year's most compelling classical music, from symphonic thrill rides and soaring voices to delicate baroque suites, ambient adventures and one groove-laden masterwork.
Kennedy Center pays tribute to the Grateful Dead, Raitt, Sandoval and The Apollo
A packed house honored the Grateful Dead, director Francis Ford Coppola, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt. The venerable Harlem theater The Apollo also was recognized.
Ruby slippers worn in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ are auctioned for a record $28 million
Including the Dallas-based auction house's fee, the unknown buyer will ultimately pay $32.5 million for the pair of iconic ruby slippers that were stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago.
Lawsuit accuses Jay-Z of raping a 13-year-old with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in 2000
Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, was added as a defendant on Sunday in a lawsuit first filed in October. The anonymous accuser said the assault happened at an MTV music awards after-party.
Photos: See the fall of Damascus after Syrian rebels topple Assad’s regime
Assad's downfall came less than two weeks after an initial incursion west of the country's second largest city, Aleppo, triggered a cascading series of routs and retreats by the demoralized Syrian military.
Syrians ransack Assad’s private residence in Damascus after the regime’s downfall
The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him to flee the country.
Trump focuses on tariffs, not retribution, in first network TV interview
President-elect Trump lays out plan for his first 100 days during interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press."
Cancer interrupted their school lives, but also set them on a mission
Pediatric cancer survival rates are a crowning medical achievement. But the impact of missing school is a less-discussed side effect children then face.
PHOTOS: Take a ride with the Elephant Response Team. And be careful!
Their job is to keep the peace amid a worsening and at times deadly conflict between humans and the world's largest land animal in the town of Livingstone, Zambia.
Nick Frost wants you to laugh and squirm in “Get Away”
Nick Frost on his newest horror comedy and what makes the slasher funny.
NYPD releases 2 new photos of man sought in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Late Saturday, police released two additional photos of the suspected shooter that appeared to be from a camera mounted inside a taxi.
John Lithgow on having a “good ending” — on and off screen
Actor John Lithgow grew up in a theater family but always wanted to be a painter. On Wild Card this week, he opens up what changed his mind.
In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of repressive rule
President Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than 50 years, always with an iron fist that crushed dissent and relied on the country's feared security forces.
Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to long rule of Assad family
The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.
