The ‘reddit bro’ vs. the ‘wife guy’; plus, Fat Bear Week!
Tuesday night, JD Vance and Tim Walz faced off in their first debate. Host Brittany Luse is joined by NPR’s national race and identity correspondent Sandhya Dirks and political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben to discuss how the candidates display competing brands of white masculinity.
Then, Fat Bear Week is back! The annual March Madness-style bracket of the fattest bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park is in full swing after a rocky start. In honor of Fat Bear Week, Brittany revisits a journey through time to unpack what bears mean to us — and why they’re family, friend and foe all at once.
Israeli airstrikes cut off a key crossing between Lebanon and Syria
The latest strikes came after Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a United Nations-declared buffer zone.
At least 78 people dead after boat capsizes in eastern Congo, official says
The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further. He said there were 278 people on board, according to local authorities.
Ports’ strike ends, as dockworkers reach agreement on wages
The International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, representing ocean carriers and port operators, agreed to extend the contract and continue bargaining over all other issues.
3 ex-police officers found guilty on some charges in beating death of Tyre Nichols
A federal jury has convicted three former Memphis police officers of some federal civil rights violations and found them not guilty of others in the 2023 beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols.
On the Ground in the Country with the World’s Worst Displacement Crisis: Sudan
Fighting between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group have displaced some 12 million people in one of Africa's biggest countries. Our correspondent travels to Sudan and gives us a glimpse of the devastation the war has caused.
Jury in Memphis convicts ex-officers on some charges in beating death of Tyre Nichols
A jury in Memphis convicted three former officers on some charges in a federal civil rights case. The ex-cops beat him to death last year after a traffic stop, and conspired to cover up the attack.
