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Former FBI Director Comey indicted on criminal charges stemming from 2020 testimony
Former FBI Director James Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection.
2025 Tiny Desk Contest: Best of Alabama Showcase
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The U.N. utters the word: Dementia
For the first time, the United Nations has issued a political declaration pledging to address dementia. Will it make a difference?
Latest update of 1844 American songbook reflects new generation of ‘Sacred Harp’ singers
An 1844 religiously inspired songbook that uses shape notes to help people read music got a major update recently and it attracting younger singers.
Trump advises parents on hepatitis B vaccine. Here’s why doctors say he’s wrong
It's unusual for Presidents to give medical advise. But this week President Trump told parents to delay giving their kids a hep b shot until they turn 12. Doctors say this is bad and dangerous advice.
What we know about the Dallas ICE facility shooting
A gunman fired at a Dallas ICE immigration detention facility, killing one person and injuring two others. Investigators provide updates on the shooting and the gunman.
Trump is accusing the U.N. of ‘sabotage.’ The U.N. says Trump’s team is to blame
Trump says three "sinister events" disrupted his speech: a frozen escalator, a broken teleprompter and a too-quiet sound system. The U.N. says Trump's team is at fault, but opened an investigation.
Starbucks is closing more stores and laying off 900 workers
The coffee giant plans to cut 900 corporate jobs and shut down about 1% of its stores as the chain's turnaround plan approaches a one-year mark.
Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle U.S. lawsuit that it ‘tricked’ people into Prime
Federal regulators say Amazon has agreed to pay a historic sum to resolve their allegations that its web designs manipulated millions of people into paying for Prime subscriptions, which were also purposefully hard to cancel. Affected shoppers are slated to receive payouts.
Twenty One Pilots prove rock’s not dead atop the ‘Billboard’ albums chart
Rock and roll is alive and well atop the Billboard 200 albums chart this week, as Twenty One Pilots' Breach hits No. 1.
Former special counsel Jack Smith warns that rule of law is ‘under attack’
In his first public remarks since leaving the Justice Department, Smith said he's sad and angry about the dismissals of career public servants and the loss of credibility the DOJ has suffered.
Trump punted on medical debt protection. Now the battle is in the states
Some states are enacting medical debt laws as the Trump administration pulls back federal protections. Elsewhere, industry opposition has derailed legislation.
Photographer Sally Mann warns of ‘new era of culture wars’ after art seizure
As she reflects on her career in a second memoir, Sally Mann warns of a "new era of culture wars" after police pulled several photographs she took of her children decades ago off the walls of a museum.
A judge ruled their firings were illegal. The government got to do it anyway
A judge ruled the firing of thousands of federal employees was illegal. But he stopped short of ordering the government to reinstate them, predicting the Supreme Court would overturn it.
Tensions are high in a Utah redistricting fight that didn’t start with Trump
Like Texas, Utah Republicans are redrawing congressional maps mid-decade. Unlike Texas, Utah's new maps could give Democrats more of a shot at winning a seat.
A question of intent: Is what’s happening in Gaza genocide?
As accusations of genocide in Gaza mount against Israel, NPR looks at how the term is defined legally and why previously reticent scholars have changed their minds.
Housing prices are causing some people to have smaller families than planned
Home prices skyrocketed during the pandemic — and have stayed high. For some Americans, making their budget work means having fewer children than they'd envisioned.
White House threatens layoffs — not furloughs — if the government shuts down
In past government shutdowns, workers have been put on temporary furloughs until funding resumes. This time, the Trump White House is looking for bigger and more permanent cuts, a new memo shows.
For the first time in nearly 6 decades, a Syrian president steps up to speak at the U.N.
Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa addressed the U.N. General Assembly, marking the first time any president from his country has done so in almost 60 years.
First lawsuit filed after January’s DCA passenger jet and helicopter midair collision
Family members of a passenger who died in the January collision are suing American Airlines, PSA Airlines, and the federal government. It's the first of what could be dozens of lawsuits.
‘One Battle After Another’ wants a revolution
Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Teyana Taylor star in Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller about the unfulfilled promises of protest and rebellion.
As AI advances, doomers warn the superintelligence apocalypse is nigh
AI is advancing fast, and AI doomers say humanity is at risk.
Over rocky terrain, Birmingham’s Muslim women find sisterhood
On a recent Sunday morning, a group of about ten women gathered in front of the entrance to Red Mountain Park in Birmingham. The women, dressed in hijabs and flowing athletic gear, laughed, chatted and prepared to take on the occasionally challenging terrain. It’s a monthly event connecting women from Birmingham’s greater Muslim community.
A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared
The statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn't the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit.
Ukraine issues a stark warning about a global arms race and AI war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Trump made another shift in his stance on Russia's war in Ukraine.
Shooting at ICE detention facility in Dallas kills 1, injures 2 others
Authorities are investigating a shooting Wednesday at an immigration detention facility in Dallas. The Department of Homeland Security says there is at least one fatality, and a suspect is died.
New York City may move its mayoral elections to even years. It’d be part of a trend
This fall, New York City voters will weigh in on a proposal that could move future city elections to even-numbered years. It's part of a growing trend to consolidate election dates.
Love pumpkin spice lattes? Learn some of its spicy history
For NPR's Word of the Week: Things are getting spicy. We explain how a word referring to cinnamon and pepper turned less literal by the 19th century.
NPR’s middle school champion: A moving podcast about Japanese incarceration
For the first time, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge has a returning champion: a California fifth grader who explored a dark chapter in U.S. history during World War II.
Trump admin ‘seems to care very little about autistic people,’ says advocate
In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.
‘We have to speak out,’ Jimmy Kimmel says in his late night return
The comedian was suspended for nearly a week by ABC's parent company, Disney, before returning to airwaves on Tuesday night.
Camp Mystic plans to reopen in Texas next summer, a year after floods killed 27
Camp Mystic plans to reopen next summer near the site where 27 girls and counselors died in a July flood.
