Chicago's mayor pushes back as Trump administration readies immigration crackdown August 31, 2025 Brandon Johnson signed an executive order barring the city's police from collaborating with federal officers on civil immigration enfo...
Iran-backed Houthis raid UN food and children's agencies in Yemen, detain employee August 31, 2025 The Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday raided offices of the United Nations' food and children's agencies in Yemen's capital, detain...
How 3 Hawaiian teen princes brought surfing to the mainland August 31, 2025 In 1885, royal Hawaiian brothers were studying at a military school in California. There, they introduced a sport known as "surfboard ...
Don't let a selfie be the end of you August 31, 2025 Selfies can be great fun — or horribly dangerous. India, which has tallied hundreds of injuries and deaths from risky selfie-taking, is urg...
Photos: Mother Nature must be really annoyed at our fakery August 30, 2025 A polar bear in a zoo, a hotel balcony overlooking elephants, a tree mural shrouded by haze: They're images from the new book The Anthr...
Opinion: It's time to 'move our feet' August 30, 2025 The shooting this week at a Minneapolis Catholic school that killed 2 children won't the be last such incident. NPR's Scott Simon r...
Queen's Classic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' finds a new voice in Zulu August 30, 2025 It's one of the most famous rock songs ever - Bohemian Rhapsody— and now, for the first time, it's been translated with Queen's...
New CDC head chosen after week of turmoil at the agency August 29, 2025 It's been a week of turmoil at the CDC, and now there's a new person tapped to be acting director of the agency. from NPR Topics:...
The Trump administration wants to build more roads through national forests August 29, 2025 The Trump administration argues that rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule will help wildland firefighters. Fire researchers warn that more roa...
Israel increasingly bars foreign doctors who want to volunteer in Gaza August 28, 2025 Foreign doctors have been serving as medical volunteers, but must be approved by Israel to enter Gaza. The World Health Organization says d...
Fed governor Lisa Cook sues Trump over firing August 28, 2025 Lisa Cook is challenging the president's attempt to remove her from office based on what she says is "an unsubstantiated allegatio...
North Korea's Kim will meet with Xi and Putin at Chinese military parade August 28, 2025 With Russia's Vladimir Putin also coming for the parade, the event will underline the three-way alignment among Beijing, Moscow and Py...
The GOP is shying away from town halls. This Missouri congressman is doing 15 of them August 27, 2025 At a time when Congressional Republicans are generally opting against town halls, Missouri Rep. Mark Alford is embarking on a four-day, 15-...
In the brain, a lost limb is never really gone August 27, 2025 Even years after an arm is amputated, the brain maintains a detailed map of the limb and tries to interact with this phantom appendage. (I...
Drowning prevention program comes to a halt at the CDC August 27, 2025 A few years in, a CDC drowning prevention program was ready to share its findings on how to mitigate the leading cause of death among young...
Whatever happened to ... the optimist who thinks games and music can change the world August 26, 2025 On a planet that can feel increasingly challenged, we asked activist Edgard Gouveia Jr. about his latest efforts to improve life on Earth, ...
ICE detains Kilmar Abrego Garcia again. And, Trump seeks to fire Fed governor August 26, 2025 Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been taken into custody and faces deportation again, this time to Uganda. And, Trump seeks to fire a member of the...
How plants and fungi trade resources without a brain August 26, 2025 Fungi and plants have something to teach humans about global trade and cooperation (Image credit: Loreto Oyarte Gálvez ) from NPR Topi...
A lesson learned after pets were left behind in Hurricane Katrina: Save the animals August 26, 2025 People were forced to leave their pets behind during Hurricane Katrina, creating an unprecedented animal welfare crisis that has shaped the...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE during Baltimore check-in August 25, 2025 The detention, which was expected, happened after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore f...
Whatever happened to ... the race to cure HIV? There's promising news August 25, 2025 At the International AIDS Society meeting this year, a young woman from South Africa spoke. She is the first Black woman from Africa to be ...
These fish may feel pleasure while being groomed by other fish August 25, 2025 An experiment with threadfin butterflyfish finds that these fish may experience pleasure while being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasse —...
Millions in West facing dangerous heatwave amid multiple wildfires August 24, 2025 Parts of California, Oregon and Washington state will experience extreme heat at least through Tuesday, forecasters said. (Image credit: D...
Illinois officials blast Trump's threat to deploy National Guard in Chicago August 24, 2025 Earlier in August, Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., as part of what he touted as an effort to reduce ...
The state of Michigan hopes its scents will bring people to visit August 24, 2025 The state's tourism campaign offers a fragrance for the summer with notes of the beach, wineries and lavender. They struck a chord with...
How international students feel arriving on campus after the revamped visa process August 23, 2025 International students from around the world are arriving on American college campuses after a very rocky summer. from NPR Topics: News h...