World Stories
From NPR. Was the Quad God’s fall from heaven inevitable? What was it like inside the arena when Ilia Malinin fell? How does figure skating judging work anyway? Who’s in love at the Olympics? Join host A Martínez along with NPR’s Rachel Treisman, Oregon Public Radio’s Lillian Karabaic and WGBH’s Edgar B. Herwick III for…
From NPR. Nike’s battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
From NPR. In honor of Valentine’s Day, here are the stories of a few the power couples at the Olympics this year. Watch full episodes of our Olympics podcast “Up First Winter Games” on our channel. Subscribe to Rachel Treisman’s behind-the-scenes newsletter as she covers the Olympics at npr.org/thewintergames
From NPR. As men’s figure skating draws to a thrilling conclusion for Ilia Malinin, we also look at Chloe Kim’s third consecutive medal for snowboarding and Jessie Diggins’ heroic cross-country skiing bronze. Plus: the secret power behind the U.S. women’s hockey team — their shared college background. NPR is bringing you the latest from the…
From NPR. How can you use AI to help save a species? MIT professor Sara Beery explains how using AI with millions of wildlife photos from citizen scientists worldwide can tackle real-world challenges in conservation.
From NPR. NPR is bringing you the latest from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina with “Up First Winter Games.” Figure skating legend Scott Hamilton joined A Martinez on NPR’s Up First Winter Games to talk about this year’s skating phenom Ilia Malinin. In the wide-ranging interview, Hamilton talked about his own history…
From NPR. NPR is bringing you the latest from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina with Up First Winter Games. Join host A Martínez and NPR’s Rachel Treisman as they talk about Olympic events from days gone by. Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/eihRmhd3u_c 🔔 Subscribe and never miss an episode: bit.ly/4oVAImb 🔔…
From NPR. NPR is bringing you the latest from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina with “Up First Winter Games.” Join host A Martínez along with NPR’s Pien Huang to catch us up on all-things-speed-skating, including speed skating phenom Jordan Stolz gold medal performance in the 1,000 meters — and setting a new…
From NPR. A trial was about to launch for a vaccine to combat the HIV virus. If successful, it would be an incredible breakthrough. Then it looked as if it would be over before it started.
From NPR. Jakarta is overcrowded, polluted, and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. So the government decided to build a futuristic, green new capital on the island of Borneo. Despite concerns from environmental groups and Indigenous communities, the project is now nearly four years into construction, and local officials say plans are on track for…
From NPR. NPR is bringing you the latest from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina. Join host A Martínez and Rolando Arrieta — a former competitive speedskater himself — as they dive into the gateway to speedskating on ice: inline speedskating. Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/7qXEh-3HJXg 🔔 Subscribe and never miss an…
From NPR. NPR is bringing you the latest from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina. Join host A Martínez and NPR national desk correspondent Brian Mann as they talk about Ben Ogden’s gold medal performance to end a 50-year drought for U.S. men in cross-country skiing and, looking ahead, whether Jessie Diggins can…
From NPR. NPR is bringing you the latest from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina. Join host A Martínez along with NPR sports correspondent Becky Sullivan as they break down the U.S. women’s hockey team’s stunning victory over Canada. NPR national desk correspondent Brian Mann talks about Ben Ogden’s performance to end a…
From NPR. As U.S. Olympians arrived in Milan, one of athletes’ first and most anticipated stops was the Team USA Welcome Experience.
From NPR. In winter, the water inside evergreen trees should freeze. But that doesn’t happen. Why?
From NPR. Ski mountaineering may be a new sport in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, but its origins go back more than a century in the Alps. Here’s what you need to know.
From NPR. A record 71,000 people were held in immigration detention centers across the United States last month. That’s according to the most recent statistics released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. There were around 40,000 at the beginning of the Trump administration. Of the current detainees, 74% have no criminal conviction — and almost…
From NPR. The 2026 Winter Olympics are in full swing, and NPR is bringing you the latest from Milan and Cortina. Join host A Martínez and the host of NPR’s “Short Wave” podcast, Emily Kwong, as they break down the physics behind “Quad God” Ilia Malinin’s quadruple axels. 🔔 Subscribe and never miss an episode:…
From NPR. The 2026 Winter Olympics are in full swing, and NPR is bringing you the latest from Milan and Cortina. Join host A Martínez and Member station WUNC producer Josh Sullivan as they walk us through who and what to look for as women’s snowboarding gets underway. 🔔 Subscribe and never miss an episode:…
From NPR. The 2026 Winter Olympics are in full swing, and NPR is bringing you the latest from Milan and Cortina. Join host A Martínez along with NPR reporter Rachel Treisman as they break down the couples of ice dancing. Member station WUNC producer Josh Sullivan tells us who and what to look for as…
From NPR. What’s really happening with the Olympics ski jumping crotch scandal everyone is talking about? NPR Science Correspondent Jonathan Lambert breaks down the science behind altering the crotch area of ski suits and how ski jumpers use physics to get extra distance with each jump. 🔔 Subscribe and never miss an episode: bit.ly/4oVAImb 🔔…
From NPR. The 2026 Winter Olympics are in full swing, and NPR’s team in Milan and Cortina are bringing you the latest and helping you understand the science behind the Games’ big controversies. Join host A Martínez along with Sports Correspondent Becky Sullivan as they discuss the state of women’s skiing now that Lindsey Vonn…
From NPR. Reshona Landfair, previously known as the “Jane Doe” who testified against R. Kelly, is out with a new memoir, “Who’s Watching Shorty?” Now 41, Landfair was seen in a now-infamous videotape Kelly made of himself sexually abusing Landfair when she was just 14 years old. The video was shown to the juries in…
From NPR. The record-breaking cold snap last weekend surprised some South Florida residents — iguanas, stunned by the cold. The invasive green iguana is not an unusual sighting in Florida, but the cool weather that has South Florida’s cold-blooded iguanas stunned has longtime iguana trapper Blake Wilkins leaping for lizards. Wilkins, the owner of Red…
From NPR. NPR’s ‘Up First’ is at the 2026 Winter Olympics to bring you the biggest storylines, on-the-ground perspectives and the internet’s favorite moments. Join us from Milan and Cortina as we cover the action so you can catch up on what you missed last night and make sure you know what you need to…
From NPR. More than 10% of Congress won’t return to their seats after the 2026 midterms, driven by redistricting, retirements and lawmakers running for different offices.
From NPR. Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights, taking immigration detainees caught up in President Trump’s sweeping federal immigration campaign that started there back in December. One professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered flights. He carefully documents how many people are put on each flight, as the Trump administration declines to release…
From NPR. Reshona Landfair says she’s reclaiming her identity after decades of being known as the “Jane Doe” seen in a videotape of musician R. Kelly abusing her at age 14. He was initially acquitted on child pornography charges in a 2008 trial, and later convicted on child pornography and other felony charges in separate…
From NPR. President Trump has unveiled a new website called TrumpRx.gov, where consumers can search for discounts on brand-name medications. But they’ll have to pay in cash, instead of using their health insurance. The new program works because Trump wielded a stick against drugmakers: lower prices in the U.S. or face tariffs on your imports.…
From NPR. NPR journalists are at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Join host A Martinez and correspondents Becky Sullivan, Brian Mann and Rachel Treisman as they talk about what’s coming up at the 2026 Winter Olympics, including Lindsey Vonn’s comeback, Chloe Kim’s shoulder injury and the U.S. men’s hockey team’s shot at gold. Then NPR Media…
From NPR. A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds President Trump’s immigration and enforcement tactics are widely unpopular. Two-thirds say federal law enforcement agents have gone too far — up significantly since last summer. 60% disapprove of ICE. 62% think ICE is making Americans less safe. And a key part of the coalition that helped get…
From NPR. Walmart is known for low prices, but that the company’s shares hit a record high Tuesday, as the retailer’s market value topped $1 trillion. Walmart has long been a favorite among bargain hunters, and that includes a growing number of wealthy shoppers who are increasingly concerned about the high cost of groceries and…
From NPR. Legendary American athletes — many of them women — across multiple sports are returning to the Olympic stage after years away. Subscribe to Rachel Treisman’s behind-the-scenes newsletter as she covers the Olympics at npr.org/wintergames.
From NPR. Two people allegedly working for Russian intelligence blew up a rail line between Poland and Ukraine in November, damaging infrastructure and risking civilian lives. Though the Kremlin denies involvement, analysts see it as part of Russia’s escalating “hybrid warfare” against EU countries, warning that a deadly incident could force NATO to consider a…
From NPR. President Trump says Republicans should take away control of elections from at least 15 states, although he didn’t say which ones. Voting is plainly specified in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution as a right belonging to the states. But Trump made the comments yesterday in a podcast with former FBI Deputy Director…
From NPR. Hundreds of protesters gathered in a central square in Milan on Saturday, demanding that U.S. ICE agents assisting with security at the Winter Olympics leave Italy. Many of the Italians who chanted and blew whistles near the grand stone arch in the Piazza XXV Aprile said they had been horrified and angered by…
From NPR. India has a thriving black market for human eggs. Rules constraining the supply of donated eggs have given rise to this underground supply which have risks for the women giving up their eggs.
From NPR. It’s Feb. 2 — or Groundhog Day — and in keeping with tradition, thousands of fans of Punxsutawney Phil turned out to witness his weather prediction this morning. Members of the west-central Pennsylvania Punxsutawney Groundhog Club said Phil saw his shadow Monday, predicting six more weeks of wintry weather. The event has links…
From NPR. Want your child to spend less time on their phone, tablet or gaming device? Take a look at your own tech habits. According to a study published in 2024, one of the strongest predictors of a child’s screen time is a parent’s screen time. "If you don’t want your teens to be…
From NPR. Scientists say new research suggests humpback whales are teaching each other how to do a complicated feeding technique. Bubble-net feeding is when a humpback whale dives below a shoal of tiny krill or fish and starts to swim in a circle beneath. It releases air from its blowhole, creating an ever-tightening ring of…
From NPR. Just months after the April 2025 release of his debut album, “Love on Digital,” Destin Conrad dropped his second studio album, a jazz project titled “wHIMSY.” Both albums climbed the charts, and Conrad snagged a Grammy nomination for best progressive R&B album for “Love on Digital” — his first as a solo artist.…
From NPR. Lila Iké grew up surrounded by music, in a small town in the green mountains of Jamaica. “Christiana, where I was born and raised, is a community where music literally oozes out of every fabric of the community," Iké told “All Things Considered.” Her memories of music growing up included her mom’s…
From NPR. In the week since Border Patrol officers killed Alex Pretti, a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse, vigils around the country have celebrated Pretti’s work and denounced ICE’s tactics. Thousands gathered outside the Manhattan VA hospital, filling the sidewalk between massive snowbanks. And hundreds of Pretti’s colleagues at Minneapolis VA held a vigil earlier this…
From NPR. Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz defended the right to peaceful protests and expressed skepticism about the Trump administration’s calls earlier this week to de-escalate its immigration crackdown in his state in an interview Friday with NPR’s “All Things Considered.” “I know who I’m dealing with. I know that they’re not going to keep…
From NPR. After Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz referred to ICE agents as “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote a letter criticizing Walz for his rhetoric, accusing state leaders of not doing enough to “support the men and women who are risking their lives and uphold the rule of law.” In an…
From NPR. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says there’s a lot of skepticism in his state that the Trump administration will keep its word and draw down the presence of federal agents there. Two people have been shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis in recent weeks. Gov. Walz sat down with NPR’s All Things Considered…
From NPR. After years of eavesdropping and analyzing howls in Yellowstone, Jeff Reed knows a lot about how wolves communicate. A computational linguist, he uses AI and bioacoustics to isolate, record, and interpret the sounds that wolves make in the wild. He co-founded The Cry Wolf Project, the world’s largest bioacoustics study of wild wolves.…
From NPR. Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles. His attorney is calling it an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X this morning that she directed federal agents to arrest Lemon and three others "in connection with the coordinated attack"…
From NPR. With the release of his sophomore album, "Fly," in October 2024, jazz vocalist, composer and songwriter Michael Mayo ascended to new artistic heights. Much like his lauded 2021 debut album, "Bones," the Los Angeles-born singer flexed his jazz-influenced musical prowess on "Fly," enthusing critics with the album’s floating production, expressive songwriting and…
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From NPR. FBI agents searched an elections office in Georgia yesterday. One local Georgia official who was inside the Fulton County office yesterday says FBI agents were seizing ballots from the 2020 presidential election. Georgia has been at the center of President Trump’s claims that that election was stolen from him. He repeated the lie…
From NPR. South Carolina is reporting 789 confirmed cases of measles, surpassing the West Texas outbreak last year that resulted in the deaths of 2 school-age children. As NPR’s Maria Godoy reports, the outbreak is now the largest the U.S. has faced in nearly 30 years. Public health officials have reported 89 new confirmed cases…
From NPR. Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was rushed by a man last night as she was speaking during a town hall event. He used a syringe to spray her with a liquid before he was tackled by security and arrested. A statement from Omar’s office said the congresswoman is ok. After a brief pause…
From NPR. Heather Zielinski calls her friend Alex Pretti a “good man.” They knew each other for more than 10 years before he was shot and killed by federal immigration agents last weekend. Zielinski told NPR’s Scott Detrow what she thinks the world should know about him.
From NPR. How have prices changed in a year? We’ve tracked the cost of 114 items at a Walmart in Georgia. We found the impact of extreme weather and tariffs, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus "shrinkflation" in the laundry aisle.
From NPR. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Jewish faith and leadership have always been intertwined, but perhaps never more so than after Oct. 7, 2023, the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas. In a conversation outside Philadelphia, the Democratic governor shared how he felt in the moments after a man set his residence on fire during Passover,…
From NPR. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has named the team of athletes that will compete in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics next month. It’s the biggest U.S. delegation yet, with more than 230 U.S. athletes headed to Italy. They range in age from 15-year-old Abby Winterberger, a freeskier from California, to Rich Ruohonen,…
From NPR. The Trump administration is moving a top Border Patrol officer out of Minneapolis and out of his leadership role. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke with President Trump on Monday. Greg Bovino has been the face of the Trump administration’s immigration efforts across the country. Walz said Trump told him he planned to send…
From NPR. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro hears from voters who he says want to “pull the covers” over their heads and retreat from the news. But he believes now is the moment to engage, and to make your voice heard in the midterms. The Democrat presides over what he calls the “swingiest swing state in…
From NPR. American rock climber Alex Honnold became the first person to free climb Taipei 101 in Taiwan — one of the world’s tallest buildings. The whole climb took Honnold, the star of the award-winning documentary “Free Solo,” an hour and half. His first words upon reaching the top? “Sick!” Meanwhile, down on the ground,…