World Stories
From NPR. As the reality of domestic robots become less of an "if" and more of a "when", Catie Cuan says teaching machines to move more gracefully can help us feel more comfortable around them. Cuan is an artist, engineer and award-winning robot choreographer whose work explores the beauty, magic and unintended consequences of giving…
From NPR. The famous Paris opera house known as the Opera Garnier is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Emperor Napoleon III commissioned the building in the 1850s but would never see its completion. Charles Garnier, the architect, wanted to create a building that was about celebrating the citizens of Paris — not those born…
From NPR. New York state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, is set to win Tuesday’s Democratic primary for New York City mayor with about 44% of the vote, toppling former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates. The most left-leaning candidate in a crowded field, Mamdani campaigned on raising taxes on the city’s…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:16 NATO Members Agree To Defense Spending Increase 0:45 Trump: Iran Strikes Damage Assessment Inconclusive 1:42 Oil Prices Lower Than Before Israel Attacked Iran 2:40 Trump’s Record…
From NPR. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican from Alaska, has a reputation for bucking her party. She sometimes broke away from President Trump on key issues during his first term like the push to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. She detailed some of…
From NPR. Expressing frustration with apparent violations of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran overnight, President Trump lashed out at both countries Tuesday morning, saying he wasn’t happy with either of them and using an expletive U.S. presidents simply do not say on camera: "They don’t know what the f*** they’re doing." The comment came…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:18 Trump ‘Not Happy’ With Israel, Iran 1:19 Iran Weighs Closing The Strait Of Hormuz 2:19 Trump Heads To NATO Summit 3:07 SCOTUS Allows Third-Country Deportations 4:05…
From NPR. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, spoke to NPR hours before Iran retaliated against the United States on Monday. Murkowski said she is “concerned” about Iran’s response, but said there’s important context to keep in mind regarding Tehran’s nuclear program. “Iran has been threatening with their continued efforts towards their own nuclear…
From NPR. Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil is now free on bail. He spent more than three months in detention. Khalil was detained, as the first of several students who had peacefully protested against the war in Gaza. The Department of Homeland Security says Khalil’s detention was legal. Khalil is a legal, permanent resident…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:16 Trump On Regime Change In Iran 0:36 Extent Of Damage In Iran Still Unclear 1:29 U.S. Organizing Evacuation Flights Out Of Israel 2:23 Mahmoud Khalil Free…
From NPR. "The order we received from our commander in chief was focused, it was powerful, and it was clear," Hegseth said Sunday morning at a press conference at the Pentagon. "We devastated the Iranian nuclear program. But it’s worth noting the operation did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people." The U.S. attack…
From NPR. 110 high schoolers from across the country descended on Times Square last week for their first taste of fame. The National High School Musical Theatre Awards, better known as the Jimmy Awards, bring some of Broadway’s rising stars to New York City each year to put on a show unlike any other– in…
From NPR. The Trump administration is ending funding for specialized suicide-prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth. The option on the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline is being eliminated on July 17. When someone contacts 988, they can press 3 if they identify as LGBTQ+ youth. That connects the person to specialized counseling services tailored for such…
From NPR. The U.S. military has joined with Israel to launch military strikes against Iran, a dramatic escalation in the years-long effort by both nations to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan," President Trump wrote…
From NPR. Goliath, the 135-year-old tortoise at a zoo in Miami, had a big celebration last weekend as he marked his first Father’s Day. Goliath’s hatchling was born in early June after incubating for about four months. It is the first Galápagos tortoise hatchling born at Zoo Miami. Goliath had been matched with several female…
From NPR. A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen — the last surviving American hostage in Gaza — has returned to the United States. Edan Alexander had been held by Hamas militants until his release in May. Crowds lined the streets in Tenafly, N.J., waving Israeli and U.S. flags and cheering as an SUV brought the 21-year-old back…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:19 European, Iranian Diplomats Meet Today 1:21 Trump Continues To Weigh Involvement In Iran 2:22 Judges Back Trump On LA Deployment 3:21 LA Dodgers Deny ICE Agents…
From NPR. Mahasin al-Zaneen is a 39-year-old single mom in Gaza City, raising eight kids in a tent. Before the war, she worked training teachers and provided a steady life for her family. Now, they rely on boiled lentils from a charity kitchen, when there’s food at all. NPR’s Anas Baba spent a day with…
From NPR. Sabrina Carpenter has joined the race to score this year’s “unofficial song” of the summer. 2024 gave pop fans a crowded race for the year’s unofficial song of the summer, as major stars and new faces flooded the market with massive pop hits. This year’s been slower, as the pop charts have been…
From NPR. In an interview with NPR, Israeli president Isaac Herzog is calling for international support in destroying Iran’s main nuclear facilities. President Trump says he has not made a decision whether to take part in attacking Iran. NPR’s Daniel Estrin spoke with Herzog in Jerusalem. Herzog told NPR that any decision about U.S. military…
From NPR. New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested yesterday outside an immigration court as immigration officers were trying to take a migrant into custody. Video shows Lander being led away in handcuffs by two men who appear to be masked law enforcement officials, typical of recent practices of the U.S.…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:16 Trump Appears Move The U.S. Closer To Conflict 1:14 House, Senate Divided Over Budget Bill 2:23 NYC Mayoral Candidate Arrested 3:15 Baby Delivered From Brain-Dead Woman…
From NPR. Minecraft is helping science! Researchers are using it to study how people learn.
From NPR. Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine is again one of its largest, lasting more nine hours and killing at least 15 civilians and injuring nearly 100 others in Kyiv. Ukrainian Air Defense units spent hours trying to shoot down drones and missiles. At least a dozen sites were hit — many of them…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:16 Crisis Continues In The Middle East 1:13 Russia Again Pummels Kyiv Overnight 2:09 Judge Orders NIH Grant Payments To Resume 3:10 Trump Weighs Expanded Travel Ban…
From NPR. Palestinians have been killed almost daily trying to reach food distribution sites built in Israeli military red zones. NPR’s Anas Baba was at Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital where he documented the aftermath of Israeli tank fire and shelling on what witnesses say were crowds of desperately hungry people.
From NPR. Protesters in Spain have again expressed anger at overtourism as hundreds turned out to march against mass tourism in southern Spain. On Sunday, activists used water pistols to splash unsuspecting tourists in Barcelona and on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Some Spaniards say that their rent prices are rising, because more apartments in…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:17 Israel, Iran Continue To Exchange Fire 1:21 Suspect Captured, Charged In Minnesota 2:03 Trump Arrives In Canada For G7 Summit 3:00 Trump Orders Expanded Deportations 3:56…
From NPR. Researchers say that the number of emperor penguins in Antarctica may be declining faster than feared. Writing in the journal "Nature," researchers say they tracked the penguins using satellite data between 2009 and 2024, seeing declines of more than 20%.
From NPR. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is blaming California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla for interrupting her news conference yesterday. She and Padilla were in the same federal building in Los Angeles. She was talking about federal immigration raids in LA. Padilla says he moved toward Noem to ask a question when he was forcibly…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:16 Israel Continues Strikes On Iran 1:29 Air India Crash’s Survivor: ‘I Stood Up And Ran’ 2:31 Appeals Court Allows Trump To Command Guard 3:40 Padilla Forcibly…
From NPR. An Air India flight with 242 passengers and 12 crew aboard crashed shortly after departure in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad today. It’s not yet clear how many people have been killed or injured. The chairman of the group that operates Air India said in a statement that flight AI171, which was bound…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:17 Air India Flight Crashes After Takeoff 1:17 Hegseth Won’t Rule Out More Deployments 2:02 LA’s Mayor: Trump’s Approach Causing ‘Fear And Panic’ 2:24 Immigration Protests Spread…
From NPR. There’s been a second night of riots in parts of Northern Ireland. It began Monday, after two Romanian-speaking teens were arraigned in court for an alleged sexual assault. Angry neighbors then began hunting for other eastern europeans or foreign-born people to attack. Hundreds of masked rioters have thrown molotov cocktails, smashed windows and…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:20 Overnight Curfew In Effect In Downtown LA 1:14 Trump, Newsom Continue War Of Words 2:05 Thousands Demonstrate Across The U.S. 2:39 Appeals Hearing For Trump’s N.Y.…
From NPR. Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy backed Donald Trump for president in 2024. NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep asked him if he has met his expectations so far. “He has in my mind done what he said he was going to do,” Portnoy said. “Now I had a rant about tariffs because I’m…
From NPR. Barstool Sports caters to a large male audience. Its founder, Dave Portnoy, defines ‘bro culture’ “as somebody who maybe likes sports and wants to get laid.” He told NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, “We consider ourselves a comedy brand and would come under fire for things. So on our end, it was…
From NPR. In July of 2011, more than 5 inches of rain fell on Copenhagen in the matter of hours, flooding the Danish capital and filling its streets with raw sewage. Now the city has created a 1.3 billion-dollar investment to try and make Copenhagen floodproof.
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:17 Trump Orders More Troops To LA 1:47 Labor Leader’s Arrest Sparks New Protests 2:54 RFK Jr. Boots Vaccine Committee Members 3:29 APA Won’t Endorse Vaccine Schedule…
From NPR. Officials in central Tennessee have finally caught a runaway pet zebra. Ed the zebra was picked up in a pasture in central Tennessee. Authorities literally picked him up — Tennessee officials wrapped up the zebra in a net and a helicopter team airlifted him to a waiting animal trailer. Ed escaped from his…
From NPR. Israeli forces seized a small ship carrying aid headed for Gaza over the weekend, detaining a prominent climate change activist and other protestors in the process. The British-flagged ship, the Madleen, set sail from Italy a week ago to protest Israel’s blockade of Gaza and deliver a symbolic amount of aid. Early Monday,…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:18 Newsom Plans To Sue Over Deployment 1:14 Israeli Forces Seize Gaza-Bound Boat 2:11 Trump’s Travel Ban Takes Effect Today 3:12 U.S.-China Trade Talks Continue Today 4:13…
From NPR. Dave Portnoy on the manosphere, meme coins and what drove him to be more political | Morning Edition | NPR In an exclusive interview, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy tells NPR’s Morning Edition why President Trump has met his expectations, what he wishes the President would do differently and what Democrats need to…
From NPR. Lizards are evolving at hyper speed in Puerto Rican cities. These turbocharged genetic adaptations mean they can run and move faster than their countryside cousins. But why? Evolutionary biologists Shane Campbell-Staton and Kristin Winchell are studying how the urban environment is spurring rapid genetic adaptations in this lizard species. This video includes footage…
From NPR. In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in May, Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that no one has died because of cuts to USAID — the cutoff of billions of dollars of U.S. support for global health programs. One mother from Nigeria begs to differ. Mariam Mohammed, a widowed mother of…
From NPR. Today is the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the start of the Allied operation in 1944 to land troops on the French shore of Normandy and the final assault on Nazi Germany. The operation had been kept secret until hundreds of thousands of Allied troops stormed the shore. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commemorated the…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:17 Trump, Musk Have A Falling Out 1:27 Israel Arming A Private Militia 2:16 Russia Takes Aim At Targets Across Ukraine 3:15 Trump’s Travel Ban Covers Afghans,…
From NPR. Is politics a dating dealbreaker? For Gen Z, seems like yes
From NPR. New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her political party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, were barred for 21 days. Three days had been the longest ban…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:17 Trump Issues A New Travel Ban 1:33 Trump Issue New Crackdowns On Harvard 2:26 Supreme Court Issues Major Decisions 3:30 Judge Blocks Family’s Deportation 4:31 FBI…
From NPR. As enrollment in online college grows, students wonder: Why does it cost more?
From NPR. Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand, was the second person to give birth while holding elected office. So, who did she turn to for advice? Queen Elizabeth. “She just completely straight-faced said, ‘Well, you just get on with it,’” Ardern told All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly.
From NPR. The U.S. Department Of Agriculture says it’s suspending a demand for personal data about people who get federal food assistance. Last month, the USDA told states they’d be required to turn over names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and addresses of everyone who applied for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP,…
From NPR. The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it plans to revoke guidance directing hospitals to provide emergency abortions to women whose lives are in danger. That also included states where abortion is outlawed. But there’s a federal law that’s still on the books requiring hospitals to provide emergency reproductive care, so it’s not…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:19 Trump’s Doubles Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum 1:11 Musk Calls Spending Bill An ‘Abomination’ 2:00 White House Rescinds Emergency Abortion Policy 2:26 USDA Says Demand Food Stamp…
From NPR. There’s still a lot of astonishment over Ukraine’s drone attacks across Russia on Sunday. The drones hit several Russian airbases, spread deep across the Russian heartland. Some bases were more than 2,500 miles from Ukraine or above the Arctic Circle. Ukraine says the attacks were part of "Operation Spider’s Web." On Tuesday, days…
From NPR. The Department of Homeland Security is increasing its arrest quotas for immigration officers — at the same it is running out of money and space to hold detainees. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed over the weekend that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now required to conduct 3,000 arrests a day, an increase from…
From NPR. NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:18 12 Injured In Boulder Attack 1:09 ICE Officers’ Arrest Quotas Rise 2:01 Astonishment Over Ukraine’s Attack 2:52 Ukraine Attacks Crimean Bridge 3:12 27 Killed In Latest…
From NPR. From last August to this April, Elon Musk interacted with one particular X account on a near-daily basis: Mario Nawfal’s. The Australian crypto entrepreneur mostly posts about current affairs, including false claims and unverified information. Stories from Nawfal’s account have catapulted into President Trump’s feed via Musk – who, despite a step…
From NPR. In 2017, Jacinda Ardern, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, was sitting in her bathroom, anxiously anticipating the news of two potentially life-changing events. One, the election results that could make her the youngest female head of government in the world. And the other, a pregnancy test that could not only make…