Hear reporting from last night's Springfield City Council meeting on a data center pause and picks for a city board that helps spend tax dollars, and we get a preview of the upcoming Lady Bears basketball season.
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The U.S. and Iran will resume peace talks Tuesday, as Lebanon faces pressure to rein in Hezbollah as a precondition for an Israeli withdrawal.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, about the Trump administration's Iran briefing to lawmakers.
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Alaska's Supreme Court ordered that Dan Sullivan, a retired teacher, must be included on the primary ballot for Alaska's U.S. Senate seat. He will challenge Sen. Dan Sullivan in the August primary.
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More U.S. scientists are heading abroad. Three researchers explain why they decided to shift their research to universities in the U.K.
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As the Supreme Court today weighs the Trump administration's effort to revoke birthright citizenship, NPR looks at what else the White House has done to curb illegal and legal migration.
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On June 24, 146 Venezuelans were deported from Texas to Caracas. Hours later, while the deportees were in a guarded hotel, powerful twin earthquakes struck.
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A few years ago, experts worried about a "new normal" of elevated violent crime in the U.S. Now the country is flirting with breaking its all-time low murder rate
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July 1 marks the official opening of a program that allows federal dollars to go toward short-term workforce training programs. So far just 12 states have created road maps for colleges to apply.
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The U.S. and Iran will resume peace talks Tuesday, SCOTUS expected to make a decision on birthright citizenship, Colorado voters head to the polls.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Princeton computer scientist Sayash Kapoor about his assertions that AI won't lead to mass layoffs.
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In Venezuela, the devastating twin earthquakes have left thousands sleeping on the street. Shelters are overflowing as relief efforts struggle to keep up.
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In Ituri, DR Congo's Ebola epicenter, overwhelmed clinics and a lack of protective gear leave health workers exposed as the outbreak spreads beyond control.
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The Iran war and high oil and gas prices have supercharged the adoption of renewables and EVs across the world. Some experts wonder if this year could be the peak of oil demand.
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More people are learning to coexist with black bears, as their habitat shrinks and they have more offspring.