Japan's space agency says it may now have clues about the origins of the moon

An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing lunar rocks, an achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the moon, a Japan space agency official said


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Hurricane Idalia shows nature may provide the best shoreline protection

Researchers at the University of Florida found that nature-based "living shoreline" projects significantly reduced wave energy and were largely undamaged during Hurricane Idalia last year.


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Photos: Shooting in Kansas City after Chiefs parade

One person was killed and at least 21 others were injured in the attack outside Union Station in Kansas City.


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1 dead, up to 15 injured in shooting at Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl rally

Police said shots were fired near Union Station, the site of the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory rally in Kansas City, Mo. Two armed people were taken into custody, authorities said.


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Gun violence killed them. Now, their voices will lobby Congress to do more using AI

On the 6th anniversary of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., gun control advocates experiment with AI-generated audio messages of recreated voices of victims of gun violence pleading for change.


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Romantic advice (regardless of your relationship status)

Valentine's Day is a time to think about love — no matter whether you're single, taken, confused or ready to mingle.


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We asked young Black voters about Biden and the Democrats. Here's what we learned

Young Black voters were a key part of the coalition that sent Joe Biden to the White House in 2020. Yet recent polls suggest some of that support has eroded.


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Pakistan heads toward a coalition government

The announcement of plans for a coalition government ends the uncertainty since last week when no party won a simple majority in parliamentary elections.


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Mediators are in Cairo working to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

The talks come as Israel signals it may soon launch an invasion of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The talks were expected to center on a plan that would pause the fighting for up to six weeks.


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Senate passes $95B aid package for Ukraine and Israel, but fate in House is uncertain

The Senate early Tuesday passed a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, pushing ahead after months of difficult negotiations and amid growing political divisions in the Republican Party over the role of the United States abroad.


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UPenn students, interim president slam professor’s ‘antisemitic’ political cartoons

Penn students and the university's interim president have slammed lecturer Dwayne Booth's cartoons — drawn as Mr. Fish — as "reprehensible" and antisemitic.


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Speaker Mike Johnson signals House won’t take up Senate’s Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan aid bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson warned Monday that he might not bring the massive foreign aid bill being considered in the Senate up for a vote because it fails to address border security, saying the lower chamber will “work its own will” to tackle the issue. 


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Yet another FAFSA problem: non-citizens can't fill it out

Parents who aren't citizens aren't able to complete the new version of the widely used financial-aid form, adding another barrier to families struggling with the college admissions process.


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A nor'easter could drop several inches of snow on New York City, New England

Parts of New York City could see at least 6 inches of snow, while somewhere between 8 inches to a foot could fall in Boston. Public schools in both cities will be closed Tuesday.


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Video shows rescued Israeli hostages tearfully reuniting with loved ones

Video captured the tearful reunion of two Israeli-Argentinian hostages who were held captive in the Gaza Strip by Hamas for over four months before being reunited with their loved ones at a hospital in Israel.


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Cocoa prices spiked to an all-time high right before Valentine's Day

Chocolate lovers won't see a sudden price spike for Valentine's Day — because the cost already has been rising for months. Extreme weather is largely to blame.


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At 79, she reached her goal to visit every country in the world

Luisa Yu spent the past five decades plotting to see all 193 U.N.-recognized countries. To realize her dream, she faced numerous visa hurdles and, later in life, made a career change.


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Will the Chiefs or the 49ers win the Super Bowl? The animal kingdom weighs in

Animals at zoos and shelters across the U.S. are making their predictions for which team will win Super Bowl 58.


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A nor'easter is coming for the Northeast, from Pennsylvania to Maine

The storm is forecast to bring snow, rain and gusty winds across the northeast leading up to Valentine's Day. Up to a foot of snow is expected in some places.


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Biden to finally visit East Palestine, Ohio this week — more than a year after toxic spill

President Biden will visit East Palestine, Ohio this Friday, after declining to do so for over a year after the Norfolk Southern train derailment unleashed a brew of toxic chemicals into the environment.


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Mother of Kentucky woman allegedly drugged and raped with friend at Bahamas resort knew ‘something wasn’t right’ before receiving disturbing text

The moms were spending time at the beach on Feb. 1 when a resort staffer offered them a two-for-one drink deal, Dobson claimed.


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CEO of major Nigerian bank killed in helicopter crash in California's Mojave Desert

The CEO of one of Nigeria's largest banks was killed Friday along with his wife and son when a helicopter they were riding in crashed near Interstate 15 in Southern California's Mojave Desert.


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High profile women stand out on the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame shortlist

Mariah Carey, Cher, Sinéad O'Connor, Mary J. Blige and Sade are on the latest inductee shortlist. It's notable for an institution long focused on white male artists.


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At least 44 Palestinians killed in Rafah after Israeli airstrikes, including senior Hamas leaders

Hundreds of thousands of Gaza’s 2.3 million people fled to Rafah after they were displaced by the ground assault on other parts of the region.


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Cheap, plentiful and devastating: The synthetic drug kush is walloping Sierra Leone

Kush, a synthetic cannabinoid, is spreading quickly for the promise of a stress-relieving high. But what's the impact on users — and Sierra Leonean society? And how are the authorities responding?


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We asked. You answered. Here are your secrets to healthy aging

NPR asked our audiences to share their hard-won wisdom. We heard from more than 1,000 people, aged 16 to 103! Here's a roundup of your best advice for thriving as you age.


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Georgia police officers allegedly sickened by substance on papers, suspect arrested

The officers began suffering from "extreme fatigue, chest pain, chest tightness, dizziness, and difficulty breathing" after touching the papers, the newspaper reported, citing an arrest warrant.


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Charges dropped against Ohio pastor who housed homeless people at his church

Chris Avell, a pastor from Bryan, Ohio, faced charges after turning his church into a quasi-homeless shelter, partly in response to the city's housing shortage.


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Colon cancer patient died after surgical robot burned hole in organs: lawsuit

The lawsuit claims the woman continued to suffer abdominal pain and had a fever until she died in February 2022 as “a direct and proximate result of the injuries she suffered."


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Prince Harry to be paid more than $500K by British newspaper publisher in phone hacking case settlement

Prince Harry has settled the remainder of his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers over unlawful acts after the publisher agreed to pay substantial damages and his legal costs, his lawyers said.


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Fisherman convicted of diverting river in Michigan national park by hand

Officials say the man used a shovel to dig sediment and rocks out of the river basin and then built a dam out of large rocks.


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Kangaroo wreaks havoc at Florida apartment complex, sends police on wild chase

The escape kangaroo was safely returned to it's owner after it had escaped.


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Justice Department will not charge Biden in classified documents probe

After classified documents were discovered in Biden's home and a Washington, D.C. office, the DOJ tasked special counsel Robert Hur to investigate.


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Iraqi military slams US as ‘factor for instability’ after Baghdad drone strike kills Iranian-backed militia leader

The Iraqi Armed Forces labeled America a "factor for instability" and suggested that US troops be booted from the country following a US drone strike in Baghdad that killed a senior militia commander.


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Cruise ship chartered for ‘Six Terrifying Nights’ event struck pier, leaving passengers stranded

A Carnival cruise ship’s passengers were left temporarily stranded in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, when the vessel left port after striking the side of a pier during rough weather.


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Texas illegal immigrant indicted on capital murder charge in cheerleader’s beating, stabbing death

A Texas grand jury has indicted the illegal immigrant suspect in a 16-year-old girl's brutal killing on capital murder charges.


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Illinois firefighters save exhausted 120-pound dog trapped in icy pond for 30 minutes

“Unfortunately, I thought for a minute that I was going to just watch her just die in front of my eyes.”


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Senate GOP blocks border bill, Democrats shift focus to Israel and Ukraine aid

After four months of bipartisan talks on border security Senate Republicans backed off backing changes to the Biden administration's policies they demanded. Democrats moved to pass aid for allies.


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The U.S. is demanding Iran rein in its proxy groups. Is that actually possible?

When the U.S. launched airstrikes over the past week in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the idea was to send a message to another country: Iran.


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Chaos in Congress over border security; 'None of the above' wins Nevada's primary

Congressional Republicans are opposing a border bill that they demanded. Nikki Haley loses the Nevada primary.


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NPR founding mother Linda Wertheimer is retiring. Read her bittersweet goodbye note

"At our first staff meeting there were no chairs (or tables) but there were eager people with lots of plans sitting on the floor and I was one of them," Wertheimer writes.


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5 MLK speeches you should know. Spoiler: 'I Have a Dream' isn't on the list

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.


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Portraits from El Salvador's nearly 2-year, sprawling crackdown on gang suspects

Salvadoran photographer Carlos Barrera takes a look at the nearly two years of human rights violations allegedly committed by the government of El Salvador during the country's state of emergency.


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A famous climate scientist is in court, with big stakes for attacks on science

One of the world's most prominent climate scientists is suing a right wing author and a policy analyst for defamation, a case with big stakes for attacks on scientists.


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Biden’s AI plan to censor you revealed: Researchers say Americans can’t ‘tell fact from fiction’

A federally-funded MIT researcher said conservatives and veterans are more susceptible to "misinformation."


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How are atmospheric rivers affected by climate change?

California is in the grips of an atmospheric river that's causing flooding all over the state. Climate change might be intensifying storms like it — but scientists are still working out the details.


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As 'magic mushrooms' got more attention, drug busts of the psychedelic drug went up

Busts of psilocybin mushrooms went way up from 2017 to 2022, a new study finds, even as the psychedelic drug's potential benefits have been explored by scientists.


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Up First briefing: Senate unveils immigration bill; rain, winds batter California

Bipartisan Senate negotiators release a $118 billion border bill. Storms leave hundreds of thousands of Californians without electricity.


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Here are the 2024 Grammy Award winners

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Victoria Monét and Billie Eilish were among the winners of major awards at the 66th Grammy Awards, presented on Sunday, February 4, but no one artist dominated prizes.


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A second wave of storms is slamming parts of California. How bad will it get?

The storm was "starting to bring one of the most dramatic weather days in recent memory," the National Weather Service said. California's governor declared an emergency in eight counties.


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