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Why the Supreme Court's voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local level
The Supreme Court's recent ruling threatens the power of racial-minority voters in Voting Rights Act cases about not just Congress, but also at least 17 state and local governments, NPR finds.(Image credit: Michael M. Santiago)
Drones reshape war in Colombia as deaths and injuries mount
Civilians left increasingly exposed as a dangerous new front opens up in the country’s decades-old conflictAs night fell over southern Colombia, and a group of children began their weekly Tuesday football match, a drone appeared overhead.The children looked up, and the drone dropped a grenade, its blast killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring 12 more civilians. The child’s death, in southern Cauca in 2024, marked the first known time a person in the country had been killed in a weaponised drone a...
Rep. Thomas Massie confronts the full force of Trump’s wrath in a GOP primary
Rep. Thomas Massie, a constant thorn in the side of GOP leaders during his eight terms in Congress, is no stranger to a primary challenge. But this year, President Donald Trump’s fury with the Kentucky libertarian has reached a boiling point.
Montana tribes combine traditional knowledge and Western science in climate plan
Montana tribes combine traditional knowledge and Western science in climate plan May 18, 20265:00 AM ET From By Ellis Juhlin Mike Durglo Jr. has devoted his life to preparing his home and his people for climate change. As the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes climate change coordinator he wrote one of the first tribal climate action plans in the country over 15 years ago. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations ab...
In Georgia primary, Republicans dominate spending and Democrats drive record turnout
Tuesday's primary in Georgia features contentious Republican contests for governor and U.S. Senate while Democrats hope an enthusiasm advantage is enough to flip two state supreme court seats.(Image credit: Brynn Anderson)
The 'fibermaxxing' trend has health benefits worth the hype
There are a lot of wellness trends that make health experts roll their eyes in skepticism. But there is one big trend that many experts can get behind – with a few caveats: fibermaxxing.(Image credit: Natalia Gdovskaia)
It takes a village – or a Phoenix suburb – to wrangle a wayward tortoise
Animals It takes a village – or a Phoenix suburb – to wrangle a wayward tortoise May 18, 20265:00 AM ET Alina Hartounian Rex, the tortoise, at Brian and Sara Westfall's home, who fostered him while they searched for his owner, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Adriana Zehbrauskas for NPR/57999420m hide caption toggle caption Adriana Zehbrauskas for NPR/57999420m His name was Rex because he looked like a dinosaur. The giant sulcata tortoise came lumbering down a suburban Phoenix street one recent spring ev...
For 20 years, Stephen Colbert distinguished truth from truthiness
Analysis For 20 years, Stephen Colbert distinguished truth from truthiness May 18, 20265:00 AM ET Eric Deggans Stephen Colbert during a taping of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report in December 2014. Andrew Harrer/Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harrer/Pool/Getty Images After more than 3,000 episodes of television stretched over 20 years and two TV networks, this critic believes Stephen Colbert's greatest legacy as a host and performer comes down to a single word. Truthiness...
They've got fiber. They're cheap. They're … cool? Behind the 'renaissance' of beans
They've got fiber. They're cheap. They're … cool? Behind the 'renaissance' of beans May 18, 20265:00 AM ET By Joe Hernandez Kaitlin Brito for NPR Grocery prices got you down? Learn how to cut your food bill with NPR's 4-part newsletter. Sign up here for budgeting tips, meal planning and more. A hill of beans isn't so trivial anymore. In fact, it sounds pretty good. Interest is surging in the tiny, bulbous legumes sometimes met with a shrug, as more Americans increasingly seek out cheap, healthy...
Elite Finnish divers join hunt for bodies of scuba team inside 200ft-long 'shark cave' - as Maldives tour firm insists it had no idea group planned to dive so deep
Elite Finnish divers join hunt for bodies of scuba team inside 200ft-long 'shark cave' - as Maldives tour firm insists it had no idea group planned to dive so deepBy TARYN KAUR PEDLER, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 09:55, 18 May 2026 | Updated: 09:56, 18 May 2026 e-mail View comments
He said, she said, AI said: Wall Street sexual harassment lawsuit rivets and confounds
A Wall Street banker’s explosive sexual harassment lawsuit against a female executive has triggered a torrent of salacious falsehoods muddying the waters — with AI-created deepfakes and memes fueling the frenzy. The social media storm erupted soon after the suit — packed with allegations of sexual abuse, coercion, and racial harassment — was filed last month in a New York court by a former JPMorgan Chase banker identified by US media as 35-year-old Chirayu Rana. Lawyers for the defendant Lorna H...
New BBC director-general tells staff: Tough choices are unavoidable
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MSP ‘astonished’ over ‘failure’ to anticipate Celtic football disorder
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The inside story on how Chelsea appointed Xabi Alonso
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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: Good-hearted but long-winded
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London weather: Thunderstorms before capital basks in predicted 27C mini-heatwave this week
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Full list of all the arrests at Unite the Kingdom and Nakba Day protests in London
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Revealed: Full detail of 'best deal' for Tube drivers rejected by RMT union
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Mother Courage and Her Children: Big, bold populist political theatre
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The world needs the BBC more than ever, says new director-general Matt Brittin
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