Fact-checking TV ads from the Harris and Trump campaigns
NPR's Michel Martin talks with PolitiFact Chief Correspondent Louis Jacobson in order to fact-check television ads released by the Harris and Trump campaigns.
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An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader
Hossein Shanbehzadeh has been sentenced after replying with a period in response to a post on the social platform X by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Deadly suicide blast kills at least six in Kabul
The Afghan capital has been periodically hit by an ISIS affiliate, but no one immediately claimed responsibility for Monday's attack, which killed at least six and injured 13.
More than 10,000 hotel workers are on strike
This Labor Day, workers in industries from airlines to hotels to universities are agitating for better wages and working conditions. Meanwhile, Americans' support for labor unions remains high.
Discovery and decay revealed in latest Titanic research dive
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with researcher James Penca about two new discoveries in the wreck of the Titanic: a statue experts thought lost, and the collapse of an iconic part of the ship.
The U.S. has seized Venezuelan President Maduro's plane
The Justice Department alleges the Dassault Falcon 900EX aircraft was purchased in Florida by the Venezuelan leader's associates through a shell company in violation of sanctions and export controls.
Titanic research dive reveals discovery, decay and new photos
This summer, RMS Titanic, Inc. — the salvor-in-possession of the wreck — made its first unmanned dive to the wreck in 14 years. The team uncovered some rare finds — and losses.
Son Little's songs radiate outdoors at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Watch the guitarist and songwriter perform outside on the idyllic Aspen Ideas Festival campus.
The labor movement could prove pivotal this election year
Younger generations are bringing fresh strategies to the U.S. labor movement. They could prove pivotal for the candidate who harnesses that energy.
This metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer’s mice
An experimental cancer drug that helps the brain turn glucose into energy was able to reverse memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.