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Scientists are raising the alarm about Trump's deep sea mining executive order
President Trump signed an executive order aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and environmentalists worry it could harm an ecosystem we don't know much about.
Israel takes credit, in part, for the fall of the Assad regime. But what now?
by Michele Kelemen
Soon after Bashar al-Assad's regime fell in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Israel paved the way for the uprising by its attacks on Iran and its proxies.
Are video game companies doing enough for players with disabilities? Expert weighs in
by Vincent Acovino
Video game company Electronic Arts made public some of the tools and patents that help gamers with disabilities play its games.
Luigi Mangione's use of apparent 'ghost gun' sparks concern about untraceable firearms
by Martin Kaste
The ghost gun and silencer allegedly used in the United Healthcare CEO shooting appears to have been 3D printed, according to analysts. Experts say the quality of these weapons has improved.
With fall of Assad regime, Austin Tice's siblings hope he'll be home soon
by Sarah Handel
Austin Tice has been missing in Syria for years. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with two of his siblings, after Assad's regime fell in Syria.
What could happen to the chemical weapons in Syria
by Tom Bowman
The news in Syria has raised immediate questions about the fate of Assad's stockpiles of chemical weapons and the continued presence of U.S. forces fighting the Islamic State in the northeast.
The government proposes to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species
by Jonathan Lambert
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is going to propose listing the monarch butterfly as threatened. What does this mean and what might protections actually look like?
A high school friend of Luigi Mangione remembers a teenager with enormous potential
by Maria Aspan
A prep-school valedictorian and Ivy-educated tech worker, Luigi Mangione grew up wealthy, smart and successful. Now police have charged the 26-year-old with the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO.
Older folks build muscle and independence at a Baltimore weightlifting gym
by Sarah Handel
Older folks interested in lifting weights flock to a gym in Baltimore, where the trainer has special expertise in working with people in their 60s, 70s and 80s to build strength and independence.
There's anger behind the internet's reactions to the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO
by Ailsa Chang
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino about the reactions Americans have had to the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Will Trump pay to save the Colorado River? Locals are worried
President Biden helped avert a crisis on the Colorado River by paying farmers and cities $28 million in IRA funds to not take water out of the river. States fear a future without those payments.
Who is the leader of Syria's rebels? What to know about Abu Mohammed al-Golani
by Willem Marx
As a new form of government starts to take shape in Syria, the armed group that led efforts to topple former President Bashar al-Assad will play a significant role. Its head may act as a power broker.
NPR reports from Syria: The atmosphere in Damascus and the horrors of Saydnaya prison
by Ruth Sherlock
In Syria, people have known that one wrong step could land them in trouble with the government. For the first time in more than half a century, Syrians are experiencing life without that shadow.