The latest on the shooting outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.
Authorities are piecing together the circumstances about Wednesday's fatal shootings outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. The suspect shouted "free free Palestine" as he was taken into custody.
Details emerge about the Christmas market attack in Germany
Germany's far-right party is seeking electoral gains after a doctor of Saudi origin was charged with murder in a vehicular attack at a Christmas market.
Football stadium-sized balloons launch in Antarctica for science experiments
Scientists with NASA are launching enormous balloons, the size of a football stadium, from the Antarctic ice. They're carrying experiments on dark matter and other mysteries.
Blake Lively accuses 'It Ends With Us' co-star, studio of harassment and retaliation
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Megan Twohey, investigative reporter at The New York Times, about Blake Lively's allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation during and after the film It Ends With Us.
Two UN agencies talk about the obstacles in providing aid in Gaza
Palestinians across Gaza say they're starving and cold without enough food or shelter. Aid groups say Israel is not letting enough supplies into Gaza. Armed gangs are also stealing aid.
United Health Care autism treatments
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ProPublica reporter Annie Waldman about her discover that United Healthcare has been strategically denying access to care for families living with autism.
How Charles Dickens helped shape Christmas as we know it today
If you celebrate Christmas, chances are you've adapted some traditions that were popularized in the mid-1800s by one author: Charles Dickens.
NPR's Scott Detrow tries to bring back the office tradition of microwave mulled wine
NPR's Scott Detrow tries to spread holiday cheer by reviving an old office holiday tradition: making mulled wine in the microwave at work on Christmas Eve.
We check in with two refugees who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took control
More than 75,000 refugees from Afghanistan fled to the U.S. after the country fell into Taliban control in 2021. NPR checked in with two, a teenager and father, after a first meeting them a year ago.
Biden says he'll commute sentences for 37 people on death row. NPR talked with one
President Biden announced he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. That means the men won't face execution under the incoming Trump administration.