A Wisconsin-based surfer's quest to create a more eco-friendly board
The Great Lakes don't readily evoke images of surfing and surfboard-making, but a surfer in Wisconsin is on an eco-friendly mission to change that.
Massacre in Haiti leaves almost 200 dead, says UN
As Haiti spirals deeper into crisis, gang violence killed nearly 200 people over the weekend. This takes the death toll in 2024 in Haiti to 5,000 people.
Displaced Syrians are considering returning home now that Assad's regime has toppled
With the fall of the regime in Syria, displaced Syrians around the world are contemplating what they once thought was impossible: returning home to Syria.
Remembering Valeria Tanaka, the co-founder of Colorado's first Black ski club
The centenarian co-founder of Colorado's first Black ski club has died. Val Tanaka is being remembered for sharing the joy of skiing with everyone, regardless of race.
A look back at Bashar al-Assad's rule of Syria
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family have been granted asylum in Russia and are now in Moscow. Assad's departure marks the end of nearly 25 years of brutal rule.
Jay-Z is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in a complaint filed in a civil lawsuit
Jay-Z was accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl, allegedly along with Sean "Diddy" Combs, in 2000, according to a civil lawsuit filed in federal court on Sunday.
How will Australia's teen social media ban actually work?
Australia's Parliament has passed one of the strictest social media crackdowns in the world. Under the new law, anyone under 16 years old will be banned from opening a social media account.
For Mouaz Moustafa, the fall of the Assad regime is an emotional victory
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mouaz Moustafa of the non-profit Syrian Emergency Task Force about the dramatic toppling of the Assad regime, as Moustafa prepares to fly back to his home city, Damascus.
How the fall of Assad's regime changes the geopolitics of the Middle East
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with professor Joshua Landis, who directs the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, about how the fall of the Assad regime could change global dynamics.
Police detain 'strong person of interest' in health insurance CEO killing
Police in Altoona, Penn., detained a 26-year-old man, Luigi Mangione, who's being described as a "strong person of interest" in the killing of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson.
