Private company's Blue Ghost spacecraft makes historic lunar landing
For the first time, a private company has successfully landed a probe on the moon. Firefly Aerospace's "Blue Ghost" lander touched down on the lunar surface early Sunday morning.
CBO Predicts Budget Deficit Will Reach Nearly $1 Trillion This Year
NPR's David Greene talks to Phillip Swagel, director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, who says the nation's fiscal outlook is challenging and is on an unsustainable course.
Iran: When They Were Optimists
NPR's Steve Inskeep is in Tehran revisiting familiar faces. They're people he interviewed years ago, when Iran had a nuclear agreement with the U.S. What's happened since the U.S. left the deal?
Do You Know Anyone Who Has Ever Been To Bielefeld?
Officials in the German city are offering a million Euros if you can prove the town does not exist. There's this long-running online conspiracy theory that the city is an illusion.
Danish Parliament Member Reacts To Trump Wanting To Buy Greenland
NPR's Noel King talks to Michael Aastrup Jensen, a member of Denmark's Parliament, about President Trump cancelling a trip to his country, and Trump's wish to buy Greenland.
Cambridge Engineers Set Out To Break Piano Playing Record
The Daily Mail reports they wanted to break the record for most people playing the piano at the same time. They had school kids design long mechanical fingers to allow 88 people to play at once.
Trump Policy Would Allow Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Families, Children
NPR's David Greene talks to Elora Mukherjee, director of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School, about the new U.S. policy to detain migrant families indefinitely.
Howard University Receives Donation From NBA Star To Start Golf Team
NBA star Steph Curry is the man behind one of the biggest charitable gifts in Howard University history. The money will fund Division 1 golf teams for men and women at the school for the next 6 years.
Weekend Games Will Decide Little League World Champions
The world's top 11 and 12-year-old baseball players are battling it out in South Williamsport, Pa., in the Little League World Series. The winners will be decided this weekend.
After Latest Album Release, Taylor Swift Will Rerecord All Her Old Songs
Taylor Swift's newest album is released on Friday. Next, Swift plans to rerecord all her old songs after she failed to secure her original master recordings when her Big Machine Records was acquired.
News Brief: Federal Deficit, New Immigration Policy, DNA Experiment
The Congressional Budget Office revises its federal deficit estimate. New policy would allow the government to indefinitely detain children with their families. And, the results of a DNA experiment.