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Academy Award-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89
by Leila Fadel
Smith's seven-decade stage and screen career included many beloved roles, from "Harry Potter" Professor Minerva McGonagall, to Dowager Countess Violet Crawley in "Downton Abbey."
Disgraced former CEO of FTX crypto exchange is arrested in the Bahamas
Prosecutors will unseal a criminal indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, on Tuesday. He was taken into custody in the Bahamas on Monday.
What does the nuclear fusion breakthrough mean for the future?
NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Dennis Whyte of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT, about what the expected announcement about fusion energy means for climate and energy sustainability on Earth.
Michigan's Department of Transportation is cutting back on road salt
The solution: beet juice. Officials say using beet juice instead of salt helps maintain the ecosystem, and protects the infrastructure while treating the roads.
YouTuber Joe Jenkins is not shy about playing the piano in unusual places
Jenkins, equipped with diving gear, has now played underwater in Swanage, England. He told the BBC that he is the first person to play a fully submerged piano.
Morning news brief
Founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is arrested in the Bahamas. A laser facility in California says it's created net energy from nuclear fusion. And, new inflation data is released Tuesday.
President Biden to host more than 40 African leaders at U.S.-Africa summit
The summit is the centerpiece of a major effort to reset and improve U.S. ties with the continent — at a moment when Africa's ties with China and increasingly Russia, have attracted scrutiny.
Defense bill includes funds to improve military housing, repair training facilities
The annual defense bill up for a vote in the Senate addresses housing, pay and other quality of life issues for military members. It also drops a COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Musk reveals how Twitter has handled some high-profile decisions
Elon Musk is using his selective release of internal Twitter communications to advance his own partisan causes and conspiracy theories.
Karen Bass is sworn in as LA mayor as the city grapples with homelessness
Los Angeles has a new mayor, former Rep. Karen Bass, who now is the first woman to head City Hall. NPR's A Martinez talks to Benjamin Oreskes, a metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times.
4 people are charged with corruption in a bribery inquiry linked to Qatar
by Teri Schultz
A high-ranking European Union lawmaker is one of several people snared in a corruption probe by Belgian officials for allegedly taking bribes from a Gulf state.
U.S. takes custody of the alleged bomb maker in the 1988 Lockerbie attack
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimihe, the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, was handed over to U.S. authorities.
How have Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema's politics evolved over the years?
NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Ronald Hansen, national political reporter for The Arizona Republic, about Sen. Krysten Sinema leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent.