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This portrait of Dolley Madison might be the first photo of a first lady

5:02am July 10, 2024

by Alana Wise

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., acquired the circa 1846 daguerreotype, which depicts Dolley Madison in her later years, at some point in her 70s.

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A third hiker has died in the Grand Canyon in less than a month

3:11am July 10, 2024

by Ayana Archie

In all three cases, no cause of death has yet been released yet. The National Park Service is advising visitors to avoid hiking in the inner canyon during during daytime summer high temperatures.

Alaska lawyer Joshua Kindred speaks during a judicial nomination hearing at the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 2019

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Alaska federal judge resigns after investigators say he created a hostile workplace

10:10pm July 09, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Judge Joshua Kindred, a Trump appointee, resigned after investigators concluded he sent crude messages to employees, engaged in sexual contact with a former law clerk and lied to colleagues about it.

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He created Oculus headsets as a teenager. Now he makes AI weapons for Ukraine

10:10pm July 09, 2024

by Greg Myre

Palmer Luckey launched his first tech company as a teenager. He sold it to Facebook for $2 billion. Now he's making AI weapons the Pentagon is buying for itself and also sending to Ukraine.

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Tessie Prevost, pioneer of Deep South school desegregation, dies at 69

9:58pm July 09, 2024

by Debbie Elliott

Tessie Prevost was one of the young Black girls who integrated New Orleans public schools in the 1960s after federal courts forced the system to abide by the Brown vs. the Board of Education ruling.

A school district in Pa. says students made fake TikTok accounts to target teachers

7:51pm July 09, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

Middle school students in the town of Malvern impersonated teachers and posted crude and offensive language on fake accounts. The superintendent called the incidents a "gross misuse of social media."

Ahead of the Republican Convention, Nikki Haley tells her delegates to vote for Trump

5:45pm July 09, 2024

by Sarah McCammon

Even though she wasn't invited to the RNC in Milwaukee, Haley called for unity in the party on Tuesday, urging her convention supporters to vote for former President Donald Trump.

How Israel tried to use AI to covertly sway Americans about Gaza

5:37pm July 09, 2024

by Huo Jingnan

A new report by an Israeli watchdog group ties an Israeli firm to a covert online campaign intended to sway crucial Democratic lawmakers to continue backing Israel’s campaign in Gaza.

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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has “complete confidence” in Biden’s candidacy

4:41pm July 09, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer about her new book True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership and Everything in Between.

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun Testifies In Senate Hearing

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Families of 737 Max crash victims urge a judge to reject Boeing’s plea deal

4:08pm July 09, 2024

by Joel Rose

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to misleading regulators in connection with the deadly crashes of two 737 Max jets. But that deal with the DOJ has not quieted the anger of crash victims’ families.