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Four astronauts return to Earth after nearly 6 months on the Space Station
Their mission ended Friday with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida. SpaceX delivered their replacements to the International Space Station last week.
NPR NewsNPR NewsThe founder of a zero-emission truck venture is found guilty of fraud
Trevor Milton, the wealthy founder of Nikola Corp., was convicted of deceiving investors with exaggerated claims about his company's progress in producing zero-emission 18-wheel trucks.
NPR NewsElection software CEO is charged with allegedly giving Chinese contractors data access
The Los Angeles County district attorney alleges that the CEO of Konnech, which makes scheduling software for poll workers, improperly gave Chinese contractors access to sensitive employee data.
NPR NewsActor Robbie Coltrane, who played Harry Potter's Hagrid, dies at age 72
The Scottish actor played gentle half-giant Hagrid, a mentor to the boy wizard, in all eight Harry Potter films, released between 2001 and 2011. Coltrane died Friday at a hospital in Scotland.
NPR NewsAMAs creates the first K-Pop category in a major U.S. music award show
Nominees for Favorite K-pop Artist are BLACKPINK, BTS, SEVENTEEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and TWICE. The AMAs have been dubbedthe world's largest fan-voted awards show.
NPR NewsClimate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' painting in London
Members of a group that wants to halt new oil and gas projects threw soup over the masterpiece in London's National Gallery, but caused no discernible damage to the glass-covered painting.
NPR NewsGoogle is now distributing Truth Social, Trump's Twitter alternative
It is an about-face for the tech giant, which had blocked Trump's social media app from Google Play, its app store, over content that can incite violence.
NPR NewsSuspect in Raleigh shooting is 15 years old and in critical condition, police say
The victims include three women, a 16-year-old boy and an off-duty police officer, officials said at a news conference Friday morning.
NPR NewsA juror in the Parkland shooting case says she felt threatened by another juror
Prosecutors in the case of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are calling for an investigation after a juror said she felt threatened by another member of the jury during deliberations.
NPR News'Where is humanity?' ask the helpless doctors of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region
Civil war has blockaded the country's northern region and decimated a hospital system that serves nearly 7 million people. Without basic supplies, power and medicine, thousands are needlessly dying.
NPR NewsFishermen face felony charges over a cheating scandal at an Ohio tournament
A grand jury indicted the fishing team on charges of cheating, attempted grand theft and possessing criminal tools. They had stood to win nearly $30,000.
NPR NewsIn a sign she may change course on taxes, the U.K.'s Truss fires her finance minister
In a move designed to calm financial markets and her own conservative party, Prime Minister Liz Truss canceled planned tax cuts for the wealthy and fired her finance minister.
NPR NewsKroger and Albertsons plan merger to combine 2 largest supermarket chains
The $25-billion deal is likely to draw intense scrutiny from federal regulators and critics as it would form a new supermarket mega giant at a time of soaring food costs.
NPR NewsBrain cells in a lab dish learn to play Pong — and offer a window onto intelligence
A dish of brain cells learned to play the 1970s video game Pong. The research could help computers become more intelligent
NPR NewsUkrainians grieve for an 11-year-old girl killed by a Russian missile
A neighbor recalls the girl saying in her final moments, "Why did this happen to me? I didn't do anything bad to them."
NPR NewsFlorida agriculture has been slammed by Hurricane Ian
Agriculture is a major industry in Florida and Hurricane Ian destroyed farms, killed livestock and toppled citrus trees. Farmers have faced challenges before and vow to come out stronger.
NPR NewsThis Nigerian city has a high birth rate of twins — and no one is sure why
Twins appear to be unusually abundant in Nigeria's southwestern city of Igbo-Ora. For the past 12 years, the community has organized an annual festival to celebrate twins.
NPR NewsLA City Council scandal highlights the racial fault lines of a very diverse city
NPR's A Martinez talks to USC professor Manuel Pastor and Erika Smith of the Los Angeles Times about the latest Los Angeles City Council scandal, and how it has exposed racial divides in the city.
NPR NewsAbout a third of people call doctors by their first names, a new study shows
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic evaluated about 90,000 messages between doctors and their patients and found differences in patients' responses based on the doctor's gender and area of practice
NPR NewsGerman students break the world record for fastest accelerating electric car — again
The electric racing car, built by 20 University of Stuttgart students known as the GreenTeam, can go from 0 to about 62 miles per hour in just 1.461 seconds.
NPR News'Water batteries' could store solar and wind power for when it's needed
San Diego has an ambitious plan to store renewable energy, using extra solar power to pump water up a mountain. This old-style "water battery" technology could be set for a revival.
NPR NewsAnimal populations shrunk an average of 70% over the last half-century, a report says
A new report from the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London analyzed years of data on wildlife populations across the world and found a downward trend in the Earth's biodiversity.
NPR NewsHow quotation marks turned a story about a clerical error into one about voter fraud
The Colorado election officials accidentally mailed postcards about voting registration to non-citizens who were not eligible to vote. On Twitter, stories about the mistake have turned conspiratorial.
NPR NewsA pair of Levi's that sold for $76K reflects anti-Chinese sentiment of 19th century
A pocket on the 1880s-era pair of jeans says, "The only kind made by white labor."
NPR NewsIt's almost impossible to find a CEO who isn't bracing for a recession
Nearly all the chief executives in a new survey — 98% — say they're getting their ducks in a row for an impending economic downturn in the United States.
NPR NewsThe FDA has officially declared a shortage of Adderall
The FDA has confirmed the nation is experiencing a shortage of Adderall after many pharmacies around the country have been unable to fill prescriptions and keep up with demand.
NPR NewsDeveloping nations suffering from climate change will demand financial help
The chairperson of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming U.N. climate summit has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda.
NPR NewsAn 'active shooting' has wounded multiple people in North Carolina, authorities say
The Raleigh Police Department said it was "on the scene of an active shooting" in a statement via Twitter, and advised residents in multiple neighborhoods to stay inside their homes.
NPR NewsHere's every word from the 9th Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation
Read the full transcript from the Oct. 13 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
NPR NewsThe Jan. 6 Committee has voted to subpoena Trump. Here's what else happened
The House Jan. 6 committee just wrapped up what could be its final hearing about the attack on the Capitol. The panel unanimously voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump.