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The 400-foot-tall, stainless steel Starship could one day shuttle humans to the moon and Mars, and prove critical to launching Starlink satellites. But getting the rocket to fly is no easy feat.
NPR NewsChild labor rules in agriculture are looser than those in other industries, even for tasks that are dangerous. For all tobacco laborers, but especially kids, the work can cause nicotine poisoning.
NPR NewsKara-Murza's sentence is the harshest prison term delivered yet to a government opponent since the Kremlin launched its war in Ukraine in February 2022.
NPR NewsFierce fighting has spread outside Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and across the country, as the forces of two warring military leaders battle for control.
NPR NewsNPR's Leila Fadel talks to former U.S. State Department special envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman about the bloody struggle in Sudan between the army and rival paramilitary forces.
NPR NewsHong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced Monday to 3 months in prison for breaching court bans on disclosing personal information about a police officer during 2019 anti-government protests.
NPR NewsDespite laws that say mental health care should be paid for on a par with other medical care, health insurance stopped covering the care a suicidal teen needed before she was stable.
NPR NewsArguments on Tuesday center on a powerful tool for fighting fraud in government contracts and programs. The case examines whether major pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid.
NPR NewsIn 2015, Dr. Mark Petersen shared difficult news about the treatment plan for Jamil Zaki's fragile newborn daughter. But instead of delivering the news and getting back to work, he pulled up a chair.
NPR NewsThe season four reunion of the hit reality show was supposed to premiere live at 8 p.m. ET, but it wasn't until about 9:30 p.m. that Netflix said it was having difficulties.
NPR NewsKemp said he was shot at first after he tracked down his stolen cell phone and confronted the person he presumed had it. Kemp was released from jail and not initially charged after the incident.
NPR NewsOfficials said some of the material that burned at a former plastic recycling plant in Richmond, Ind., contained asbestos, a known carcinogen. The EPA tells people not to touch any debris they find.
NPR NewsThe Oregon State Police said no criminal charges were being considered against Colin Davis McCarthy, 38, of Eugene.
NPR NewsOver 17 ambulances responded to a shooting in downtown Dadeville, Ala. — a small city located about an hour's drive from the state capital of Montgomery.
NPR NewsFirst Saniya wrote poems. Then she began rapping. Now she appears on TV and YouTube and before big crowds, spreading her message about justice. Her father the rickshaw driver is her chauffeur.
NPR NewsAlso colloquially known as a "voice text" or "voice message," the feature has been in our phones for years. But only recently has it emerged as a go-to communication method — especially for Gen Z.
NPR NewsOne of the more daunting tasks facing Ukrainian refugees who come to New York is finding a place to live. A Manhattan real estate executive has been helping to find them apartments at reduced rents.
NPR NewsA 2007 law could help the country meet its climate change goals by barring fossil fuels from new and remodeled federal buildings. But the law has been on hold and gas utilities want to repeal it.
NPR NewsDominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News and its parent company Fox Corp. for knowingly airing false claims that its machines rigged the 2020 election against ex-President Donald Trump.
NPR NewsStarship is the largest rocket ever built. The company hopes it will one day take people to the moon and Mars. But first it has to fly.
NPR NewsA former Indian lawmaker convicted of kidnapping and facing murder and assault charges was shot dead along with his brother in a dramatic attack that was caught live on TV in northern India.
NPR NewsStates with strong abortion rights protections are seeing many more abortion seekers, mostly from neighboring states with abortion restrictions.
NPR NewsPresident Biden has embraced the idea of subsidies for key industries and measures to shut out Chinese competitors. Reviving manufacturing is a theme he's expected to run on in 2024.
NPR NewsAn unidentified suspect fired a gun into a crowd of hundreds in a Kentucky park, leaving two people dead and four wounded Saturday night, police said.
NPR NewsSudan's military and a powerful paramilitary force battled fiercely in the capital and other areas, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict.
NPR NewsThe deal, which includes significant pay increases for graduate workers and part-time lecturers, suspends a week-long strike that had halted classes for 67,000 students.
NPR NewsA judge in Texas issued a ruling that could severely restrict mifepristone access in the U.S., making the future of a drug used in more than half of American abortions uncertain.
NPR NewsThe U.S. Coast Guard said three sailors identified as Kerry O'Brien, Frank O'Brien and William Gross were last heard from on April 4. They were aboard a 44-foot boat due to stop in Cabo San Lucas.
NPR NewsThe President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will advise the president on cultural policy, and members were chosen due to their "serious commitment to the arts and humanities."
NPR NewsThe family of Wall Street Journal reporter's Evan Gershkovich received a handwritten letter from him on Friday — the first direct contact with them since his arrest in the end of March.