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Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion bans around the country to take effect, some cities and states are pushing in the other direction, a new report finds.
NPR NewsMore than 300,000 customers in the southern U.S. remained without power Monday as the bulk of outages were in Oklahoma, where heavy weekend storms carried winds as strong as 80 mph around Tulsa.
NPR NewsMuch of the Biden administration's approach to the world focuses on the U.S. competition with China.
NPR NewsA submersible capable of taking tourists over 2 miles underwater to view the Titanic wreckage up close has gone missing.
NPR NewsAs U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wraps up two days of diplomatic talks in Beijing, he said the two world powers must maintain communication despite "profound" differences.
NPR NewsAs U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wraps up two days of diplomatic talks in Beijing, he said the two world powers must maintain communication despite "profound" differences.
NPR NewsThe only youth climate change lawsuit to make it all the way to trial is underway in Montana.
NPR NewsIn footage released by China's state broadcaster, Xi is heard to say "The two sides have agreed to follow through on the common understandings President Biden and I have reached in Bali."
NPR NewsDiseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's spread through the brain like a forest fire. A new study suggests how the fire starts.
NPR NewsA new satellite will take continuous measurements of dangerous air pollution in the U.S. That has scientists, and residents, warily optimistic about undoing decades of environmental injustice.
NPR NewsImposter scams are top U.S. fraud now: Con artists are using new technology to get real time information plus voice cloning and caller ID spoofing to make it even harder to tell truth from fiction.
NPR NewsMonday marks the Juneteenth holiday — a date commemorating the fall of slavery in the United States. While it's a new federal holiday, it's been celebrated since the 1860s.
NPR NewsIt's nearly been two years since Virginia Democrats lost the governor's office and the House to the GOP. Before attempting a comeback this fall, they must first survive Tuesday's expensive primaries.
NPR NewsThe violence marked a rare use of Israeli airpower in the territory. During the clashes, Palestinian militants detonated a roadside bomb next to an Israeli military vehicle.
NPR NewsThe shootings stretching from coast to coast follow a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic.
NPR NewsThe referendum to introduce new climate measures was sparked by a campaign by scientists and environmentalists to save Switzerland's iconic glaciers, which are melting away at an alarming rate.
NPR NewsAn American Airlines plane was ordered to cancel its landing after a Delta plane that had been cleared for take-off was still on the runway. The FAA is investigating how close the planes got.
NPR NewsThe Recording Academy, the organization behind the Grammy Awards, rolled out new rules around AI ahead of next year's show — as the technology rapidly advances.
NPR NewsPolice in Willowbrook, Ill., responded to gunfire coming from an area with "a large gathering of people" shortly after midnight on Sunday. Officials said multiple people were rushed to area hospitals.
NPR NewsState officials have been scrambling to reopen the span of the interstate that collapsed last weekend. On a typical day, that span would have seen about 160,000 vehicles pass through.
NPR NewsIn response to our callout, you shared (and crooned) bedtime musical selections that work magic. (Well, except for the mom who tried an Enya song and whose kid begged, "Stop singing!")
NPR NewsWant to plant but afraid of the 'ouch'? Here's advices from a physical therapist for how to get hands-on in the garden, even if you have back pain or other chronic aches.
NPR NewsJohn Blake's story is about growing up as a Black kid in West Baltimore in the 1980s, learning painful secrets about his white mother and, as he recalls, a ghost.
NPR NewsLocal non-profits say they are stretched too thin to take on extra cases and some community leaders have said more migrants are not welcome.
NPR NewsAn unexpected U.S. Supreme Court ruling has upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act. But many voting rights advocates and legal scholars are bracing for new efforts to dismantle the law.
NPR NewsRussian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled "peace mission" the day after they went to Ukraine.
NPR NewsCommunities from Houston to New Orleans opened cooling centers to bring relief as steamy hot temperatures settled across a broad swath of the U.S. South on Saturday.
NPR NewsPresident Joe Biden delivered an unapologetically economic populist message during the first rally of his reelection campaign, saying his policies had created jobs and lifted the middle class.
NPR NewsU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the world on edge.
NPR NewsA preliminary investigation showed the bus crashed with a Lexus and a Nissan before coming to rest in a building. Witnesses said the Lexus was speeding and ran a stop light when it struck the bus.