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More than 3 million U.S. children were involved in an intervention for suspected abuse or neglect in a single year. Advocates say a disproportionate impact on families of color makes reform urgent.
NPR NewsSometimes polling places run out of ballots for voters. It's rare, but it happens. It happened in Mississippi earlier this month, causing serious issues for voters. Here's a look at why it happens.
NPR NewsTwo of the nation's most high profile governors will debate Thursday night in Georgia, even though only one of them is actually running for president in 2024.
NPR NewsThe De Winton's Golden mole was last spotted in 1936. But with the help of a mole-sniffing dog and new environmental DNA analysis, researchers are taking it off the most wanted lost species list.
NPR NewsKissinger's guiding foreign policy principle was that strategic national interests take priority over more idealistic aims, like the promotion of human rights and democracy.
NPR NewsThe Supreme Court's conservative justices seemed highly skeptical of how the Securities and Exchange Commission conducts in-house enforcement proceedings to ensure the integrity of securities markets.
NPR NewsWhen a video game store closed in 1998, hundreds of sealed Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis cartridges were stored and forgotten. Now, a collection of the top-graded items has been appraised.
NPR NewsOldman plays the slovenly leader of failed British spies in the Apple TV+ drama, based on Mick Herron's Slough House novels. Herron is more interested in the character's failures than his virtues.
NPR NewsAtlantic writer Tim Alberta grew up in the evangelical church, the son of a pastor. His book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, examines why so many evangelicals are ardent Trump supporters.
NPR NewsRepublican officials of Arizona's Cochise County face criminal charges after they risked more than 47,000 people's votes for the 2022 midterm elections by refusing to certify them by the deadline.
NPR NewsAccording to the indictment, an Indian government employee recruited the defendant in May to orchestrate the plot, offering to secure the dismissal of a criminal case against him in India in return.
NPR NewsWith a plum role as Marvel villain, Jonathan Majors' stardom seemed certain, until an alleged altercation with a girlfriend derailed his Hollywood career. The actor's trial has started in New York.
NPR NewsTalking about climate change can be a tough job, especially in places where audiences may be less likely to accept the science. Strong resistance has pushed some meteorologists out of the field.
NPR NewsAfter the U.S. lifted its sanctions, Venezuela is trying to revive its beleaguered oil industry. But ramping up production is causing more oil spills.
NPR NewsVice President Harris will travel to United Arab Emirates this week for the annual international climate meeting, according to a source familiar with the plans.
NPR NewsProvisional data from 2022 showed a bright spot in the trend of rising suicides in the U.S.
NPR NewsThe North American wolverine would receive threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal. Warming temperatures are expected to shrink the mountain snowpack wolverines rely on.
NPR NewsRyan Fournier faces two misdemeanor charges, according to documents filed in a North Carolina court. The young conservative was credited with driving thousands of students to the polls in 2016.
NPR NewsStarting in early December, about 19,000 school districts will have the chance to order free rapid COVID tests from the federal stockpile for their students, staff and others in the community.
NPR NewsAt least 30 Palestinians in Israeli jails and 10 hostages held by Hamas are likely to be freed on Wednesday. U.S. and Israeli officials were in Qatar trying to work out a further cease-fire extension.
NPR NewsDisappointed customers are now scrambling to make new plans for where they will live for the next three years — and to extract refunds from the company.
NPR NewsHealthySteps is an intervention where new parents get practical help with their lives, allowing them to create stable, nurturing bonds with their babies. It all starts at the baby's checkups.
NPR NewsMerchants say retail thefts have become more frequent and brazen. Law enforcement is now putting more money into things like store stakeouts and task forces that track organized retail crime rings.
NPR NewsForty years ago, Sarah Lubarsky came home from work to find her fiancé vomiting and slurring his words. It took a doctor's intervention for the problem to be taken seriously.
NPR NewsArmed just just a name and a photograph, Annette Vega spent years looking for her biological father. The family story would go from Puerto Rico to Florida to New York.
NPR NewsForeign policy doesn't always make headlines in presidential campaigns, but with the U.S. involved in two foreign wars — and facing a rising adversary in China, voters are paying more attention.
NPR NewsA special legislative session begins in Georgia to redraw the state's political maps after a federal judge ruled that the current district lines illegally dilute the power of Black voters.
NPR NewsClimate science shows that beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, impacts in the U.S. get substantially worse. The world is on track for almost double that level of warming by the end of the century.
NPR NewsJapanese public broadcaster NHK reported that rescuers found three people near the crash site, but their condition is unknown.
NPR NewsThe decision Monday came four months after a Detroit-area jury said the document was a valid will under Michigan law, despite scribbles and many hard-to-read passages.