Life on Mars? NASA says a rock sample shows potential signs of ancient life

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Ancient organisms may have left microscopic "biosignatures" on Mars. That's according to NASA scientists, who say a rock sample offers the most concrete proof yet that the red planet once hosted life.

NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 5:01 PM

An election law expert weighs in on Trump's effort to reshape our democracy

Before 2026's midterms, President Trump wants to ban mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines, and change voting rules. Legal expert Richard Hasen discusses the future of free and fair elections.

NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 4:37 PM

Trump makes a rare D.C. restaurant visit to tout his federal crackdown on crime

President Trump arrives for dinner at Joe

In his first term, President Trump only dined out at the steakhouse in his former hotel. He visited a steakhouse near the White House on Tuesday, saying, "I wouldn't have done this three months ago."

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 4:03 PM

Fired FBI agents allege retribution, incompetence at top security agency

FBI Director Kash Patel delivers remarks as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a White House press conference in August 2025.

The lawsuit from three of the most senior and lauded FBI agents at the bureau says Trump administration demanded loyalty

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 2:37 PM

California considers allowing doctors to prescribe abortion drugs anonymously

Medication abortion with the two-drug regime of mifepristone and misoprostol is the most common form of abortion in the U.S.

If passed, the law would protect doctors from legal risk by letting them omit their names from prescription labels for abortion pills. It would affect the many doctors who use California pharmacies.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 1:38 PM

Greetings from a peaceful woodland near the River Thames west of London

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Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 12:09 PM

By listening to these birds for decades, scientists track signs of a changing forest

Miranda Zamarelli and Dick Holmes of Dartmouth College review one of the early paper maps used to chart songbird territories in a patch of woods in central New Hampshire.

Scientists tracking the birds in an experimental forest in New Hampshire have also tracked changes in the forest ecosystem over decades.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 11:18 AM

Dr. Peter Hotez takes the war against science very personally

Dr. Peter Hotez at his Baylor College Of Medicine office in Houston, His new book, Science Under Siege, co-written with climate scientist Michael E. Mann, looks at the impact of the anti-science movement.

In an interview about the new book he co-authored, Science Under Siege, Hotez talks about forces driving the anti-science movement, the risks it poses — and why he won't debate RFK Jr.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 11:05 AM

Israel targets Hamas Qatar strike. And, JB Pritzker on Trump's threats to Chicago

This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar

Israel says it carried out an airstrike targeting senior Hamas officials in Qatar's capital of Doha. And, Trump says he wants to fight crime in Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker sees a power grab.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 10:00 AM

Trump says he's fighting crime. Illinois Gov. Pritzker sees a power grab before 2026

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Steve Inskeep speaks with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker about President Trump's threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago and the future of the Democratic Party.

NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 9:05 AM

Georgia's incumbent president won't stand down nearly a year after disputed election

Former Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili speaks to demonstrators of hundreds of Georgian companies as they went out into streets suspending their work during an unprecedented three-hour nationwide strike in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Salome Zourabichvili says October 2024's parliamentary contest that saw a pro-Russia party win most of the seats was rigged by Moscow. She says she is the legitimate leader of the people of Georgia.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 9:01 AM

Qatari official discusses Israeli strikes on country targeting Hamas officials

NPR talks with Majed Al Ansari, adviser to Qatar's prime minister and official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about Israeli strikes on Qatar targeting Hamas officials.

NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 9:01 AM

Who is Lachlan Murdoch, the anointed media tycoon?

Rupert Murdoch is ensuring the handoff of power to his oldest son Lachlan, ending a saga over the control of News Corp. and Fox News. Father and son are seen here in July 2017, as they attended the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho.

His position in leading News Corp. and Fox is now secure, as his father ends a dramatic succession battle. Lachlan grew up in New York City but has lived in Australia for much of his adult life.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 9:00 AM

Trump's control of the D.C. police is due to expire tonight. Then what?

Law enforcement officers with the Department of Homeland Security and the Metropolitan Police Department set up a traffic safety checkpoint along a busy Washington, D.C., street on Monday.

Trump needs an extension from Congress to control D.C. police for more than 30 days. Some Republican lawmakers are focused on pursuing legislation that would exert power over D.C. in other ways.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 9:00 AM

You're more likely to reach for that soda when it's hot outside

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People drink more sugary beverages when it's hot, researchers found, significantly increasing their sugar intake. That impact could grow as climate change raises the world's temperatures.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 9:00 AM

33 million voters have been run through a Trump administration citizenship check

An election worker raises a U.S. flag while assisting voters at a polling station in Las Vegas on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.

Tens of millions of voters have had their information run through the tool — a striking portion of the U.S. public, considering little has been made public about the tool's accuracy or data security.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 7:55 AM

Poland says it shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk holds an extraordinary government meeting at the chancellery, with military and emergency services officials following violations of Polish airspace during a Russian attack in Warsaw Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.

Poland said Wednesday that it and its NATO allies had shot down Russian drones that violated Polish airspace in what it called an "act of aggression" as Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 3:29 AM

Federal judge blocks Trump from firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, for now

Lisa Cook testifies during her Senate Banking nomination hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2023.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook won a round in federal court in her bid to keep her job despite President Trump's effort to fire her.

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NPR NewsSep 10, 2025, 12:56 AM

What to know about the mass Gen Z protests in Nepal

The Gen Z group protests against corruption and the ban on many social media platforms by the government in Nepal on Monday.

At least 19 people have been killed in the protests and more than 200 others were admitted to the hospital due to injuries, according to Nepal's Civil Service Hospital.

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NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 10:45 PM

Hollywood stars boycott Israeli film companies in response to Gaza crisis

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, pictured here in Los Angeles in July 2025, is one among many Hollywood figures to pledge not to work with Israeli movie industry companies in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Emma Stone, Ava DuVernay and Gael Garcia Bernal are among more than 2,000 who signed the petition.

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NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 8:47 PM

Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to some of Trump's sweeping tariffs

President Trump holds up a chart on April 2 while announcing tariffs against other countries. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in November on the legality of those tariffs.

The tariffs have become a flashpoint, with two lower courts declaring them illegal, and the president asking the Supreme Court seeking reversal as soon as possible.

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NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 8:43 PM

Supreme Court says it will weigh in on Trump's tariffs

Shipping containers at a Los Angeles rail yard on Sept. 2, 2025, the day that President Trump said he would seek a swift ruling from the Supreme Court on his tariffs.

Two lower courts have said some of President Trump's tariffs are unlawful. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to examine the issue.

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NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 7:43 PM

Iran and the IAEA are expected to resume cooperation under agreement backed by Egypt

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty at Tahrir Palace in Cairo on Tuesday.

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement in Cairo to pave the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of relaunching inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities.

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NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 6:55 PM

The MAHA plan for healthier kids includes 128 ideas, but few details

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented a strategy report of the Make America Healthy Again Commission intended to tackle childhood chronic disease.

The Make America Healthy Again commission is proposing more than 100 moves to address the root causes of childhood chronic disease. Critics say other Trump administration moves contradict the goals.

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NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 5:39 PM

60 years later, Sandy Koufax's perfect game is still amazing

Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches to Chris Krug of the Chicago Cubs in the top of the ninth inning, en route to his perfect game in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sept. 9, 1965.

Tuesday marks 60 years since Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game at Dodger Stadium. The 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs is still considered one of the best games in baseball history.

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NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 5:32 PM

Ethiopia inaugurates Africa's biggest dam amid regional tensions

A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Tuesday.

Ethiopia opens Africa's largest hydropower project, the Blue Nile's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam — a milestone that's sparking alarm in neighboring Sudan and Egypt.

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NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 4:13 PM

Michigan judge dismisses charges against 15 pro-Trump 'fake electors'

Michigan District Court Judge Kristen Simmons speaks Tuesday in Lansing while dismissing the criminal cases against 15 people accused of acting falsely as electors for Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

A Michigan judge has dismissed criminal charges against 15 people who signed false certificates saying Donald Trump won the state's electoral votes in 2020.

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NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 2:54 PM

'The Office' creators deliver 'The Paper,' a sharp mockumentary about journalism

The issues facing journalism these days — from online clickbait to corporate interference — run throughout The Paper. But it's primarily a comedy, with characters and actors that will win you over.

NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 2:25 PM

BLS revision shows hiring was overstated by 911,000 jobs in past year

Hiring was slower in the year ending in March than initially reported, according to a preliminary revision from the Labor Department Tuesday. The update is part of a routine process of incorporating more complete, but less timely data.

The U.S. likely added 900,000 fewer jobs in the twelve months ending in March than had been reported, according to a preliminary Labor Department report.

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NPR NewsSep 9, 2025, 1:47 PM

Israel says it carried out a strike on Hamas' main political office in Qatar

Smoke rises from behind residential areas after explosions in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. Israel said it launched a strike targeting senior Hamas leaders.

The Israeli military says it has carried out an airstrike on Hamas political headquarters in Qatar. Television footage from Doha showed a huge cloud of gray smoke rising over the area of Doha where the bombing took place.

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