Proposition 31 passes in California: flavored tobacco will be banned Transcript Californians voted overwhelmingly to uphold a ban on flavored tobacco products including e-cigarettes. Anti-smoking advocates hope more states and federal regulators will...
Candidates and political action committees spent nearly $17 billion on midterms Transcript NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ciara Torres-Spelliscy of the Brennan Center, about how campaign spending trends shaped the midterm elections, and how they could...
Ukraine is skeptical of Russian claims that it is withdrawing from Kherson Transcript Russian officials made an announcement that they are withdrawing troops from the key city of Kherson. The city is the capital of a region Russia claims to have anne...
After reaching Florida's east coast, Nicole weakens to a tropical storm Transcript Nicole made landfall early Thursday morning south of Vero Beach with 75 mile per hour winds. Parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina are expected to have tropical...
Georgia will hold a runoff between U.S. Senate candidates Warnock and Walker Transcript Neither U.S. Senate candidate got enough votes to win the election outright. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker will face each other in a runoff in December. LEI...
Struggle for gender equality in Iran began generations before the latest protests Transcript In light of the ongoing protests in Iran, NPR history podcast Throughline explores Iranian women's long history of political activism. LEILA FADEL, HOST: For...
NASA returns to its old training grounds: The moonlike lava fields of Arizona Transcript As NASA prepares to return humans to the moon in 2025, it is testing a rover and other gear on a piece of land in Arizona where astronauts and engineers tried ou...
Archaeologists find an ivory comb from 1700 B.C. Transcript The Washington Post reports the comb reveals an ancient problem with beard lice. A sentence is inscribed on the comb which translates to: May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the...
Rising prices are on the menu for Thanksgiving, with inflation currently at 7.7% Transcript As Americans prepare to gather for Thanksgiving, the high cost of both turkey and travel is grating on their sense of gratitude. At many family get-togethers...
Midterms went better than expected for Biden. Now he's traveling to Asia Transcript What do the midterm results mean for President Biden as he embarks on one of the biggest foreign trips of his presidency a trip to Asia where he'll come face to face...
Here are 3 dangerous climate tipping points the world is on track for Transcript The goal of the international climate meeting underway in Egypt is to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to temperatures in the late 1800s. Even at th...
Amid vaccine shortages, Lebanon faces its first cholera outbreak in three decades Transcript DOURIS, Lebanon In the village of Douris in the Bekaa valley, a fertile farming region in the east of Lebanon, Darine Al-Ahmar stands guard at the primary he...
After a career in consulting, a veteran looks back on what could have been Transcript Decio Dez Rubano, 92, talks to his daughter Gina Livingston in Decatur, Ga., about his early dreams of becoming a musician, which were put aside when he joined the...
Some Twitter users flying the coop hope Mastodon will be a safe landing Transcript Few people outside computer programmers or engineers had heard of the social network Mastodon before Elon Musk bought Twitter. Now, Twitter users queasy about changes...
In a tight race in Colorado, GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert's reelection bid is at risk Transcript The race for right-wing House incumbent Lauren Boebert's seat appears headed for a recount in Colorado. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One of Donald Trump's biggest all...
