It was a Fourth of July for the history books. The country is in the middle of a pandemic that has killed 130,000 Americans. There have been widespread protests focused on police killings and racial injustice. And instead of trying to bring the count...
All right, let's head overseas now and talk about all the saber-rattling lately over who controls the Mediterranean Sea. Turkey has staked new claims for drilling rights, upsetting countries around that corner of the sea from Egypt and Israel to Cypr...
This is the day when an advertiser boycott of Facebook takes effect. More than 300 companies are taking down ads, including Target, Starbucks and Volkswagen. Some are acting just for this month of July, others for longer. And the boycott includes Fac...
The Israeli government has set a July 1 target date to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Israelis and Palestinians are watching to see if the government follows through and how it might affect them. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports. 以色列政府将...
In Sacramento today, a 74-year-old retired truck mechanic and former police officer admittedto carrying out a series of horrific rapes and murders across California in the 1970s and '80s. He has been dubbed the Golden State Killer. In a plea deal, Jo...
Did Russia pay Taliban-linked militias to kill coalition and U.S. troops in Afghanistan? It's a story that was first reported by The New York Times. The Times reports that President Trump knew about this, that intelligence officials told him. The pre...
This week, the Justice Department labeled U.S. Army Private Ethan Melzer a traitor, calling him, quote, the enemy within. Melzer is a 22-year-old soldier from Louisville, Ky., who is facing federal terrorism-related charges. Prosecutors say he plotte...
A powerful earthquake struck a huge swath of southern and central Mexico yesterday. At least five people were killed. The quake hit midmorning, and despite its punch in the wide area affected, damage was surprisingly moderate. NPR's Carrie Kahn repor...
President Trump's plans for a massive rally in Oklahoma last week were thwarted in part byyoung people who secured tickets but never intended on showing up. Today, PresidentTrump looks for a do-over, this time in Arizona. And this time, he is talking...
