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Photos: When the World Cup came to town
NPR member station photographers captured images of World Cup watch parties outside stadium gates, on street corners and in public parks and squares a...
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U.S. strikes bridges in Iran, Tehran targets U.S. bases in the Gulf
The U.S. and Iran expanded their targets in the latest round of strikes on Friday, as fighting over the control of the Strait of Hormuz reignites fear...
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'Superworms' help scientists with a vexing task: Cleaning animal specimens
The larvae of a beetle native to South and Central America, the critters are the perfect solution to sticky problem: How to prepare an animal skeleton...
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Trump's team says 'no children' died from USAID cuts. Consider these 3 cases
Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its f...
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What will the Pentagon begin screening 'war fighters' for? The quiz knows
Plus: <em>Jurassic Park</em>, U.K. politics, conspiracy theories, Pete Hegseth and numismatics....
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Republican campaigns see immigration as a winning issue for midterms
Republicans are spending more money and running more ads on immigration than Democrats are ahead of the November midterm elections, according to an NP...
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Kalshi says it's not a sportsbook even as World Cup bets surge
The betting site Kalshi emerged as a dominant sports betting platform during the World Cup. But the company avoids billions of dollars in taxes by ins...
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Federal Reserve looks for 'secret sauce' behind a successful Wisconsin tool maker
Business is booming for Snap-on, a Wisconsin company that has made tools for professional mechanics for more than a century. It recently got a fact-fi...
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Father and son reminisce on their high-flying sport
A father and son discuss an old Alaskan whaling tradition known as the blanket toss....
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At the World Cup, has 'VAR' gone too far? Some fans say it's ruining the tournament
In this World Cup, VAR, or video assistant referee, has become ubiquitous (and despised by many). But there was a time when fans and teams loved it. W...
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China's Xi calls for step up of global effort in AI, as US curbs squeeze China's tech access
American-led restrictions have blocked China from accessing some of the world's most advanced technologies, spurring China's efforts to build its own ...
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Rubio convenes countries on left-wing political violence
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday convened leaders from more than 60 countries to take part in the Trump administration's latest effort to qu...