Every couple of years, a deadly outbreak of Nipah virus terrorizes villages in Bangladesh. Scientists there are studying the virus, which is harbored in fruit bats, to stop the cycle of outbreaks.
A new economic forecast includes what has become a rare thing of late: good news. Or, at least, better news. The International Monetary Fund said Monday that it thinks a global recession probably won't happen, reports the New York Times...
A pro-life father won a major legal victory Monday in a high-profile case when a federal jury found him not guilty of charges brought by the Biden Department of Justice.
Tyre Nichols, killed after a police traffic stop, will be buried Wednesday in Memphis. National civil rights advocates and politicians will join his family, who have called for police reforms.
New York Republican Rep. George Santos is stepping down from his committee assignments. The move comes as outcry continues over his fabricated biography.
A woman trying to fake her own death found a lookalike on Instagram and murdered her, police say. Last August, a body found covered in blood in a Mercedes parked in southern Germany was identified by family as Sharaban K., a 23-year-old...
Seems that 2022 had something against Joy (grumpy much, 2022?), and really did not like Hayden. Arjun and Walter also faltered. So goes BabyCenter's list of baby names that plummeted in popularity in the year just past. The annual list,...
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield about the new aid package she announced to help address the food crisis in Somalia.
An Arizona public library violated the U.S. Constitution and its own policy when it refused to allow a local citizen to reserve space for a church-sponsored Christian-themed story hour, according to the man’s legal representative.
When a pharmaceutical drug has been on the market a while, it's supposed to go generic and the price is supposed to go down. For blockbuster arthritis drug Humira, that hasn't happened — until now.
The Department of Education in Ohio is looking into a homeschooling network that reportedly teaches children to say “Sieg Heil” and claims that public schools are led by “Zionist scum.”
A group of Black residents in Portland, Ore., is suing the city and a hospital for displacing them more than 50 years ago. They say an urban renewal plan amounted to confiscation of their homes.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Helen Lewis about her BBC podcast, The New Gurus, which dives into the world of people who'll tell you what to eat, who to trust, how to get a date and more.
Three Michigan men who set out to perform at a rap show in Detroit on Jan. 21 haven't been seen since. The disappearance of Armani Kelly, 38, Montoya Givens, 31, and Dante Wicker, 31, has stumped police so far, reports the Detroit News ....
There has been a string of negative news about the economy this month — but nonetheless, stock and bond markets are headed for big gains in January. What gives?
Speaking from Jerusalem following a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken reiterated calls for a two-state solution and promoting the normalization of relations with Israel across the Middle East....
Administrators at the London School of Economics have stripped Lent and Easter — as well as Christmas — from the academic calendar in an attempt to become more “international.”
Andrea Riseborough surprised many by landing her first nomination. But the academy is reviewing the procedures around the high profile campaigns for nominees to ensure no guidelines were violated.
In his first on-camera interview since collapsing on the field during a nationally televised football game, Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin shared that God is using him as a “vessel” to help children in need.
As President Trump ramps up his 2024 campaign, he's been taking shots at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis , a presumed challenger. On Tuesday, DeSantis responded in a pretty effective manner, at least in the view of multiple assessments. Asked...
Exxon reported more than $55 billion in profits for 2022, a record for the U.S. oil industry. Sky-high profits for oil have prompted windfall taxes in Europe and political pressure in the U.S.
A Pakistani hospital spokesman says the death toll from Monday's suicide bombing at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar has risen to 83, the AP reports. Mohammad Asim, the spokesman, says more bodies were retrieved from the...
The progressive Pontifex is visiting parts of Africa this week, and must fulfill a balancing act that looks towards the expansion of his church and the ideological clashes that are coming up.
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently said that the two-state solution in Israel/Palestine is, if not already dead, “in hospice.” Now it's time for news reporters at his paper and other mainstream U.S. media, to look squarely...
Ukraine's defense minister says he's optimistic Western allies will supply his country with advanced fighter jets, even as Ukrainian forces are poised to start training on tanks they've been promised.
Above a noodle shop in New York's Chinatown, agents of the Chinese communist government reportedly operated an overseas police station for years. There are more than one hundred of them worldwide. They might not look like police...
Memphis police say two more officers involved in the arrest, beating and death of Tyre Nichols have been disciplined. Five Memphis officers already had been fired and charged in the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who was Black. Police said...
Some flights at Beirut's international airport are being affected by huge flocks of birds attracted to nearby trash or stray bullets from nearby suburbs - what some say signal the country's problems.