Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a two-day state visit to North Korea meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. We explore how the two countries might cooperate, with NPR’s correspondents in Moscow and Seoul. (Image credit: Vladimir Smirnov) Read More
Thirty environmental, healthcare and labor groups filed a petition urging federal government to include heat and wildfire smoke in its definition of “major disaster.” Read More
A landmark verdict orders Chiquita, one of the worlds largest banana companies, to pay millions of dollars in damages to the relatives of eight Colombian men murdered by a paramilitary death squad. Read More
Ancestry.com has released a new free database of tens of thousands of old newspaper records about formerly enslaved people. The company hopes it will help fill historical gaps for Black Americans. Read More
Much of the Midwest and the Northeast is broiling — or set to broil — in extreme summer heat this weekRead More
Russia and North Korea’s leaders are expected to demonstrate their deepening military and political relationship, built on cooperation on Russia’s war in Ukraine. But experts doubt its sustainability. (Image credit: Vladimir Smirnov) Read More
“Lamor Whitehead is a con man who stole millions of dollars in a string of financial frauds,” a U.S. attorney said. In 2022, the high-profile pastor was robbed during a livestreamed service in Brooklyn. (Image credit: Jared Siskin) Read More
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel has intensified in recent weeks along the border with Lebanon. Some Israelis in the north say they feel resigned to the possibility of war. (Image credit: Maya Levin for NPR) Read More
Over the course of his decades-long career in public health, Fauci vowed he would never shy away from speaking truth the U.S. president— even when it was inconvenient. Fauci’s memoir is On Call. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla) Read More
The influential US Preventive Services Task Force urged behavioral counseling for children and teens with very high BMI. Notably the group did not include Ozempic-like drugs in the recommendation. (Image credit: ELENA BESSONOVA/Getty Images) Read More