Hiking North Carolina’s Linville Gorge Wilderness area from NPR Brian Mann
NPR’s Brian Mann explored one of the easy trails in the Linville Gorge Wilderness in North Carolina (Image credit: Brian Mann) Read More
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Money laundering charges raise questions about the direction of The Epoch Times from NPR Jude Joffe-Block
The media site founded by adherents of Falun Gong morphed into a pro-Trump outlet that spouted conspiracy theories. Now the CEO is out after money laundering charges were filed against the CFO. (Image credit: Mark Lennihan) Read More
We spent a week in China. Here’s what we learned about our global rival from NPR Steve Inskeep
Morning Edition caught up with NPR’s John Ruwitch, who has covered China for decades. Here’s our conversation. fa (Image credit: Stefen Chow for NPR) Read More
Olympics reassigns a 1900 medal — and its winner — from Britain to France from NPR Bill Chappell
A French historian recently made a case for a 1900 silver medal to be credited to France, based on the Olympics’ informal rules in that era. The cyclist, Lloyd Hildebrand, lived most of his life in France. (Image credit: International Olympic Committee) Read More
Google CEO testifies at trial of collapsed startup Ozy Media and founder Carlos Watson from ABC
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has testified briefly at the federal financial conspiracy trial surrounding the collapse of once-touted startup Ozy MediaRead More
Unsafe E. coli levels found in Paris’ Seine River less than 2 months before Olympics from NPR The Associated Press
Contamination levels in the first eight days of June, after persistent heavy rain in Paris, showed bacteria such as E. coli and enterococci beyond limits judged safe for athletes. (Image credit: Michel Euler) Read More
Judge says trial is required to decide government’s antitrust case over Google’s advertising tech from ABC
A federal judge says the government’s antitrust case against Google over its advertising technology will go to trial in September, rejecting both sides’ request to rule in their favor as a matter of lawRead More
NASA’s Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is doing science again after problem from ABC
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending science data againRead More
What the bump stock ban could mean for guns in the U.S. from NPR Martin Kaste
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal ban on the devices, which could have wider implications for what qualifies as a machine gun. (Image credit: Rick Bowmer) Read More
A major disinformation research team’s future is uncertain after political attacks from NPR Shannon Bond
The Stanford Internet Observatory studied how social media platforms are abused. Now, its top leaders are out and future funding is uncertain amid attacks on its work by conservatives. (Image credit: Win McNamee) Read More