Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian beat hard-liner Saeed Jalili in the runoff election to replace the late president who was killed in a helicopter crash in May. (Image credit: SAMAN) Read More
An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help provide the nation with renewable energyRead More
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Royal Ramey, the co-founder and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, about the pathway for formerly incarcerated firefighters to build careers in the field. Read More
An abnormally high number of people were bitten by sharks in coastal waters over the span of a day that began on July 4. Upticks in shark attacks alone are not cause for concern, an expert says. (Image credit: Texas Department of Public Safety) Read More
IUDs are a safe and reliable form of birth control, but many people struggle to get simple answers about the device. NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Mia Armstrong-Lopez, who wrote about this for Slate. Read More
The U.S. government and private sector are trying to solve a thorny problem. North Korean IT workers and hackers are infiltrating Fortune 500 companies to fund the regime’s nuclear weapons program. Read More
The U.K. has a new government with a new prime minister as Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party sweeps to power in an historic election. Read More
U.S. employers added 206,000 jobs in June — a modest slowdown from the previous month. The unemployment rate inched up to 4.1%. Read More
Fourteen stolen sculptures are back in Cambodia after New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art agreed to return them. Thousands of historical artworks are thought to have been trafficked out of Colombia. Read More
The Department of Education has received a record number of discrimination complaints, including from families of students with disabilities. Some families are waiting months, even years, for help. Read More