Palmer Luckey launched his first tech company as a teenager. He sold it to Facebook for $2 billion. Now he’s making AI weapons the Pentagon is buying for itself and also sending to Ukraine. (Image credit: Philip Cheung for NPR) Read More
Hundreds of Americans continue to die every day from overdoses. More of those deaths now involve stimulants like cocaine and meth mixed with fentanyl. Men of color have been hit particularly hard. Read More
In his career, Johnston has repeatedly portrayed police officers and agents, from Arrested Development to The Sarah Silverman Program and Men in Black II. His actions against police cost him a job. (Image credit: U.S. Justice Department) Read More
A woman who received a pig kidney transplant has diedRead More
The Wall Street Journal has conducted multiple rounds of layoffs this year. In a lawsuit, former reporter Stephanie Armour says the paper tried to shed employees with significant health-care costs by citing “trumped up performance issues.” (Image credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Read More
Most states currently don’t have age limits for buying zero-proof beverages that look and taste like beer, wine and liquor. But some researchers argue they could be a gateway into drinking for kids. (Image credit: Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun/TNS) Read More
Five years after mass protests disrupted Hong Kong, and were crushed by the government, people who took part are downsizing their dreams and ambitions — but keeping a small flame of hope alive. (Image credit: Kin Cheung) Read More
Families of victims of two Boeing 747 Max crashes are asking a judge to reject a plea deal with the plane maker. NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks talks to attorney Paul Cassell, who represents 15 of the families. Read More
The RNC’s Platform Committee has adopted former President Donald Trump’s platform, a document that leans into his preferred “America First” stances and steers away from traditional GOP social issues. Read More
A petition is circulating in Ukraine to erect a statue of late U.S. President Ronald Reagan in the capital Kyiv. This is the second time Parliamentarian Maryan Zablot-shkyy has launched such a drive. Read More