NPR News
Explore the headlines trending nationally and internationally with the latest from NPR. Every day, NPR connects with millions of Americans to explore the news, ideas and what it means to be human.
Lam Yik Fei
/
Getty Images
The business mogul and activist has been in ailing health and has already spent more than 1,800 days in solitary confinement in Hong Kong before his verdict.
Bing Guan
/
AFP via Getty Images
Matias Delacroix
/
AP Photo
Bystander hailed as a hero for disarming Sydney gunman
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns on Sunday praised the man's actions, calling it "the most unbelievable scene."
The cookies that fueled votes for women
Suffragists didn't just march. They baked, held bake sales and sold cookbooks to raise money for the cause of equality.
Voices of experience and hope soar in a song to prevent suicide
"Hold the Hope" was sparked by one woman's experience as a caregiver to someone who survived suicidal struggles. It started as a poem that has become a film, a song and even a dance.
Tanning bed users are at higher risk of skin cancer, especially in unusual places
Indoor tanning is trending among Gen Z. A new study finds tanning bed users not only have a much higher risk of melanoma, they also have DNA damage linked to cancer across nearly their entire skin.
At least 15 killed in mass shooting at Hanukkah event on Sydney's Bondi Beach
Hundreds had gathered for an event at Bondi Beach called Chanukah by the Sea, which was celebrating the start of the Hanukkah Jewish festival.
-
Alex Bores, a New York State Assembly member who sponsored an AI regulation bill, responds to President Trump's executive order aimed at blocking state oversight of artificial intelligence.
-
A Pakistani brewery founded in the 19th century is exporting beer again for the first time in decades, despite alcohol being illegal for the country's Muslim majority.
-
NPR's Linda Holmes and Barrie Hardymon talk about why whodunits feel so cozy, what makes a great mystery work, and why the genre is having a moment again on screen.
-
Jess Clark, host of Louisville Public Media's podcast 'Dig', examines how alleged abuse by school staff went unaddressed for nearly 18 years in Louisville.
-
Nate Amos, the songwriter behind This Is Lorelei, talks about revisiting old songs, reshaping them, and what it means to hear his past work with new ears.
-
Ukraine's president continues ceasefire talks in Berlin with Trump envoys and European leaders, pressing for concrete security guarantees so Russia won't invade Ukraine again in the future.
-
Phil Mercer, a journalist in Sydney, reports on the deadly shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach and what authorities are saying about the attack.
-
Journalist Paul C. Kelly Campos of Ocean State Media on the continuing investigation into Saturday's shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and at least nine more wounded.
-
Natalie Paine, a French horn player in New Zealand's navy, speaks about the challenges and unexpected joys of playing music while stationed in Antarctica.
-
Nearly 1,000 women from around the country flew to New York City to audition for the dance troupe on its 100th anniversary. What's helped it last so long?
-
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to rapper Jeezy about his career and residency in Las Vegas which features a Guinness Record setting live orchestra.
-
With student test scores in a decade long decline, many researchers are pointing to cell phones and social media as the catalyst. Can cell phone bans turn student learning around?