National & International News from NPR

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Pima County Medical Examiner Greg Hess at his office in Tucson, Ariz. Hess and another Arizona-based medical examiner are rethinking how to catalog and count heat-related deaths, a major step toward understanding the growing impacts of heat.

Cassidy Araiza for NPR

Weather, Environment, & Infrastructure

Here's why an Arizona medical examiner is working to track heat-related deaths

Alejandra Borunda

No one across the U.S. is consistently tracking climate-fueled deaths. One medical examiner has a new protocol on heat-deaths.

The U.S Capitol is photographed Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

Mariam Zuhaib

Policy and Politics

House passes Russia sanctions, sending bill named for Lindsey Graham to Trump's desk

Sam Gringlas

You'd expect homeowners to save their stuff. Federal policy pays them to leave it

Rebecca Hersher, Ryan Kellman, Bronson Arcuri

Leon Black, left, a billionaire who was close with Jeffrey Epstein, walks out of the Rayburn House Office Building at the Capitol after his interview about Epstein with the House Oversight Committee, in Washington, Friday, June 26, 2026.

J. Scott Applewhite

Public Safety and Social Justice

Committee investigating Epstein holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress

Ava Berger

The National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

Allison Robbert

Education and Community Culture

Trump administration plans ideological warning signs for Smithsonian

Jennifer Vanasco

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The 'burnerverse' exploiting young women in college

Juana Summers, Mallory Yu, Jason Fuller, Manuela López Restrepo

Wired reporter EJ Dickson speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about an online community that targets and harasses young women with their own nonconsensual, sexually explicit images.
Jean-Christophe-Verhaegen

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AFP

EU offers Canada 'associate member' role; Trump calls it 'laughable'

Teri Schultz

The European Union backs Canada's bid to become the bloc's first "associate member," as Brussels seeks closer ties with Ottawa and Trump calls the idea "laughable."
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI

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AFP

Congress is under pressure to act on AI — here's what that could look like

Eric McDaniel

Lawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one.
Kevin Dietsch

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DOJ charges Russian agents with plotting attacks, including in the U.S.

Ryan Lucas

The indictment says the defendants belong to a network that "is one arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus used to carry out external attacks" worldwide.

From All Things Considered

Allison Robbert

Policy and Politics

A tumultuous congressional primary season closes with record departures and defeats

Stephen Fowler

Already, close to 100 lawmakers who started this Congress will not be around for the next one, according to an NPR analysis, driven by record-setting retirements and primary defeats.

Business & Economy

How Jared Kushner is mixing U.S. diplomacy with his billion-dollar business

Tonya Mosley

A rare look inside Israeli-controlled territory in southern Lebanon

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Mice with human brain cells offer a tool to study disease. Ethicists ask: What's next?

Pien Huang

Neuroscientists have made a major advance in modeling the human brain in mice, offering a new way to study conditions like cerebral palsy. Ethicists ask if it changes how these mice should be treated.
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How are rising prices affecting you? NPR wants to know

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Inflation, gasoline prices and the cost of living are top of mind in the election season. How are higher costs shaping the way you live? NPR wants to hear.
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Russia seizes Ukrainian POWs, then it demands favors from their relatives

Greg Myre

Russia is believed to be holding thousands of Ukrainian POWs. Russia is also tormenting the families of these prisoners by contacting their relatives on social media and demanding they help Russia.
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Fed expected to raise interest rates. And, board votes to close Kennedy Center

Brittney Melton

The Fed is expected to raise interest rates today for the first time in three years. And, the Kennedy Center board voted yesterday to close the historic center.