National & International News from NPR

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People cool themselves with an ice-cold water bottle from a water station during the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on July 2, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Alex Wong

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Weather, Environment, & Infrastructure

This summer was hot. August shattered global heat records

Ava Berger

Scientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records.

Observers film ICE agents in Minneapolis in February. A new lawsuit alleges that the federal government is trying to intimidate observers who monitor immigration enforcement operations.

Stephen Maturen

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Business & Economy

Lawsuit challenges intimidation of DHS observers across the country

Jude Joffe-Block

This fossilized feather dates back 66 million years to the late Cretaceous. "It is, without a doubt, the best feather we've ever found from the age of dinosaurs," says Jingmai O'Connor, an associate curator at the Field Museum of Natural History.

Nate Carroll

Weather, Environment, & Infrastructure

A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived

Ari Daniel

Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever, right, drives to the basket against Sydney Taylor of the Chicago Sky on Aug. 23.

Michael Reaves

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Health and Sports

How the WNBA became a political prop in the culture wars

Sam Fragoso

Charlie Kirk supporter in Arizona: 'Don't let him die, Lord'

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From Morning Edition

Russian drones suspected of infiltrating NATO airspace

This week, a drone linked to Russia nearly hit a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Norway, according to the prime minister of Norway.
Courtesy of Lila Nordstrom

She watched the towers fall on 9/11. Then she watched her high school peers get sick from toxins

Lila Nordstrom watched the first of the twin towers fall from a 10th-floor window at Stuyvesant High School 25 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Barbara Keating died in the 9/11 attack. She's finally being laid to rest

Brian Mann

Barbara Keating died aboard one of the planes that hijackers slammed into the World Trade Center. Her remains were finally identified last year, and her family is gathering for a long-delayed funeral.
Evan Vucci

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Elon Musk threatens to sue over Gibney documentary's "space lasers" claim

Bobby Allyn

The tech billionaire's attorney has put documentarian Alex Gibney and his production company on legal notice, claiming the Oscar-winning director defamed Musk in his nearly four-hour documentary.

From All Things Considered

Dr. Rupa Narra shares a before and after photo from Thursday's shift in an Ebola treatment unit in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Narra and her colleagues are limited to about an hour at a time with patients in the unit due to the difficulty and risks of working in protective gear.

Courtesy of Dr. Rupa Narra. Diptych by NPR.

Health and Sports

'I've never seen anything like this' -- A U.S. doctor treats Ebola's youngest victims

Durrie Bouscaren

Dr. Rupa Narra is a U.S. pediatrician who arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help care for stricken children. Nothing could have prepared her for what she'd face.

How did 9/11 reshape national security?

Mary Louise Kelly

President Trump dances as he departs after addressing attendees on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas, Texas.

Andrew Harnik

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Policy and Politics

Trump promises Americans $5K if GOP wins. And, Kirk supporters reflect on his death

Brittney Melton

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One year after Charlie Kirk's death, Turning Point USA faces an uncertain future

Elena Moore

The death of Charlie Kirk was seen as a rallying call for young conservatives. But as his supporters reflect on the past year, some paint a more complicated picture of the organization he left behind.
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Vance, Trump speaking at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas

Tamara Keith, Maham Javaid

President Trump promised to send every adult citizen $5,000, but only if Republicans maintain control of Congress in the midterm election, drawing a strong response from House Democrats.
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Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured

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The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August. Scientists said the heat surge is mostly due to human-caused climate change.
Trump officials revive a bid to alter the U.S. census and reshape voting maps

Hansi Lo Wang

The Trump administration is making a new push to exclude millions of U.S. residents from a key census count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."