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How To Bring Cancer Care To The World's Poorest Children
For children in developing countries, cancer care is largely out of reach. But new research is challenging assumptions that it's too costly and complicated. (Image credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo...
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In Lebanon, Palestinians Protest New Employment Restrictions
The protests were spurred by the closure of two Palestinian-owned businesses amid a larger government crackdown on Syrian refugees. Palestinians make up about 10% of Lebanon's population. (Image...
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Dialysis Firm Cancels $524,600.17 Medical Bill After Journalists Investigate
This week, NPR profiled a Montana man who was billed nearly half a million dollars for 14 weeks of dialysis, after being caught in a dispute between insurer and the dialysis provider. Now he owes $0....
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'Mass Arrest' Of 16 Marines Over Alleged Human Smuggling, Drug Crimes
As some 800 Marines gathered in formation at Camp Pendleton in California, 16 people were pulled out and put under arrest. It's rare for such a large group to be arrested. (Image credit: Lenny...
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150 Migrants Feared Dead In Mediterranean's Worst Loss Of Life This Year
"Our death rate is rising alarmingly," a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees spokesperson says. Aid agencies continue rescue efforts off the shore of Libya, hoping to save anyone else who survived....
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Judge Quashed Warrant For Journalist's Phone After Police Downplayed His...
Police searched Bryan Carmody's phone and raided his home and office this spring. A San Francisco judge has now quashed the warrant and ordered supporting court documents to be unsealed. (Image...
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Hong Kong Protesters Occupy The City's Airport In 'Summer Of Discontent'
Demonstrators flooded the arrivals terminal, taking their demands for protection of Hong Kong's freedoms to an international audience. (Image credit: Vincent Yu/AP)
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Trump Signs Agreement With Guatemala To Limit Asylum Seekers
The agreement comes after Trump threatened to take "very severe" action against Guatemala, possibly including tariffs and a travel ban. (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP)
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College Student Discovers 65-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skull
Harrison Duran, a 23-year-old college student at University of California, Merced, spent his summer internship hunting for dinosaur fossils. (Image credit: Fossil Excavators)
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Lethal Injection Drugs' Efficacy And Availability For Federal Executions
The Justice Department's announcement that the federal government will resume its use of capital punishment has raised questions about the drugs it plans to use. (Image credit: Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Border Wall Move Forward, But Legal Fight Still Looms
A lower court had initially frozen the $2.5 billion in defense funds Trump had sought to use amid his emergency declaration earlier this year. Now liberal groups are seeking an expedited hearing....
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Red Summer In Chicago: 100 Years After The Race Riots
100 years ago this week, some of the bloodiest race riots this country has ever experienced erupted in more than two dozen cities, including Chicago. It was known as the Red Summer. (Image credit: Jun...
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Genetic Counselors Of Color Tackle Racial, Ethnic Disparities In Health Care
They work with patients to decide when genetic testing is appropriate, interpret test results and counsel families on the ways hereditary diseases might impact them. A trusting relationship is key....
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Love And Other Things
"I miss him every morning," the Supreme Court justice said of her late husband and booster, Marty, in an interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg. (Image credit: Ed Bailey/AP)
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Isolated And Struggling, Many Seniors Are Turning To Suicide
The golden years are thought to be a well-earned, carefree time in life. But adults 65 and older now account for almost 1 in 5 suicides in America. (Image credit: Jovelle Tamayo for NPR)
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Russian Police Arrest Hundreds Of Demonstrators At Moscow Protest
Demonstrators are demanding fair elections for the City Duma and for opposition candidates to be allowed on the ballot. (Image credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
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Hundreds Arrested At Moscow Protest
Hundreds of people have been arrested at a protest in Moscow. Scott Simon talks with Evan Gershkovich of the Moscow Times, who's been covering the rally.
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