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Another top general expected to exit the Pentagon
The commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe and Africa is expected to announce his retirement. It's yet another abrupt move in the ongoing changes to…
2 days, 18 hours ago
Mayor Mamdani endorsed three House candidates. They all won
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York City, the day after all three Congressional candidates he endorsed won their Dem…
2 days, 18 hours ago
U.S. military works on building a better meal for the troops
The drone-infested battlefields of modern warfare and the need to make troops' loads lighter has the U.S. military looking for new forms of field rat…
2 days, 18 hours ago
Trump puts major housing bill on hold
President Trump has cancelled a signing planned for today of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, the largest housing affordability in decades passe…
2 days, 19 hours ago
How Ukraine's immigrant community turned Philadelphia into a soccer town
Long before most Americans paid attention to soccer, Philadelphia had a thriving culture of athletes and fans shaped in large part by Ukrainian immig…
2 days, 19 hours ago
Supreme Court rules that prison guards can't be sued for shaving Rastafarian's head
The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue the guards under a federal la…
3 days, 16 hours ago
Meet the creator of the Story Spine, an 8-sentence tool to create and analyze stories
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to playwright Kenn Adams about his formula for creating or analyzing stories called the Story Spine.
3 days, 16 hours ago
'The Adventures of Juan Planchard': A political thriller that reads like a blockbuster
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with author and filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz about his book The Adventures of Juan Planchard, now translated into English.
3 days, 16 hours ago
In one of the U.S.'s toss-up Congressional districts, cost of living is a top concern
The New York district represented by Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is a toss-up and one Democrats are eyeing to pick up in their quest for control of C…
3 days, 17 hours ago
Boaters compete in 750-mile race... with no engines
For the "Race to Alaska," intrepid boaters compete in a 750-mile no-engine boat race from Washington state to Alaska.
3 days, 17 hours ago