National

Is there still hope for HBCUs as negotiations continue over Democrat's spending bill?

4:59pm October 25, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Lodriguez Murray, United Negro College Fund senior vice president, on recent protests over student housing at HBCUs and where President Biden's pledge to HBCUs stands.

Financial catastrophe looms as Congress works to address the country's debt ceiling

4:59pm October 25, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

The clock is ticking for Congress to address America's debt ceiling that lets the government borrow money to pay its bills. A financial catastrophe may follow if it isn't resolved by early December.

National

Where We Come From: What's in a name?

4:43pm October 25, 2021

by Anjuli Sastry

Author Luvvie Ajayi Jones and Tiffany Aliche talk about changing their given Nigerian names to more American ones in order to assimilate, and what their given versus chosen names mean to them today.

U.S. COVID infection rates have been dropping, but that could change

4:43pm October 25, 2021

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Many COVID-19 trendlines are headed in a positive direction in the U.S., but there are lots of unknowns about what will happen this winter as vaccinations still lag behind many other countries.

Puerto Rico is the most vaccinated place in the U.S.

4:43pm October 25, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mónica Feliú-Mójer of Ciencia Puerto Rico on how grassroots organizing and responsible messaging helped Puerto Rico achieve the highest U.S. COVID vaccination rate.

Rains in California are helping douse wildfires, but present new problems

4:43pm October 25, 2021

by Dan Brekke

Northern California is seeing record rainfall. All the water will help reduce wildfire risks and could help alleviate drought conditions, but it also means a risk for debris flows and evacuations.

National

The Russian hacker group behind the SolarWinds attack is at it again, Microsoft says

2:15pm October 25, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

According to Microsoft, the group is targeting technology companies that resell and provide cloud services and has been using phishing and password spray to gain entry to targeted networks.

National

Northern California suffers through flooding and mud flows after historic storm

9:54am October 25, 2021

Record rainfall and high winds have caused flooding, power outages and evacuations across California's Bay Area. This comes as the state has been grappling with a two-year drought.

How the 'Stop the Steal' movement outwitted Facebook ahead of the Jan. 6 riot

6:05am October 25, 2021

Leaked documents from inside Facebook show the social network was caught flat-footed by the "Stop the Steal" movement, which culminated in the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol.

White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" clash with counter-protesters as they enter Emancipation Park during the "Unite the Right" rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

National

Hate on trial in Virginia, four years after deadly extremist rally

5:46am October 25, 2021

by Odette Yousef

A violent march in Charlottesville by far-right extremists in 2017 showed how well organized the far-right had become. A trial targeting those associated with the march is seen as a bellwether case.