Human Interest

What happened when Lyndon Johnson federalized the National Guard

6:38pm June 09, 2025

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.

Sunday Puzzle: Phonetically 'Gay'

6:00am June 08, 2025

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KNRW listener Carina Aleckson of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

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The James Webb Space Telescope reveals the oldest galaxy in the universe

5:44pm June 07, 2025

by Scott Detrow

The Webb Telescope zeroes in on an undiscovered galaxy.

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'Wait Wait' for June 7. 2025: With Not My Job guest Jeff Gordon

12:30pm June 07, 2025

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Jeff Gordon and panelists Zach Zimmerman, Negin Farsad, and Adam Burke

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4 takeaways from Erin Patterson's testimony at her toxic mushroom triple murder trial

7:00am June 07, 2025

Patterson is accused of putting death cap mushrooms in a meal she served her estranged husband's relatives in July 2023, killing three. She took the stand in Week 6 of the trial gripping Australia.

How the U.S. became highly reliant on Elon Musk for access to space

6:00am June 07, 2025

Besides its flights to the International Space Station and Starship program, SpaceX is deeply embedded in the Department of Defense. The feud between Elon Musk and President Trump could end all that.

Sea turtle Dilly Dally released into the ocean with three flippers after undergoing amputation

4:25pm June 06, 2025

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a flipper, has been rereleased into the wild.

The 'Napalm Girl' photo shocked the world. Now, there are questions about who took it

5:06am June 06, 2025

by Mandalit del Barco

The image, captured 53 years ago this weekend during the Vietnam War, galvanized the anti-war movement in the U.S. But a new documentary raises questions about who was behind the camera.

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Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission

12:22am June 06, 2025

The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander.

Hungry hungry elephant raids grocery store and hardly hurts a fly

5:31pm June 05, 2025

by Mia Venkat

When a massive elephant entered a small grocery shore in Thailand in search of snacks, chaos did not ensue.

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