RNC headquarters were locked down over vials of blood sent to the building
The U.S. Capitol Police later issued an all-clear. USCP noted that the source of the package and its contents will be further investigated.
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For decades, site markers left out who committed Utah's Mountain Meadows Massacre
The latest in our series Off the Mark, about historical markers, examines the site of a horrific massacre in Utah, where it took 150 years for the signage to tell the truth about what happened.
Buy-now, pay-later returns and disputes are about to get federal oversight
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is requiring buy-now, pay-later lenders to provide the same protections to shoppers as credit card companies do.
6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election
State laws on abortion keep changing – with new bans taking effect in some places while new protections are enacted in others. And abortion will be on the ballot in at least four states.
Stephen King's new story took him 45 years to write
Stephen King is out with a new collection of short stories. As you might expect from the reigning King of Horror, some are terrifying. Some are creepy. Others are laugh-out-loud funny.
What do border politics look like along the U.S.-Mexico border?
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with two members of a political family in Nogales, Ariz., whose lives and careers have been shaped by immigration policy.
UC Santa Cruz workers strike in solidarity with pro-Palestinian protesters
NPR's A Martinez talks to PK Hattis of the Santa Cruz Sentinel about academic workers at UC Santa Cruz, who are striking in solidarity with pro-Palestinian protestors.
Fani Willis and the judge presiding over Ga. Trump election case defeat challengers
The prosecutor and judge overseeing the Georgia criminal case against former President Donald Trump both easily defeated challengers in local elections on Tuesday.
Amid cybersecurity crisis at Ascension hospitals, workflows are disrupted
Ascension hospital system, one of the largest in the country, is in the middle of a ransomware attack. They've had to switch to paper charts, causing delays and frustrations for all.
Summer fire season nears as many wildland firefighting jobs are vacant
The forecast for a hotter-than-normal summer has Westerners on edge, especially with up to a quarter of all U.S. federal wildland firefighter jobs currently unfilled.