A new website reports on the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community
A new website, Shtetl.org, aims to provide an inside view and a critical look at the insular world of ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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Alex Murdaugh wants a new trial, accusing the clerk of court of jury tampering
Defense lawyers for convicted South Carolina lawyer Murdaugh say Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill violated her oath of office as well as their client's constitutional right to an impartial jury.
Mike Pence says Republicans "face a choice" in 2024: populism or conservatism
The former vice president didn't pull any punches in a headlining event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics where he argued that conservatism, not populism, is the future of the GOP.
Green groups sue, say farmers are drying up Great Salt Lake
Environmental groups have filed suit against the state of Utah arguing leaders aren't doing enough to prevent the state's namesake Great Salt Lake from drying up.
Meet the man leading the front-line effort in Ukraine's cyber war with Russia
Illia Vitiuk is a top Ukrainian intelligence official. For him, the war with Russia is primarily in cyberspace — and in a rare exclusive interview with NPR, he says it's far from over.
YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 felony counts of child abuse
Ruby Franke, the YouTube mommy blogger behind the channel 8 Passengers, was arrested last week after her 12-year-old son climbed out a window and ran to a neighbor's house asking for food and water.
After shoppers' habits have changed, malls try to figure out what comes next
Many retailers have cut back their physical presence in the age of online shopping — leaving dying malls in their wake. But by thinking outside the box, some old malls are finding new life.
Alabama seniors spearhead efforts to protect Mobile Bay from toxic ash
A group of seniors in Mobile, Ala., wants coal ash from a power plant moved to a lined landfill. They worry the toxic ash could leak into Mobile Bay. (Story aired on ATC on Sept. 4, 2023.)
The perilous hunt for PPP fraud and the hot tip that wasn't
The public data on PPP loans contains a lot of suspicious patterns, but it can also send people on wild goose chases
A rare spotless giraffe gets a name to match
The public has voted and the spotless superstar born at a family-owned zoo in Tennessee has been named Kipekee.