Missouri man squashes record for longest journey by a pumpkin boat
The man spent almost 11 hours in a hollowed-out pumpkin — using it to paddle down the Missouri River for over 38 miles — from Kansas City, Kan., to Napoleon, Mo.
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An Oklahoma woman finds healing in her Chickasaw roots
Shelby Rowe, a Chickasaw woman in Oklahoma City, describes how her connection to culture helped her heal from life challenges. She became a mom at 18 — followed by three difficult marriages.
Black residents in rural Alabama demand sanitation equity, saying 'it's a right'
A landmark environmental justice agreement is aimed at fixing longstanding sanitation issues in a rural, predominantly Black Alabama county. Residents say they've waited long enough.
Who's in and who's out of the 2024 presidential race? Test yourself in the quiz
Someone is newly running for president, and someone is newly not. Do you know who they are? Find out in the weekly NPR news quiz.
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Israel's ground invasion of Gaza may begin soon. Steve Scalise drops out of race for House speaker. Colorado jury convicts a white police officer in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man.
U.S. and Qatar agree to prevent disbursal of recently unfrozen Iranian funds
The move follows the deadly attacks by Hamas on Israel and Republican criticism of the White House deal with Iran, where $6 billion was unfrozen in exchange for the release of 5 detained Americans.
Gap between U.S. income taxes owed and paid is set to keep growing, the IRS says
For tax years 2021 and 2020, the latest to receive such IRS estimates, the projected gross "tax gap" soared to $688 billion and $601 billion, respectively. That is a significant jump from the past.
Donald Trump's classified documents case gets new questions from judge and attorneys
At a hearing Thursday, prosecutors asked a U.S. district judge to decide whether a lawyer representing one of Trump's co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case has a conflict of interest.
Pentagon opens 'university' to prep troops against evolving drone warfare
Small, cheap drones like those Hamas used against the Israeli military are reshaping warfare. It's an evolution the Pentagon has noticed. The U.S. military is training troops in counter-drone warfare.
Yvonee Lee Odom, grandmother to tennis superstar Coco Gauff, is herself a trailblazer
Tennis star Coco Gauff comes from a family of athletes and activists. We meet her grandmother, who desegregated public schools in Delray Beach, Florida.