New photos show the volcanic plains of Mercury after a spacecraft fly-by
The BepiColombo spacecraft flew less than 200 miles from Mercury's surface and photographed volcanic plains and icy craters.
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Venezuela's Maduro begins new term as US raises arrest bounty
The US announces an increased $25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelas President Maduro on day he's sworn in for a third term.
Is smoke in your home? Here's how to make an air purifier from a box fan
A large area of greater Los Angeles had unhealthy air Friday, due to particulate matter from large wildfires. Here are tips for breathing cleaner air indoors if it's smoky outside.
What if the NFL Playoffs were scripted? These would be the top storylines
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Tom Grossi about his "If the NFL Was Scripted" series and the characters and storylines viewers should be watching for in the NFL playoffs.
Why right-wing influencers are blaming the California wildfires on diversity efforts
Prominent right-wing influencers are claiming that the response to the Los Angeles wildfires was hampered by workplace diversity policies. It's part of a wider strategy to discredit those policies.
President-elect Trump gets sentence of unconditional discharge in New York
President-elect Donald Trump appeared virtually for his criminal sentencing in Manhattan Friday morning, in a historic first for a former or sitting president.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reflects on FAFSA rollout, debt forgiveness
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona talks with NPR's Juana Summers about what went wrong and what went right in his department during the Biden administration.
Biden extends protections for immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador and Ukraine
Close to a million migrants will be shielded from deportation for up to 18 months.
U.S. ambassador to Israel makes his final push for release of U.S. hostages from Gaza
"We are going to do everything we can in this round to get all the American hostages, living and dead, out," Ambassador Jacob J. Lew tells NPR. His tenure as President Biden's envoy ends this month.
The prison population is going up as prisons struggle with staffing and overpopulation
The prison population has been creeping back upward. New laws in some states instituting harsher punishments threaten to further fill prisons, many of which are already understaffed and overcrowded.