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#MeToo movement comes full circle with Trump verdict, columnist argues

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michelle Goldberg, who wrote the New York Times column "The Fury of #MeToo Finally Comes for the Man Who Inspired It," about former President Trump's verdict.

Sudanese refugees wait for registration at Oure Cassoni camp in Chad after fleeing the conflict on Feb. 23, 2026. The war has displaced about 14 million people, fueling a major humanitarian crisis.

'Humiliated, broken, powerless': Sudan enters fourth year of war

While parts of Sudan's capital show fragile signs of life, across the country the conflict between the army and a rival paramilitary continues to drive mass displacement, hunger and allegations of atrocities.

There's a global shortage of natural gas because of the war. That has consequences for the U.S., the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas or LNG.

The Iran war created a global natural gas shortage — a windfall for U.S. companies

With Qatar's liquefied natural gas still offline, U.S. companies see an opening and are bringing in new investments.

Winnie Mandela raises her fist during the funeral for 17 people who were killed during fierce rioting on Wed. March 5, 1986 in Johannesburg's Alexandra township.

New Netflix documentary reexamines Winnie Mandela's divisive legacy

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her granddaughters examine the liberation icon in all her complexity.

A Pakistani Ranger walks past a billboard for the U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad on April 12, 2026. The talks, led by Vice President JD Vance, produced no concrete movement toward a peace deal.

What's it like to negotiate with Iran? We asked people who have done it

Experts who spent months negotiating a 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran say mutual mistrust, starkly different negotiating styles, and the complexity of the issues make a quick deal unlikely.

Thousands of veterans who had their disability appeals abruptly closed due to computer errors may see back pay ... eventually

A preliminary settlement in the class-action lawsuit Freund v. Collins has cleared the way for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to audit and potentially restore benefits for a massive group of former service members.

In Muslim Pakistan, theaters that have racy shows for men are thriving

Pakistani men cram into so-called "dirty theatres" where women dance suggestively in tight clothes. The theatres survive, despite increasing conservatism.

Louisa Lim's 'Indelible City' examines the U.K.'s handover of Hong Kong to China

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former NPR Beijing correspondent Louisa Lim about her new book: Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko speaks in March in front of an apartment building that was shelled by Russian forces. Klitschko, a former world heavyweight boxing champion, has been mayor of Kyiv since 2014.

Once a heavyweight champion, Kyiv's mayor now fights the Russians

Mayor Vitali Klitschko was known as Dr. Ironfists when he dominated the boxing ranks. Now he leads Ukraine's capital city with an equally fierce determination in the battle against Russia.

Gov. Josh Stein signs House Bill 696 into law on Thursday, April 30 at the North Carolina Governor's Mansion. The legislation provides $319 million to fund the state's Medicaid program for the rest of this fiscal year.

Gov. Stein signs Medicaid funding bill despite concerns about some provisions

The legislation moved $319 million to the state's Medicaid program and also provided critical funding for the state's prison system, DMV and State Bureau of Investigation.

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