British luxury retailer Harrod's fell victim to a cyberattack
Harrods, the iconic luxury department store, has become the latest British retailer to fall victim to a cyberattack.
A good (and heroic!) dog leads Arizona toddler to safety
A toddler wandered away from home in Arizona and many feared the worst after seeing mountain lions during their search. A ranch dog found him and guided him to safety.
A semiconductor agency is seeing cuts, even though Trump wants to bolster U.S. tech
A big focus of the Trump administration is to shore up U.S. dominance in cutting edge technology like semiconductor chips and AI. But it's slashing employees at the agency that works on these issues.
Researchers were surprised to find some medieval books covered in seal skins
12th century French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or sheep, but seals from as far away as Greenland. The find highlights the extent of medieval trade.
NPR obtained documents showing major upcoming changes that could limit human rights
Each year the State Department releases its Country Reports on Human Rights. NPR has obtained internal State department documents that show major changes coming this year
A life in limbo for Somali refugees still hoping to make it to America
In one of the worlds largest refugee camps, thousands of predominantly Somali refugees hoping to travel to the U.S. are waiting anxiously to see if the program will be resumed later in April.
How 'weak' Supreme Court rulings led to this week's immigration news
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with University of Virginia law professor Amanda Frost about the latest escalation in the conflict between the Trump administration and the courts.
A look at Trump and Maine's standoff over transgender athletes policy
Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says her state's not backing down against possible cuts in school and other funding threatened by the Trump administration over the state's policy on transgender athletes in sports.
This week in science: Drumming crabs, lab-made nuggets and LSD without the trip
NPR science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how Fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand, growing chicken nuggets in the lab, and a drug like LSD -- without the trip.