Weapons and war: Parallels between Iran and Iraq
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist Steve Coll about the parallels between Iraq and Iran when it comes to discussions of a potential war due to an adversarial country's weapons program.
Critics have doubts about New York's huge winter sports tourism investment
Officials in New York are on track to spend $1 billion taxpayer dollars refurbishing 40-year-old Winter Olympic sports and tourism sites near Lake Placid. Critics doubt it will pay off.
When hospital staff refused to give a dying man pain medication, a manager stepped in
In 1986, Dorothy Tiernan was with her father on his deathbed. The hospital staff refused to give him pain medication to make him more comfortable, until a manager intervened.
Harry Styles and Drake are among the artists hit by items thrown at them mid-show
There's been a disturbing trend at concerts this summer: performers like Harry Styles, Drake and Bebe Rexha being hit — and sometimes hurt — by audience members throwing things at them during shows.
A lawsuit to compensate Tulsa Massacre victims and their descendants was dismissed
A number of survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre had a setback recently when a lawsuit seeking damages from the state was dismissed. The suit would have compensated them and their descendants.
A preview of tomorrow's NATO annual summit
On Tuesday, the 31 members of the NATO alliance will meet for their annual summit — the second summit held since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine.
Putin met with Wagner founder and his mercenaries just days after they led a mutiny
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and nearly three dozen of his mercenary commanders for talks in Moscow late in June.
A recap of 2023 Wimbledon so far — and forecast of what could happen next
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Courtney Nguyen, senior writer for WTA Insider, about the home stretch of Wimbledon, the world's oldest and arguably most prestigious tennis tournament.
Want to make your house a home? Keep away from trends
There's a look we've come to expect when we check out real estate listings the perfect kitchen — streamlined, neutral — and there's pressure on homeowners to renovate to improve future salability.
New measures are being taken to reduce heat-related deaths in Phoenix
Forecasters are predicting record temperatures in the Valley of the Sun. Last year, the Phoenix metro saw a record number of heat-related deaths. New measures are being taken to reduce health risks.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has seen the lasting harm of cluster bombs
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lewis Simons, who reported from Asia and the Middle East for decades, about the legacy of cluster bombs in Laos.
The New York State Capitol gets its first new statue since 1898: Ruth Bader Ginsberg
For the first time since 1898, a new face is being added to the grand staircase in the N.Y. capitol in Albany — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the late U.S. Supreme Court justice born and raised in Brooklyn.