Afghan who helped U.S. military arrested by ICE after routine immigration hearing
An Afghan who helped U.S. military forces at war was arrested by ICE agents after appearing for an immigration hearing in San Diego. He may now face deportation despite death threats from the Taliban.
NASA has been studying a planet called 55 Cancri e
The planet is sort of Earth-like but much closer to its star. It has temperatures hot enough to melt and vaporize rocks — and possibly oceans of lava with clouds that rain molten rock.
The company controlling rights to Elvis Presley's legacy has Las Vegas all shook up
Authentic Brands Group has papered the capital of Elvis-themed nuptials with cease-and-desist letters — which could mean it's now or never for the $2 billion wedding industry in Las Vegas.
After a 2-month COVID lockdown, Shanghai begins to reopens
After more than two months of isolation to avoid the Omicron surge, the 25 million people who live in Shanghai are out of lockdown.
Encore: Beach grass could be key to protecting the Aquinnah Wampanoag homeland
Climate change threatens a tribal homeland off the Massachusetts coast. Volunteers are planting beach grass to make it more resilient. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on May 28, 2022.)
European Union leaders agree to ban 90% of Russian oil by the end of 2022
The European Union embargo covers only Russian oil brought in by sea — allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline.
News brief: Russian oil ban, Uvalde funerals, deadliest federal prison
European leaders agree to ban most Russian oil imports. Families prepare to bury their children in Uvalde. A new maximum security prison in Illinois has become one of the deadliest in the U.S.
It's been 5 decades since the first female rabbi was ordained in the U.S.
Next month it will be 50 years since Sally Priesand was ordained as the nation's first female rabbi. Today, about 1,000 women rabbis have changed the course of American Judaism.
The newest federal prison has become one of the deadliest
NPR's Investigative Unit teamed up with The Marshall Project to look at a penitentiary in Thomson, Ill., that is one of the country's most violent and dangerous federal prisons.