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World News

Hear from people in Iran and Israel as the countries continue to exchange airstrikes

7:08am June 20, 2025

People in Iran and Israel share their experiences as airstrikes ordered by the leadership of the two countries continue.

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Health & Safety

Many Health Experts Believe Worst Of The Coronavirus May Be Over

by Rob Stein

Could the end of the pandemic be in sight in the U.S.? A growing number of the nation's leading experts say: Yes, with some caveats. Variables could still derail the recovery.

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Health & Safety

Tax Breaks Will Offset $26 Billion Opioid Settlement, Drug Firms Say

by Brian Mann

Lawmakers are blasting the nation's biggest drug makers and distributors for looking to use a pandemic tax-break loophole to write down losses coming from settlements linked to the opioid epidemic.

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After Slow Start, More Germans Are Getting COVID-19 Vaccine Shots

by Rob Schmitz

Only a relatively small number of Germans have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and there's widespread dissatisfaction about the delay. So why then are millions of AstraZeneca shots going unused?

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World News

After Brazil Court Decision, Ex-President Da Silva May Run For Office Again

by Philip Reeves

A court threw out criminal charges against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. He was banned from running for president in 2018 because of a corruption conviction. Voters could give him his old job back.

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News Brief: CDC Guidelines, Venezuelans Protected Status, Opioid Settlement

Health officials say the worst of the pandemic may be behind us. The White House extends Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelans. Drug firms say tax breaks will offset the opioid settlement.

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National

Cloning Of Ferret Could Help Prevent Other Animals' Extinction

by Michael Elizabeth Sakas

In Colorado, scientists have cloned the first endangered species native to North America: a black-footed ferret. They hope their new technology might help keep other species from going extinct.

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National

Trial Begins Monday For Ex-Minn. Officer Accused Of Killing George Floyd

by Adrian Florido

Minneapolis is on edge with jury section set to begin in the trial of Derek Chauvin. He's the former police officer charged with murder in the killing of George Floyd.

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World News

In A 2-Hour Prime-Time Interview, Oprah Talks To Meghan And Harry

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Kristen Meinzer, a royal watcher and author, about Oprah Winfrey's interview broadcast on CBS with Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the duke and duchess of Sussex.

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Politics & Government

Sen. King Says Pandemic Relief Bill Tackles Health, Economic Crises

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to independent Sen. Angus King of Maine about the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package approved in the Senate over the weekend. King voted for the measure.

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Politics & Government

Lawmakers In The House Are Poised To Pass COVID-19 Relief Bill

President Biden's far-reaching coronavirus relief package is a step closer to becoming law. After Senate passage Saturday, it goes back to the House this week for final approval.

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National

Okla. Death Row Case Raises Questions About Evidence, Systemic Racism

by Quinton Chandler

Julius Jones has spent the past 20 years behind bars for a killing he says he did not commit. An Oklahoma parole board is set to decide Monday whether he gets closer to possible release.

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National

Pandemic Interferes With Reenactment Of 1965's Bloody Sunday March

by Kyle Gassiott

In Selma, Ala., the reenactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was scaled down because of COVID-19. It was also the first without civil rights icon John Lewis who died last year.

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