Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura testifies against Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, the ex-girlfriend of Sean "Diddy" Combs, took the stand on Tuesday as the star witness in the first full day of testimony in the federal trial against the hip-hop mogul.
U.S. experiences an epidemic of loneliness. Could making more friends help?
Making friends in adulthood can be difficult — sometimes the fear of rejection holds people back. So how do you make friends?
House Republicans pick Scalise as speaker — full chamber has yet to vote
House Republicans have nominated Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise as House speaker, but he still doesn't have enough votes to be elected.
Morning news brief
Days into the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza is in a deep humanitarian crisis. Republicans chose Majority Leader Steve Scalise to be their nominee for House speaker. Scientists use AI to speed up discoveries.
Wall street wore Birkenstocks as the sandal-maker debuted on the Stock Exchange
Birkenstock, which is nearly 250 years old, is now a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange — valued at about $8 billion. (Story aired on ATC on Oct. 11, 2023.)
ExxonMobil makes a $60 billion oil deal, doubling down on fossil fuels
As climate researchers say the world must transition away from new oil and gas production, ExxonMobil is acquiring a major U.S. shale oil company with one of the country's biggest oil fields.
How Iran may figure into this new war in the Middle East
NPR's Michel Martin asks Iran expert Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute, which aims to promote diplomacy in America's foreign policy, about Iran's role in this moment in the Middle East.
In Argentina, everyone is living through record inflation and political upheaval
A political outsider won an important presidential primary in Argentina, campaigning on the promise to replace the country's currency with the dollar — making an already volatile economy even worse.
Gazans are under siege as Israel retaliates for the massive Hamas attack
Gaza is under siege — cut off from food, water and fuel. Israel is raining down destruction on the Palestinian enclave as its residents try to survive.
The Washington Post is offering voluntary buyouts to 240 employees
The Post had been "overly optimistic" about its growth in readership, subscriptions and ads for the past two years, interim CEO Patty Stonesifer wrote in an email to staff.
Human rights expert says Hamas and Israel both committed possible war crimes
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with human rights expert Fernando Travesí about possible war crimes by Hamas and Israel. And American University professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer gives historical insight.