RFK Jr.'s picks for CDC vaccine advisers meet this week amid controversy
For the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all the members of the vaccine committee, it is meeting in Atlanta.
Jury finds Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter eligible for death penalty
A federal jury has found Robert Bowers acted with intent when he killed 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. This means Bowers could be sentenced to death in the final phase of the trial.
House panel criticizes FBI Director Wray for alleged politicization of the agency
Republican members of Congress spent hours at a hearing accusing FBI Director Christopher Wray of targeting conservatives with investigations. Wray denied their allegations.
Another defamation suit filed against Fox News — this one over Jan. 6 allegations
Ray Epps is suing Fox for portraying him as an instigator of violence on Jan 6. 2021. He says he believed Fox that former President Donald Trump had been cheated of victory in the 2020 race.
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GOP lawmakers want to amend the defense authorization bill. Guatemala's presidential election faces more chaos. Social media newcomer Threads seeks to downgrade news and politics on its platform.
Amtrak wants to help Beyoncé fans catch her Renaissance World Tour
Amtrak's solution: Train-aissance. The company posted a twitter thread of routes that will take fans to tour stops — alongside a graphic of a conductor sitting atop a metallic horse.
Mail delivery in a Texas neighborhood has been suspended by a persistent hawk
In the Austin community of Travis Heights, a bird is dive-bombing mail carriers, and anyone else walking outside. A biologist says the hawk is likely defending its hatchlings.
Politically charged social issues are dragged into Pentagon's budget battle
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Washington Post reporter Marianna Sotomayor about the hard-right GOP push to insert abortion restrictions and other issues into a defense spending bill.
Scientists are a step closer to defining when the age of humans officially began
Scientists recommend the start of a geological epoch defined by how humans have impacted Earth — soot, plastics and radioactive fallout have made it into the rocks, ice and mud that form our planet.
Meta's Threads, which is basically a Twitter clone, minimizes news and politics
Meta's new app Threads aims to be a friendlier alternative to Twitter by deemphasizing news and politics. But for many people, partisan brawls are a big part of Twitter's appeal.
Guatemala's presidential election gets more complicated as voting heads into runoff
The country's already troubled presidential election has been thrown into more chaos and confusion only weeks ahead of a contentious second round of voting.
Sweden makes major effort to develop its own supply of minerals used in tech products
It takes a half-hour in a pick-up truck to get to the bottom of a vast underground mine in Sweden — where the country is betting on extracting minerals for electric energy independence.