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Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City as Israel launched airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave.

World News

Gaza militants fire rockets toward Israel after Israeli troops killed 9 Palestinians

12:21pm January 27, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

Militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets toward Israel and Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza a day after the deadliest Israeli raid in the West Bank in years.

Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep interviews Hakeem Jeffries at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023.

Politics & Government

Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats won't pay a 'ransom note' to GOP over debt ceiling

9:52am January 27, 2023

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries insists the looming debt ceiling crisis will be resolved without his party submitting to demands by Republicans who want to tie government spending cuts to a debt limit hike.

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Season: A letter to the future's protagonist journeys to record the world before a foretold cataclysm.

Arts

In 'Season: A letter to the future,' scrapbooking is your doomsday prep

9:08am January 27, 2023

by Justin Lucas

Scrapbook and bike your way through a beautiful world in the face of a foretold cataclysm.

U.S. second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, lays a wreath honoring Holocaust victims at the former Auschwitz site on Friday in Oswiecim, Poland.

Second gentleman Emhoff visits Auschwitz, part of a push against antisemitism

8:53am January 27, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a U.S. president or vice president, is in Poland and Germany to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and address rising antisemitism around the world.

The United Ukrainian Ballet is made up of dancers taking refuge in the Netherlands. The company will perform Giselle, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Arts

Ballet dancers from across Ukraine bring 'Giselle' to the Kennedy Center

5:10am January 27, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

The United Ukrainian Ballet Company is made up of dancers taking refuge in the Netherlands. The company travels to Washington, D.C., to perform Giselle, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky.

More than 30 years ago, Johnnie Haire, grounds supervisor at Sunset Gardens of Memory cemetery in Millstadt, Illinois, set up a birdbath and purchased angel figurines for a special garden for deceased children called "Baby Land." He carefully painted each angel a hue of brown. He says he wanted the angels to be Black, like many of the children laid to rest here.

Health & Safety

When gun violence ends young lives, these men prepare the graves

5:00am January 27, 2023

by Cara Anthony

Just outside St. Louis, a cemetery for children sits on a hill. A wooden, weather-worn sign welcomes mourners to "Baby Land." The gravediggers who made the special spot work quietly in the shadows.

Former Fox News staffer Laura Luhn sued the network yesterday alleging years of sexual abuse by its former chairman, the late Roger Ailes. Ailes is shown above in July 2016 outside Fox's New York City headquarters shortly before his ouster.

Politics & Government

Ex-staffer sues Fox News and former Trump aide over sexual abuse claims

9:27pm January 26, 2023

by David Folkenflik

In a lawsuit, an ex-staffer alleges the late Fox News chief Roger Ailes, shown above, sexually abused her for years. She is also suing former top Fox executive Bill Shine, alleging he enabled Ailes.

Palestinian rescuers inspect the site of a damaged building following an Israeli forces raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday. Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians and wounded several others during the raid, Palestinian health officials said. The Israeli military said it was conducting an operation to arrest suspected militants when a gun battle erupted.

World News

Palestinians say 9 killed in the West Bank, the deadliest Israeli raid there in years

6:16pm January 26, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

The Palestinian Authority said it was cutting off police coordination with Israeli forces and Middle Eastern countries condemned the raid, warning of possible fallout.

A nurse prepares a syringe of a COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., in 2022. An advisory committee for the FDA voted Thursday to simplify the country's approach to COVID vaccination.

Health & Safety

An FDA committee votes to roll out a new COVID vaccination strategy

5:56pm January 26, 2023

by Scott Hensley

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today endorsed a proposal to make big changes in the nation's approach to vaccinating people against COVID-19.

Politics & Government

Rep. Adam Schiff announces 2024 Senate run, teeing up a high-profile primary

5:50pm January 26, 2023

by Lexie Schapitl

The seat currently held by 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein is safely Democratic. Feinstein has not announced if she will retire, but Democratic hopefuls are already entering the race for her seat.

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