It's part of a series honoring the 40th anniversary of the Return of the Jedi featuring iconic ships of the franchise. Later coins will feature the X-Wing Starfighter, TIE Fighter and Death Star II.
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Pennsylvania is one of a dozen states where providing drug users with clean syringes to help prevent infection is not authorized. Now there's a push to change the state law.
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Based on a best-selling book, Blossoms Shanghai is Wong Kar-wai's first foray into television, and it's taken China by storm. Why has the 30-part series become such a hit?
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The Georgia parole board will hear an appeal from a death row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday. Advocates say he is intellectually challenged and should not be executed.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ellie Borst, who covers chemicals for Politico's E&E News, about the EPA joining more than 50 other countries that have already outlawed chrysotile asbestos.
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Germany's public schools are struggling with a surge of students whose first language is something other than German. Test scores are falling.
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As packaging waste piles up by the tons, some Minnesota lawmakers press to make companies ensure their materials are recyclable.
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Famine may already be sweeping through northern Gaza. A report finds standard pregnancy care is dangerously disrupted in Louisiana. Five states hold their presidential primaries Tuesday.
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The Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y., has announced the 12 finalists for this year. After a public vote, four will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in May.
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Five more states hold primaries Tuesday. Arizona is among some of the most closely watched races this election cycle. What do President Biden and former President trump have to do to win there?
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Besides the hype for Caitlin Clark, the women's all-time college scoring leader, NPR's Michel Martin gets the highlights of the women's bracket with Ben Pickman of The Athletic.
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NPR's A Martinez talks to chef Kristen Kish about her journey from competing to hosting the long running competition. The new season begins Wednesday on Bravo.
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A troubling new report from Louisiana shows how the state's abortion ban from 2022 is forcing doctors to delay or withhold medical care in ways that make pregnancy more dangerous.
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The NCAA basketball tournaments can be onslaught of unfamiliar names and terms enough to make any casual viewer nervous. We're here to help. (Except for NET. We can't explain NET.)
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Nearly 97% of voting-age U.S. citizens now live in a state with some form of early voting, according to a new report.
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