An investigation by BBC Russia and independent Russian media outlet Mediazona finds Russia has suffered at least 50,000 casualties since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
-
The president of Columbia University told a congressional panel that the school is doing all it can to confront antisemitism on campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
-
Israel is fighting Hamas in Gaza, with Hezbollah in Lebanon, and now directly with Iran. How are the conflicts linked, and how does it intend to handle all three at once?
-
Bitcoin could soon be turbocharged, thanks to an event that happens every four years.I n broad terms, the halving effectively reduces the supply of new bitcoins.
-
Guns are now the leading cause of death among American children. And many more children are injured in shootings, putting them at risk for life-altering disability, pain, and mental trauma.
-
The number of U.S. children dying from gunshot wounds has climbed in recent years. Keeping guns out of reach is one way to curb the trend — others argue to teach kids to handle guns responsibly.
-
Israel is engaged in conflicts on three separate fronts. Hawaii's attorney general releases the first findings from a probe into Maui's wildfires. Inflation is proving more stubborn than expected.
-
There are some 960 million eligible voters in India. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Chietigj Bajpaee of Chatham House, a U.K.-based public policy think tank, about the importance of the election.
-
The two major party presidential candidates are very well known, but millions of dollars are still being spent on ads to try to persuade voters.
-
Rental prices have been leveling off across the country, but you wouldn't know that from the official inflation statistics.
-
Your coffee beans may have roots that stretch back 600,000 years — according to a new study.
-
Haiti is on the verge of collapse, with little to no government. But many Haitians have already learned to live without the support of the state, as NPR discovered traveling to Cap-Haïtien.
-
Lots of older Americans say they'd love to downsize, but it doesn't make financial sense. The housing roadblock has left some would-be buyers stuck. We asked experts what policies could change that.
-
More than 5 million college students are also parents. But many colleges do little to support them. Most don't even offer child care.
-
A study showed states made more mistakes when executing Black prisoners by lethal injection than they did with prisoners of other races. Execution workers and race experts said they're not surprised.
Weekly Features