Want to improve your agility? Try these 'explosive power' exercises
These simple movements combine speed and strength to train your body's ability to rapidly generate force. They can also help prevent injury and boost ...
DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization
The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last r...
President Trump's beautification project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become plagued with a robust algae bloom, despite a $14 million i...
These nuns spent a lifetime helping others. In their last years, who will help them?
The sisters of Uganda are teachers, health-care advocates and more. Those who are in their twilight of their life need help. Who will come to their ai...
Fighting persists in Lebanon despite a ceasefire as U.S.-Iran deal is under threat
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed at least seven people, including two children, hours after reports emerged of a ceasefire agree...
Palestinian-American kids find inspiration, and escape, on the soccer pitch
A dozen miles away from the World Cup games in New York/ New Jersey Stadium, Palestinian-American kids turn to soccer as an escape from the realities ...
Shot by ICE and still in pain. LA detainee highlights gaps in DHS oversight
Federal officers shot Ricardo Parias eight months ago during an ICE operation to detain him. His lawyer says he is still in pain, highlighting gaps in...
James Burrows, director of classic shows 'Cheers' and 'Friends,' dies at 85
Burrows spent his career behind the camera specializing in situation comedies. Few viewers recognized him or knew his name, other than to see it flash...
Air Force One, gifted to Trump from Qatar, arrives at Joint Base Andrews
The luxury Boeing 747, initially valued at $400 million, arrived ahead of schedule on Friday. The jet caused controversy as one of the biggest foreign...
Trump and Italy's Giorgia Meloni used to be buds. But a rift is widening
"Italy and I do not beg," Meloni said in a video rebuke posted on social media Friday. Italy's top diplomat, meanwhile, said he was cancelling a visit...
How and why algae clouded Trump's vision for an 'American flag blue' Reflecting Pool
The shallow, sunny waters of the reflecting pool are an ideal incubator for algae growth in the summertime. Experts say the recent renovation may have...
US-Iran talks in Switzerland canceled. And, DHS to give police facial recognition app
The U.S.-Iran talks that were set to happen in Switzerland have been canceled. And, the Department of Homeland Security has plans to give some local p...
Big dogs, Buc-ee's and the great BBQ debate: World Cup fans discover everyday America
After a week of the World Cup, visitors to the U.S. are marveling on social media about things like free drink refills. It's a respite as tensions bet...
How the 1874 Freedman's Bank collapse connects to economic disparities we see today
In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank, which was created for formerly enslaved people following ...
Some local police have access to an ICE facial recognition app
A document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to issue local police facial recognition technology used by federal immigration age...
Meet the law students working to bring workplace protections to federal courts
A student-led group at Emory Law School has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the judiciary's system for policing bad behavior within its own ran...
Juneteenth: How news of the Emancipation Proclamation spread through the South
While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumo...
Get with the times — here's what a 'Luddite' means today
It's often a derogatory term used to describe digital dinosaurs and technophobes. That wasn't always the case. NPR's Word of the Week looks back at th...
The U.S. may face Australia in the World Cup without star Christian Pulisic
The left winger Pulisic was key to the Americans' fluid and effective attack in last week's win over Paraguay. But he was kicked in the calf, left at ...
It's toys vs. tech in 'Toy Story 5.' Here are 4 ways to keep tech in check this summer
Kids' screen use goes way up in the summertime. And just as the movie Toy Story 5 portrays, that can be problematic for children. Here are tips for pa...
A planned Switzerland meeting between the U.S. and Iran has been put on hold, JD Vance has become the face to U.S. negotiations with Iran, Obama Presi...
Labour's Andy Burnham wins a special election, setting up a showdown with Starmer to lead Britain
Labour's Andy Burnham, the current mayor of Greater Manchester, has won a special election for a seat in Parliament that puts him in a position to cha...
US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific Ocean
The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 211 since the Trump administration...
Luigi Mangione's lawyers withdraw plans for psychiatric defense
In a court filing Thursday, Mangione's legal team said they won't file psychiatric evidence in the 28-year-old's state murder case. The move came a da...
