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Migrants left in despair at the border as asylum system shuts down
6 days ago · JUAREZ, Mexico — As Donald Trump took the oath of office, Margelis Tinoco knelt on the ground at the foot of the international bridge that crosses from Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas. "Please, dear God have mercy on us," she wept. "I came all this way, thought everything had been solved and now everything comes crumbling down."
2024 in photos: NPR station photographers share memorable …
Dec 30, 2024 · The 2024 tree climbing championship held by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture took place this spring at the Crofton Country Club, situated midway between Washington, D.C., and Annapolis, Md.
Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and playwright, dies ...
6 days ago · Some artists draw every line as if they know just where it will end. Jules Feiffer never did. Not for him the delicate feathering, diligent crosshatching or obsessive pointillism of the neurotically controlling craftsman. His lines unfurled across the page like banners of the subconscious, zooming ...
Trump is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement (again), reversing …
6 days ago · President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement — again. Under the international climate accord, first negotiated in 2015, countries around the world agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to limit global warming and forestall the worst impacts of ...
Show up to your next book club meeting with these 12 reading ...
Jan 15, 2025 · Sometimes you finish a book and just have to talk about it with someone else.If your book club is looking for its next conversation-sparking title we have a dozen for you! These fiction and nonfiction titles were all recommended by NPR staff and critics for the latest installment of Books We Love, our annual year-end books guide.
This scientist studies climate change. Then the Los Angeles fire ...
4 days ago · Ben Hamlington looks across a ragged pile of ash and debris, the remains of what used to be his family's home. It was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, which spread at ferocious speeds in high winds, eventually destroying more than …
Public Radio's Favorite Live Sessions of 2024
Dec 26, 2024 · Public radio music stations welcome hundreds of musicians a year into their studios for intimate versions of songs you won't hear or see anywhere else. NPR Music collects as many of those recordings as we can in a series we call Live Sessions. As part of our 2024 victory lap, we're highlighting one ...
How a stranger's kindness taught a mom to be a 'more accepting …
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Snoop Dogg and others face heat for performing at Trump's pre ...
6 days ago · This story first appeared in NPR's live blog of Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, where you can find more coverage and context from the day. The rapper Snoop Dogg has been taking criticism for performing at one of President Trump's pre-inauguration events over the weekend. He, along with rappers ...