'It feels like I'm not crazy.' Gardeners aren't surprised as USDA updates key map (www.npr.org)
Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move (www.npr.org)
Thousands of Swedish workers are rallying behind 120 Tesla mechanics. The workers are boycotting Teslas until the company signs a contract. Even postal workers may stop delivering mail.
Guatemalan prosecutors pursue plans to press charges against the president-elect (www.npr.org)
MEXICO CITY - Prosecutors in Guatemala say they plan to present charges against the country’s President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and vice president-elect — moves that are being condemned as an attempt to keep Arévalo from taking office in January....
10 years ago, Batkid was battling bad guys and cancer — now he's 15 and healthy (www.npr.org)
On Nov. 15, 2013, Miles Scott, a 5-year-old with leukemia, won hearts around the world when he became a superhero for a day with help from the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
10 years ago, Batkid was battling bad guys and cancer — now he's 15 and healthy (www.npr.org)
We were interviewing a Palestinian farmer. Then the drones and soldiers appeared : NPR (www.npr.org)
More than 100,000 march in Paris against soaring antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war (www.npr.org)
A program helps Ukraine's veterans find sexual healing after the trauma of war (www.npr.org)
When Russia first launched its war against Ukraine in 2014, Rodion Trystan was 23 years old, a soldier in a front-line battalion in the eastern Donbas region. A Russian sniper bullet nearly took his life.
Stronger activity on the sun could bring more displays of the northern lights in 2024 (www.npr.org)
After a month of bombardments, as much as a third of Gaza City is damaged (www.npr.org)
3 are charged with running sex ring that catered to politicians, military and others (www.npr.org)
DOJ says possibly hundreds of clients include government contractors with security clearances, doctors, lawyers, elected officials, military officers, professors and executives at tech companies.
Portugal's prime minister resigns over a corruption investigation (www.npr.org)
Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigned Tuesday after his government was involved in a widespread corruption probe, sending a shock wave through the normally tranquil politics of the European Union member.
Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in deadly California boat fire (www.npr.org)
A federal jury on Monday found a scuba dive boat captain was criminally negligent in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history....
The death toll in Gaza surpasses 10,000 as the conflict enters a second month (www.npr.org)
Israeli forces have reached the coast of Gaza, splitting the besieged area in half and essentially cutting off the north from the south.
A meteor shower could send fireballs streaking through the night sky this week (www.npr.org)
7 surprising ways the public library can help you save money | NPR (www.npr.org)
Freeing hostages, hosting Hamas: Qatar's influence in Israel-Gaza war, explained (www.npr.org)
The Biden administration and senior Israeli officials have lauded Qatar’s role in trying to free more than 200 hostages, among them children and elderly, held by militants in Gaza....
South American leaders are confronting Israel over its offensive in Gaza (www.npr.org)
Bolivia broke off relations with Israel, Chile and Colombia pulled their ambassadors out of Tel Aviv and Brazil has pleaded for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.
Special counsel urges court to reimpose Trump gag order in election interference case (www.npr.org)
Special counsel Jack Smith is arguing that the former president continues to try to intimidate witnesses on social media and in his public statements.
Robert E. Lee statue being melted down; bronze to be re-used for new more inclusive art (www.npr.org)
Va. police investigate after pig mask, 'I Can't Breathe' shirt found in police car (www.npr.org)
The three words "I Can't Breathe" refer to what some police brutality victims, like George Floyd, Eric Garner and Manuel Ellis, said before their untimely deaths at the hands of law enforcement.
Werner Herzog says it's not good to circle 'your own navel' but writes a memoir anyway | Fresh Air with Terry Gross (www.npr.org)
Now in his 80s, Herzog reflects on his unusual life and the curiosity that has fueled his career in the new memoir, Every Man for Himself and God Against All. Just don’t read it expecting a deep confessional: “I’m not into that business,” he says. "I never liked too deep introspection....