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Notre Dame Repair Crews Are Back To Work, But Paris' Lead Concerns Remain
Environmental and labor groups complain the cleanup should have begun sooner, and they are concerned about health risks in Paris. (Image credit: Francois Mori/AP)
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Salvadoran Woman Who Lost Her Pregnancy Is Acquitted Of Homicide In Retrial
Evelyn Beatriz Hernández was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison in El Salvador, which has one of the strictest abortion laws in the world. (Image credit: Salvador Melendez/AP)
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2 Condos Were Illegally Converted Into 18 Micro Apartments In NYC
"The ceiling heights were 4.5 feet to 6 feet tall on each level, depending on where you were standing," says a spokesperson for the New York City Department of Buildings. (Image credit: Google Maps /...
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U.S. Recycling Industry Is Struggling To Figure Out A Future Without China
China is no longer taking the world's waste. The U.S. recycling industry is overwhelmed — it can't keep up with the plastic being churned out. This doesn't bode well for our plastic waste problem....
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Want To Know What's In Your Sweat? There's A Patch For That
Scientists are getting closer to developing a wearable patch that can measure hydration and other health markers — in sweat. The hope is it could give athletes more data to boost their performance....
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Italy's Premier Resigns In Fight Within His Coalition Government
In a scathing speech to the Senate, Giuseppe Conte railed against his right-wing coalition partner Matteo Salvini, who wanted to hold a vote of no-confidence against him. (Image credit: Gregorio...
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Ex-MLB Players Luis Castillo, Octavio Dotel Linked To Alleged Dominican Drug...
The Dominican attorney general said Tuesday that the former professional baseball players supported a drug running and money laundering network led by César Emilio Peralta. (Image credit: Charlie...
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Subtle Differences In Brain Cells Hint at Why Many Drugs Help Mice But Not...
A detailed comparison of mouse and human brain tissue found differences that could help explain why mice aren't always a good model for human diseases. (Image credit: David Robertson, ICR/Science...
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Naked And Unafraid: 6 Wild Facts About Naked Mole Rats
Picture a hairless, wrinkly rodent about the size of a small sweet potato — kinda cool, kinda weird. They also are extraordinarily long-lived. Researchers are lining up to study their secrets. (Image...
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Poll: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Says Pain Often Interferes With Daily Life
How do Americans experience and cope with pain that makes everyday life harder? We asked in the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll. (Image credit: Daniel Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF)
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Outlook Uncertain On Gun Policy As Trump Signals Openness — With NRA In His Ear
The president and the White House aren't closing the door to new background checks for gun buyers or other shifts in policy — but it isn't clear how close they'll ever get to Democrats' proposals....
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The Federal Budget Deficit Is Getting Bigger As Spending Grows
The deficit is expected to swell to $960 billion this year and average $1.2 trillion in each of the next 10 years, according to congressional budget forecasters. They also expect the economy to slow....
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Teen Gets Life Sentence For Killing Police Officer In Baltimore County
Dawnta Harris was 16 when the stolen Jeep he was driving ran over Officer Amy Caprio, 29, in the spring of 2018. Harris will be able to seek parole. (Image credit: Baltimore County Police Department)
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Tomato Truce: U.S. And Mexico Strike A Deal On Imports
The U.S. agreed to lift tariffs on imported tomatoes from Mexico. But importers warn that stepped-up inspections could still create bottlenecks, limiting supplies and raising produce prices. (Image...
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'The Government Is Very Afraid': Meet Moscow's New Opposition Leader, Lyubov...
Lyubov Sobol's tenacity in standing up to the authorities, combined with a savvy use of social media, has put her at the center of attention as a new protest leader. (Image credit: Pavel Golovkin/AP)
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Tens Of Thousands Of Fires Ravage Brazilian Amazon, Where Deforestation Has...
Researchers say there's been a huge rise in the number of fires compared to last year. That's likely linked with a similar leap in deforestation since President Jair Bolsonaro took office. (Image...
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Miami Police Arrest Suspect In Shooting After He Reports His Gun Was Stolen
Police say Carlints St. Louis went to a police station hoping to create an alibi for a shooting he allegedly committed, but he ended up setting the stage for his own arrest. (Image credit: Miami-Dade...
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