Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.
Which Trump cabinet member has a new reality show? The quiz knows
This week, in Warshington, D.C., the Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve and we wrote a quiz question about his name. Enjoy that, and the other nine, too.
After redistricting, what does representation mean to Tennessee voters?
What does representation look like for Tennessee voters who were split into three new congressional districts last week? NPR traveled from Memphis into the Nashville suburbs to ask.
Gen Z homeowners? Yes, more in their 20s are managing to buy despite the odds
Gen Z homeowners now outpace millennials at the same age. They're more likely to be single and less likely to use help from parents.
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Trump returns to U.S. after trip to China, Supreme Court decides to maintain abortion pill access, U.K. prime minister faces challenges from his own party.
Son reflects with his mother about growing up with autism
Jhovana Figueroa was diagnosed with autism when he was a toddler. For StoryCorps, Figueroa and his mom talk about his childhood and their hopes for the future.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro's grandson in Havana, US and Cuban officials say
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro's grandson during a high-level visit to the island Thursday, Cuban and U.S. officials said.
Pope decries rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation
Pope Leo XIV denounced how investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry were leading the world into a "spiral of annihilation," as he called for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk
Tensions are escalating again near the Strait of Hormuz after a ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another was attacked and sank near the coast of Oman.
The 10 best songs competing at (a very contentious) Eurovision
Glitter, vocal gymnastics, on-stage flames — the show goes on on the Eurovision stage in Vienna, even though five countries are boycotting this year's contest due to Israel's participation.
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Analysis: Andy Burnham's route back to Commons is clearer - but can he win in Makerfield?
The Greater Manchester mayor faces a messy and bitter by-election battle with Reform UK.
Watch: The day Labour's potential leadership race began to heat up
Political turmoil continued in Westminster on Thursday after Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned Starmer's government saying he had "lost confidence" in his leadership.
Brutal raid on woman's birthday party highlights rise of Russian vigilante group
The Russkaya Obshina group stages raids to look for activities contravening
"traditional Russian values".
'Don't swim' warnings in place at nearly all of England's official river bathing sites
Too much bacteria linked to faeces found at almost all England's designated river bathing sites
Five Italians die during cave scuba dive in Maldives
Four of the Italians were part of a team from the University of Genoa.
British Gas pays £20m over prepayment meter force-fitting scandal
The regulator say the energy supplier breached licence conditions aimed at protecting customers in vulnerable situations.
Overseas fakers using AI videos to push a narrative of UK decline, BBC finds
"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Australia soars into Eurovision final as UK song debuts
Delta Goodrem is now a favourite to win Eurovision, following a spectacular semi-final performance.
Zack Polanski did not vote in local elections, Green Party says
The Green Party leader previously told Hackney mayoral candidate Zoë Garbett "you have my vote".
Search for new James Bond officially kicks off as auditions begin
Callum Turner, Jacob Elordi and Harris Dickinson are among the frontrunners to replace Daniel Craig.
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UK reloads artillery plans with £1B remote-control howitzer order
72 Boxer-mounted RCH 155s due from 2028 as Britain fills the gap left by AS-90s sent to Ukraine
Britain's latest civil servant is a chatbot trained on GOV.UK misery
Whitehall says the AI assistant will help citizens navigate public services faster; others may see it as a cheaper alternative to answering the phone
MPs want social media treated more like unsafe toys than harmless apps
Parliamentary committee tells ministers online safety regime is failing children and warns 'no action is not an option'
On-call techie decided job was done and hit the bottle – just before his pager went off
Lazy weekend of Grand Prix fun turned into a terrifying all-nighter
AWS racks M3 Ultra Macs that boast specs you can’t currently buy
Manages to get its hands on some Mac Studio machines before the OpenClaw machine grabs them
Possible Samsung strike puts even more pressure on memory pricing
As a senior policymaker ponders whether all South Koreans should enjoy an ‘AI dividend’
Cerebras risked it all on dinner plate-sized AI accelerators a decade ago. Today it's worth $66B
Here's a look at the tech powering the first big IPO of 2026
Nobody believes the 'criminals and scumbags' who hacked Canvas really deleted stolen student data
Other than Instructure execs - maybe?
Sick and wrong: Ontario auditors find doctors' AI note takers routinely blow basic facts
60% of evaluated AI Scribe systems mixed up prescribed drugs in patient notes, auditors say
Anthropic tosses agents into the API billing pool
Limits Claude subscriptions to interactive use
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Men use "vocal fry" more than women, counter to stereotype
Study suggests "the bias is real but socially constructed, rather than grounded in how women actually sound."
Fired hacker twins forget to end Teams recording, capture own crimes