Special ed diaries: Teachers tell NPR about their most joyous, most difficult moments
What makes special education teaching jobs so hard to fill? NPR set out to find some answers by talking to more than a dozen teachers who do this work every day.
Loggers say Roadless Rule repeal won't solve their biggest challenges
President Trump is planning to open up some of the nation's last pristine forests to road building and timber companies. But those who work in the woods say it won't do enough to revive the industry.
How AI is transforming hurricane forecasts
Hurricane forecasters are increasingly using artificial intelligence to make predictions.
Court ruling fails to end wait for thousands of immigrants stuck abroad without visas
A federal judge struck down a Trump administration ban on issuing immigrant visas to people from 75 countries, but immigrants continue to be stuck in their countries. Attorneys say the federal government is slow-walking the processing of visas on purpose.
Republicans are spending millions and still may not win districts drawn to favor them
Republicans redrew Congressional district lines to try to tilt the midterms in their favor. But now they are facing expensive and competitive races they had hoped to outmaneuver.
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Republicans' gerrymandering efforts have led to expensive and competitive races, Brazil's President Lula elected for fourth term, protests sweep parts of Europe.
Brazil's left-wing President Lula elected for fourth term
Brazil's 80-year-old left-wing leader President Lula defeats Flávio Bolsonaro in a bitterly contested runoff.
U.S. measles cases more than double what they were last year as outbreak spreads
Pennsylvania is the worst hit state, with at least 1,338 cases of measles confirmed in 44 counties so far this year, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Justice Department's suit over Alaska's Senate race in an interview on CNN.
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado returns after months in exile
Machado announced her arrival on social media, writing "I am here. With you."
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Watch: How Lula turned it around to beat former president's son
Brazil's left-wing President has been elected for a fourth term after narrowly beating right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro in a knife-edge vote.
Clean-up under way as Storm Boelo leaves thousands without power
Around 90,000 properties are without power after Scotland and north England is battered by strong winds.
Celebrations in Serbia after veteran ruler Vučić loses election to student-led protest movement
The populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his party has lost the vote billed as a referendum on the country's future.
Knighting Sinfield 'easiest decision anyone's had to make,' says Prince William
The rugby league star is "gold dust" and "should have been Sir Kevin years ago," says the Prince of Wales.
Faisal Islam: Healey's Budget needs to sustain the stronger economy through gathering clouds
The economic is positive now but come January things could become trickier for the Labour government
Deeply divided Israel braces for pivotal election
After three years of regional war, this is a battle Israel always knew was coming, writes Lucy Williamson.
Sharon Osbourne: 'I visit Ozzy's grave every day'
The TV presenter says she can see Ozzy's burial site from her window, and regularly talks to him.
Funding set to double for plan to get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas
Burnham made ending rough sleeping his first pledge when entering Downing Street in July.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returns after months in exile
Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Nicki Minaj joins Trump onstage at Michigan rally
The Super Bass singer is the latest big name to campaign in Michigan, where a tight Senate race is playing out ahead of the 3 November midterms.
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'Let's just shove a bigger fan in there and see what happens'
Techies tiptoed around server to keep it working as company sank
Tesco replacing VMware with Proxmox in its stores and on the edge
Advertises for someone to ‘own cost-effective alternative virtualisation platform’
Work to protect DNS from quantum decryption attacks is speeding up
PLUS: Regional internet registry reform nears; Trustworthy-sounding domains attract scammers
After threatening AI export bans, China allows DeepSeek to keep selling
PLUS: AI datacenter bubble wobbles in Australia; E-commerce app suggests it can detect diseases; India’s top telco to IPO amid investor frenzy; and more!
Want to build a UK datacenter? Please hold while Whitehall transfers you
Minister insists responsibilities are clear as construction, telecoms, and energy fall under separate departments
Reg readers land on 'Binface' as name for UK space cleanup mission
Intergalactic Space Warrior, or a bin in orbit?
Autonomous attack agent in 'Skynet mode' hijacks other models to carry out its evil deeds
Designed to carry out 100,000 steps without human approval
Raspberry Pi Desktop proves old PCs aren't past it
Debian 13-based refresh runs comfortably on veteran ThinkPads, without making installation a hobby
OpenAI disables internet access during model training while Anthropic issues another mea culpa
We've totally got things under control
There's a third PHP2Shell bug, but it won't get an emergency fix
Bad things (and software bugs?) come in threes
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A 1,000-mile cloud on Mars may reveal physics never seen in nature
A new model suggests Mars may host ice-forming physics never directly observed before.
Ice sheet expansion may have started 2,000 years ago, but we canceled that
The tiny remains of the Laurentide Ice Sheet began getting somewhat less tiny.
NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue
"We have the mandate, we have the resources, and the support from our stakeholders."
Hegseth warns prediction market bets warp military judgment, endanger troops
Pentagon memo: Insider trading gives US enemies key intel on military operations.
Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising
Turning on Personal Intelligence gives the company more data for ad targeting.
Inside the Pentagon, the pressure is on to find a home for a new spaceport
Space Force considering options: public-private, federal installation, state land.
Spotify ramps up policy enforcement on family plans
If you share Spotify sub with family, you may need to scan QR code to prove it.
Crows can evaluate visual info twice as fast as mammals
Birds' compact nervous system seems to help them handle tasks very quickly.
Intel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs
Company says foreign-made robotic vehicles are crucial to US chip production.