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Profound effects of gun violence extends to entire communities. President Biden meets Sweden's leader to talk about NATO. A judge rules in a GOP lawsuit to limit government contact with tech firms.

Kids today live in an ultra-processed world: Nearly 70% of what they eat is packaged, processed and probably not great for them. Here are ways to cut back, without cooking every meal from scratch.

Jury finds Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial. Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is arrested. President Biden and congressional leaders discuss the debt limit.

Martha Woodroof talks to Lydia Netzer about her experiences as a first-time novelist navigating the expectations of authors on social media beyond videos of Chihuahuas guarding food.

Israel's ground invasion of Gaza may begin soon. Steve Scalise drops out of race for House speaker. Colorado jury convicts a white police officer in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man.

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank in the days after Hamas' attack on southern Israel.

Since boyhood, Husam Abukhedeir wanted to become a doctor and serve his people. He overcome obstacles to get his medical credentials and practiced neurosurgery at Al-Shifa Hospital. Then came the war.

Uncuffed is a podcast from member station KALW that explores the lives of people who are incarcerated in California prisons.

Physician Céline Gounder traveled to India and Bangladesh to bring back unheard stories from the eradication of smallpox, many from health workers whose voices have been missing from the record.

How did the soda giant from America come to be seen as "local" in Africa? And what has the impact been on the continent for worse and for better?

President Biden made the case for his reelection during the State of the Union address. Donald Trump poised to take control of the Republican National Committee. Haiti extends its state of emergency.

Incumbent Missouri U.S. Rep. Cori Bush has lost a Democratic primary to St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell, who was backed by pro-Israel groups.

President Biden to meet with China's president. GOP rifts boil over in exchange between two representatives. Israel's operations in Gaza may have led to some internal riffs at the State Department.

In China, the vast following of a folk goddess of the sea illustrates the remarkable rebirth of local popular religion since the Cultural Revolution. Now, China's communist leaders are supporting worship of Mazu as "cultural heritage" and using it to advance their own political and economic goals.

A farming village in southern Lebanon sits on the edge of a parallel conflict to the war in Gaza, with Hezbollah militants fighting with Israel. Some Lebanese hold out hope for a permanent truce.

Sean Hodgson watched and worried as Robert Card, his best friend of 20 years and a fellow Army reservist, unraveled. But warnings he sent in September, six weeks before Card's attack, were dismissed.

The special counsel, Robert Hur, found that President Joe Biden mishandled classified documents but didn’t pursue criminal charges, saying the evidence did not establish Biden’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and that Biden would be sympathetic to a jury.

Plastic has become embedded in everyday life. That’s because for the last 70 years, the plastics industry convinced consumers to embrace the material for its low cost and disposability.

NPR spoke with 30 small groups of people around the country about what they'd want other people to understand about their community — and what they want to understand about others

New reports from Physicians for Human Rights and Doctors Without Borders document a "massive influx" of sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. What can be done to stop it?

Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.

Three NPR journalists talk about the challenge of producing independent, accurate coverage of the war with Iran.

The Jewish settlement of Esh Kodesh was established in the occupied West Bank decades ago. Israel has since built more residential communities on the land Palestinians want for a country of their own.

We created a mini travel guide to Gaza City's historical and cultural landmarks five years ago. Every site we visited is now destroyed, badly damaged, or inaccessible.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bob the Drag Queen, tracing the thread of his career before and after winning RuPaul's Drag Race.