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Andy Ricker spent years eating in roadside restaurants, noodle stands and home kitchens across Thailand before opening his first restaurant, Pok Pok, in Portland, Ore. But he avoids using words like "traditional" and "authentic" when talking about this food. He'd rather call it "accurate."

The U.N. Security Council vetoed a U.S. resolution on the war. Gilad Erdan, Israel's U.N. ambassador, said the council "is incapable of doing the most basic task of condemning ISIS-like terrorists."

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has cemented his place as political disruptor. His far-right priorities, Trump allegiance and attitude have won him little support in Congress — but big support back home.

The election was a test for the small central European country's support for neighboring Ukraine. The win by Robert Fico could strain a fragile unity in the European Union and NATO.

The Beatles were a great live band, but only three of their shows were ever professionally recorded. Now new technology takes those shows from The Hollywood Bowl and makes them sound better than ever.

The crash caused a large plume of anhydrous ammonia that caused dangerous air conditions in Teutopolis. Residents were later allowed to return to their homes after being evacuated.

Scientists are predicting that average sea levels could rise as much as 3 feet by the end of the century. However, the country's deep religious beliefs have residents of the tiny island nation in the Pacific Ocean torn between God and science.

A referendum next month in Sudan will decide whether the country will be divided between the Arab, mostly Muslim north and the ethnic African south. Whether things turn bloody may hinge on what happens in Abyei, a disputed region along the border of north and south.

Campus needs vary, but assistance programs make a difference.

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: The movie Time Bomb Y2K, the show The Traitors, actor Richard E. Grant's Instagram and more.

More girls are taking to the ice — not as figure skaters — but as hockey players. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with The Wall Street Journal's Anne Marie Chaker about her report on girls in ice hockey.

Who says humor books can't be serious? Critic Heller McAlpin recommends some light but not weightless reads on mostly modern dilemmas: the pitfalls of class snobbery, what to do with those expensive higher degrees, the challenges of long marriages, and why otherwise rational women wear high heels.

The web of legal challenges for former President Trump keeps getting more tangled, and the trial dates in key cases are a moving target. Here's the latest updates.

Lawmakers released the budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year on Tuesday and prepared to pass it Friday as they end the annual legislative session.

Bitcoin has just hit a quadrennial event called the halving. It will effectively reduce the supply of new bitcoin in half — and some believe it will spark a huge rally.

Here's welcome news to anyone planning to attend college soon — or their parents: tuition is growing at the slowest pace in decades. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks to Josh Mitchell of the Wall Street Journal has been reporting on this trend.

A lot has changed in the decade since Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, but the recovery has been uneven.

The Agency for Health Care Administration issued emergency rules outlining some medical exceptions to the state's six-week abortion ban. But doctors are still left with questions and frustration.

When a public school couldn't attract a theater teacher, it hired a stand-up comedian. School lunch is taking a ribbing, but the school says the students are learning useful academic skills.

Some birds kill their siblings soon after hatching. Other birds spend their whole lives with their siblings and will even risk their lives to help each other.

Childhood myopia, or nearsightedness, is growing rapidly in the U.S. and around the world. Researchers say kids who spend two hours outside every day, are less likely to develop the condition.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Bruce Japsen, senior healthcare contributor at Forbes, about a major healthcare provider getting hacked and what that means for patients.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Forbes senior healthcare contributor Bruce Japsen about why Walmart is closing 51 health clinics and what this means for the rural populations they served.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Palestinian American Yasmeen Mjalli, owner of the online boutique Nol Collective, about trying to evacuate her colleagues and their families from Gaza.

After three decades in the financial services industry, Inez Long's work with the Black Business Investment Fund will be recognized with the USF Kente Alumni Award Thursday.