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NPR's Adrian Ma talks to Paul Salem, president and CEO of the Middle East Institute, about where Hamas stands right now during the war and whether its full destruction is possible.

NPR's Rob Schmitz asks Jeannette Wicks-Lim of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, about minimum wage hikes that go into effect in the new year in states, counties, and cities.

Civics 101 is a podcast refresher course on the basics of how the U.S. government works, including federal holidays, why we have them and how we make them.

Before the war, Palestinians in the territory relied heavily on power-hungry desalination plants. But with Israel's intense bombardment, the fate of those plants — and Gaza's water future — is hazy.

Billions of people around the world are expected to head to the polls in 2024. But experts warn that these elections are ripe targets for bad actors seeking to disrupt democracy.

Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism allegations. Experts say improved technology could bring to light more alleged transgressions in past works by other academic leaders.

Voting-rights groups and others asked the court to take up the case, which centers on a North Florida district that in the past elected Black Democrat Al Lawson but was overhauled during an April 2022 special legislative session.

The new building will more than double the 10,000 square feet of the current space. It will be named for Steve and Natalee Herrig, who donated $2 million for the project from their family foundation.

The 22-year-old All-Star player remains in jail for now after being detained on Monday in Puerto Plata, where the alleged act occurred.

The research company Limbitless Solutions is embracing generative artificial intelligence to allow children to personalize their prosthetics, adding personal identity to their new arms.

Ride Sharing drivers went on strike at the Orlando International Airport to voice concerns over pay and benefits from companies like Uber and Lyft.

A series of deadly strikes on Wednesday and Thursday underscored the risk that daily cross-border skirmishes could quickly escalate and turn the war in Gaza into a broader regional conflict.

A new production of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre focuses on gun violence and the ways we process it.

A federal judge this week rejected part of a challenge to a 2023 Florida elections law that prevents people with certain felony convictions from "collecting or handling" voter-registration applications.

NASA officials plan to take down the International Space Station at the end of 2030. They are collaborating with private industries, which will develop its replacement.

House Republicans voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The measure passed by a single vote.

Ever since the passage of a union law in 2023, tens of thousands of public employees have lost their bargaining rights.

A New York judge has ordered former President Donald Trump and executives at the Trump Organization to pay over $364 million.

Brown won Emmys for his roles in The People v. O.J. Simpson and This is Us. Now he's nominated for the best supporting actor Oscar for American Fiction. Originally broadcast Jan. 4, 2024.

Domingo is nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Bayard Rustin, an activist who was forced into the background because he was gay. Originally broadcast Dec. 11, 2024.

His ruling that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Endangered Species Act shifts power away from the state.

Bobi's owner said the dog had lived a record-breaking 31 years and 165 days old when he died in October 2023. But a review by Guinness World Records found that evidence of his age was inconclusive.

The courtroom drama is a beloved and established film genre. Anatomy of a Fall is a Best Picture nominee that feels familiar at first but immerses audiences in a different kind of legal thriller.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is correct that the federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, which means that it is considered a greater concern than either fentanyl or cocaine, which are classified as Schedule 2 drugs.

Following a State Supreme Court ruling that gave frozen embryos the same rights as children, Governor Kay Ivey says she supports a legislative fix to protect IVF treatment in the state.