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Can billionaires save the world? Some are skeptical

Disgraced crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried pledged to make a fortune just to give it all away. Does the downfall of FTX invite more scrutiny of billionaires who vow to save the world?

What the GOP's next steps should be after Herschel Walker's loss

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with GOP fundraiser Steven Law about Herschel Walker's loss in the Georgia Senate runoff and how he believes the party should recalculate to move forward.

'The Whale' garners controversy for not casting an actor with obesity as the lead

"The Whale," is a movie that tells the story of a 600-pound man estranged from his teenage daughter. The filmmakers have been criticized for not casting an obese actor in the role.

Anna Dobrova, 19, rehearses for a production of <em>The Snow Queen</em> by the Kyiv National Ballet at the National Opera in Kyiv on Sunday. The medley will be performed without music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergei Prokofiev this year.

Ukraine is calling for a boycott of 'The Nutcracker.' Ballet companies aren't budging

Ukraine's culture minister said his country's allies could stop Russia from weaponizing its culture by temporarily boycotting Russian artists, including The Nutcracker composer Tchaikovsky.

Parents remember their 6-year-old daughter, who died at Sandy Hook

The parents of a 6-year-old killed in the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary talk about their daughter.

In this image taken from El Paso County District Court video, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22 (center) sits during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday. According to newly unsealed court documents, Aldrich was also charged with felony crimes in June 2021, but the case was dismissed.

The Club Q suspect's bomb threat case was dismissed because victims wouldn't testify

A court has unsealed documents in a 2021 bomb threat case involving felony charges for the Club Q shooting suspect. The district attorney said a conviction would've required family testimony.

Rev. Rob Schenck speaks during press conference in front of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2019. Schenck testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee Dec. 8, 2022 saying that he knew of a leak out of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014.

Former evangelical activist says he 'pushed the boundaries' in Supreme Court dealings

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, the Rev. Rob Schenck said he knew the outcome of a pivotal religious freedom decision weeks before the Supreme Court released it in 2014.

The transportation sector makes up <a href="https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/fast-facts-transportation-greenhouse-gas-emissions" data-key="305">27% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions</a>. Of that percentage, medium and heavy duty trucks — everything from delivery vans to big rigs –- make up 26% according to an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions by the EPA.

Truck makers lobby to weaken U.S. climate policies, report finds

A new report finds that truck manufacturers and an industry trade group privately lobbied to weaken U.S. climate policies while publicly promoting zero-emissions trucks.

Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle, announcing their engagement on November 27, 2017 in London, England.

Here's what we learned from Harry and Meghan's Netflix documentary

The first part of the long-awaited series shows the couple navigating their early relationship. Critic Eric Deggans says it avoids offending specific royals, but offers a critique of British society.

Will China's protests mark a new political awakening?

China's protests renewed focus on the changing social contract between the country's young generation and its aging rulers. Will young people's rare show of defiance mark a new political awakening?

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