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Vice Media offices on Feb. 1, 2019 in Venice, Calif. The once-hot media startup filed for bankruptcy after failing to sell itself.

Vice Media, once worth $5.7 billion, files for bankruptcy

The punk media startup known for its provocative visual storytelling and explicit voice, will be bought by some of the company's leaders for $225 million and the assumption of significant liabilities.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is embarking on an effort to draft legislation that would put guardrails around rapidly evolving artificial intelligence.

Congress wants to regulate AI, but it has a lot of catching up to do

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is trying to lead an effort to craft groundbreaking legislation to install safeguards around artificial intelligence. But lawmakers have a lot to learn.

NPR's new series is called Living Better: How Americans can take back their health

Americans rank poorly on many health outcomes compared to other countries. The new series Living Better explore ways to change that.

President Biden arrives at an event at the White House on May 11, 2023. This week he will travel to Hiroshima, Japan for the G-7 summit.

Biden is going to Hiroshima at a moment when nuclear tensions are on the rise

President Biden will be the second sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first atomic attack. He is going there for a meeting with G-7 leaders.

People pass the front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on March 22. Brinkmanship in Washington over raising the U.S. debt ceiling has begun to raise worries in parts of the financial markets.

What you need to know about the debt ceiling as the deadline looms

What is the debt ceiling? What could happen if it's not raised? Here are answers to questions you may be asking about the debt limit and the fight over it.

A man is accused of stealing a military truck the same day he was released from jail

Michael Stevens II, 38, was released from jail Friday and is now accused of stealing and driving a military vehicle through Maryland before being arrested in Maryland.

People hug outside the scene after a shooting at a supermarket on May 14, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y.

1 year later: Buffalo honors the Tops supermarket shooting victims

On May 14, 2022, a white supremacist attacked the Jefferson Street Tops supermarket in East Buffalo, a predominantly Black neighborhood, killing 10 people and injuring three.

'More Perfect' podcast looks at the human dramas behind big Supreme Court cases

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with WNYC's Julia Longoria, host of the Supreme Court podcast More Perfect, on the launch of their new season.

Collage of a mother duck facing three rubber ducks, representing her children. A speech bubble with a heart is coming out of the mother's mouth, symbolizing the advice given by mothers to their children.

9 people share the best life advice they ever got from their mom

We asked Life Kit readers to share the best advice they ever received. In honor of Mother's Day, here are some reminders from everyday moms and grandmothers.

They're hip-hop artists who weave public-health messages into their rhymes: From left: Sister Fa, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Ali A.K.A. Mind perform at the Skoll World Forum 2023. During this rap, McDaniels called out: "I'm not afraid of the dark anymore/because I am the light./I'll be there at the start of the war/Because I am the fight."

The story behind a lesser known track from hip-hop history: 'Stroke Ain't No Joke'

For decades, the genre has had a stealth mission: promoting public health. It started with Doug E. Fresh's "Stroke Ain't No Joke."

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