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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Pien Huang of Short Wave about a double emergence of cicadas this spring, invasive ants in Kenya, and the secrets in an ancient wad of chewing gum.

A Florida agency recently reported that, by two separate measures of employee counts, the state had the fewest state government employees per capita of the 50 states — a trend predating DeSantis' governship.

The wildly popular video-sharing app is the latest technology firm to reduce staff in response to what executives say are ongoing business challenges.

Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed, according to the United Nations agency promoting gender equality.

Democratic Congress members are calling for the IRS to scrutinize a nonprofit that supports defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and has close ties to the Trump campaign.

Civil rights lawyers pushed back against a crackdown on protests, securing permission to hold a rally to stop the war in Gaza.

A nonprofit that supports defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is facing scrutiny over its political activity. "The IRS should investigate this case immediately," said one congressman.

The horrific murder of one of six kidnapped sisters close to Nigeria's capital has gripped and shocked a nation that has become nearly immune to the kidnapping epidemic.

The legislation expands a popular child tax credit and applies to families with multiple children. It also speeds up some tax breaks for research and development expensing for corporations.

Nearly 24,000 Palestinians have been killed since the conflict began on Oct. 7, a staggering toll. Satellite imagery suggests that up to 160,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed.