Experts weigh medical advances in gene-editing with ethical dilemmas Transcript Hundreds of scientists, doctors, bioethicists, patients, and others started gathering in London Monday for the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing. The sum...
Russia aims to capture Bakhmut, for its first important battlefield victory in months Transcript Russian and Ukrainian forces have been fighting over the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Both sides have suffered horrific losses. Russia is trying to...
Massive fire tears through a crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh Transcript A large fire tore through southern Bangladesh Sunday night and left 12,000 displaced Rohingya refugees homeless. The refugee camp in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh, is one of...
Ice cream parlor in Germany offers cricket-flavored ice cream Transcript The store is taking advantage of new EU regulations to introduce the flavor. It's made with cricket flour, heavy cream, vanilla extract and honey topped with whole crickets. A M...
N.H. community colleges are helping to train much needed electric vehicle mechanics Transcript Mechanics need different skills to fix electric vehicles. That's contributing to a shortage of EV mechanics. In New Hampshire, EV training programs are wor...
What do self-described conservatives stand for in 2023? Transcript NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, about what potential 2024 presidential candidates best represent the Republican Pa...
Biden, on first visit to Selma as president, attended 'Bloody Sunday' remembrance Transcript President Biden marked the 58th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Ala., when Black voting rights activists wer...
Over the past year DOJ's Task Force Kleptocapture has been extremely busy Transcript A Justice Department task force targeting Kremlin-aligned Russian oligarchs has seized more than $500 million of their riches including everything from luxury yachts...
Zandra Flemister blazed a tough trail in the Secret Service. Now she's getting credit Transcript Zandra Flemister, the first Black woman to serve as a special agent in the U.S. Secret Service, died last week at age 71. She is being remembered as a pi...
Angry Ohio residents confront railroad over health fears during town forum Transcript Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, who say they're still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed, confronted the rai...
Scientists find high levels of hazardous chemicals in the air around Ohio town Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Texas AM professor Weihsueh Chiu, about independent researchers, who have found higher-than-average levels of some hazardous chemical...
Scientists find flamingos form cliques just like high schoolers Transcript Researchers studied flamingo personalities and found the pink birds divide into groups depending on how loud they are. Quieter flamingos over here. More boisterous birds over...
Why price gouging can seem obvious to consumers but hard for economists to identify Transcript Consumers and politicians across the country are complaining about price gouging. But when do prices cross the line from market-rate to exorbitant or even...
Saudi Arabia's art scene is exploding, but who benefits? Transcript The Saudi government is considered one of the most conservative and repressive in the world, with strict gender-based laws and an expansive death penalty. But now, a country that onc...
Why are people across the country so interested in a South Carolina murder trial? Transcript The murder trail has been fascinating people. NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Liz Farrell, co-host of the Murdaugh Murders podcast. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Now, peop...
