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The oil industry spent a record $38 million on lobbying in California in 2024 to block climate progress, shattering its 2017 record by 31 percent

NPR's Scott Simon asks the Norwegian Refugee Council's Shaina Low about conditions in Gaza and calls for Israel to end its blockade there.

Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times the city has been under tighter federal control.

Over the past 20 years, the city of Paris has increasingly restricted vehicle traffic — encouraging people to walk, use public transportation or ride their bicycles.

Workers at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland agreed to end their two-week strike this evening at 6 p.m.

With this debut novel of an immigrant torn between the U.S. and Nigeria, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo takes her place among the writers who have ably investigated the idea of home.

President Trump once distanced himself from Israel's military action in Iran. Now he's taking some ownership, and he's pushing back against political allies who oppose U.S. involvement.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," writer, publisher and artist Alie Jones gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

Celebrations like Dia de Portugal, or Portugal Day, offer opportunities to reconnect to culture through food, music, and history.

What's the chance that new information comes out regarding Jeffrey Epstein? NPR speaks with Elliot Williams, former deputy assistant attorney general at the DOJ during the Obama administration.

Israel launched airstrikes Wednesday on Syria's capital of Damascus, saying it targeted the Syrian military headquarters and near the presidential palace in response to attacks on the Druze minority. This segment originally aired July 16, 2025.

On today’s show: Scottish fiddler legend Alasdair Fraser talks about his upcoming spring concerts, then justice is spelled with a "Z" in the opera "Zorro" and a food photographer inspired by his Mexican culture.