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  • A man was arrested after repeatedly crashing his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in New York City on Wednesday night while people were gathered for prayer.
  • British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing called for a "comprehensive strategic partnership" to deepen ties amid global uncertainty.
  • In their new book, "Science Under Siege," Peter Hotez and Michael Mann reveal the main forces threatening science: plutocrats, pros, petrostates, phonies, and the press.
  • For decades, political communication and mainstream media trained themselves to sound reasonable, disciplined, and safe. In the process, they hollowed out large portions of public language. When institutions consistently refuse to name what people are actually experiencing, they create a vacuum. Trump filled that vacuum not with truth, but with the feeling of honesty. And in moments of deep distrust, feeling can outweigh fact.
  • As Middle Easterners, we know all too well how the media weaponizes our peoples’ suffering as political rhetoric for government interest. Our grief is exploited for talking points or leveraged for foreign military intervention—or utter inaction in the face of a humanitarian crisis.
  • Today is Bacon Day!
  • An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.
  • The shooting of Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by federal agents in Minneapolis have enraged many people across the country. NPR wanted to know what supporters of President Trump's immigration policy think about the shootings.
  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is forecasting the return of King Tides today and through the weekend to low-lying shoreline areas of Southern Marin County.
  • I came home from Vietnam to an America whose mainstream media said people like me—a US citizen, born, raised, and educated here—did not belong. I came home to stories of warrantless home invasions of US citizens and the labeling of peaceful protesters as domestic terrorists. During this divisive time in our country, who gets to decide who is an American? Who gets to shape culture?
  • There are always decisions to make when in a leadership role, and not all of them are obvious. For me, one of these decisions involved my joining the KALW Board last Fall. It was a full-circle moment.
  • The company announced it was ending production of its higher-end Model S and Model Y, and turning that production space over to making humanoid robots.
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