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David Halberstam, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, died in a car crash Monday in California. He rose to prominence during the Vietnam War and went on to dissect many of the institutions of America in the second half of the 20th century.

The man at the center of a major terrorism investigation appears in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Tuesday. Najibullah Zazi has been accused of conspiring to build and detonate explosives inside the United States. More arrests could come by the end of the week. Meanwhile, investigators are looking into terrorism plots in Texas and Illinois.

NPR's series on new religious movements looks at the popularity of Wicca, or witchcraft, among young people. Teens seem to be drawn to Wicca because, among other reasons, it can be tailored to individual needs. Some of the teens' parents are Wiccans themselves. Other parents are alarmed that their children are practicing witchcraft. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.

In 2025, the global climate coverage fell by 14%, according to the Media and Climate Change Observatory at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Legendary television news anchor Walter Cronkite died Friday night at the age of 92. Cronkite was the face of CBS from 1962 to 1981. He's being remembered as the "father of television news," as well as the "most trusted man in America."

For Joel Sartore, it's a race against the clock to photograph as many animals as he can — before it's too late.

President Trump is using his influence to run Republican challengers against some of the Indiana state senators who refused to redistrict to keep GOP control of the U.S. House.

Eric Woodruff's Prosser ditches the "spacerock" of former band, Delay, in favor of a more indie-pop/alt-country sound. Woodruff plays all instruments except for cello, provided by his friend Dylan Rieck.

Business journalist Roger Lowenstein talks about his new book, While America Aged, which looks at how corporations and governments came to make pension and health care obligations to workers — and what is happening as the bills come due.

As the White House and Congress debate taxes and entitlement reform, an influential liberal think tank is offering what appears to be an olive branch: a plan to squeeze savings out of Medicare — long a target of GOP cuts — that Democrats can support.

By weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, the Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress.

The huge solar storm that NASA detected hurtling toward Earth hit our planet at 5:42 a.m. ET Thursday. So far, there have been no reports of major power or communications disruptions. But it's not the last you'll hear about solar storms; the sun's activity won't peak until 2013.