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In Lebanon, it's been the deadliest day of Israeli air strikes in almost 20 years. At least 356 people were killed, mostly in the south where Hezbollah has been trading attacks with Israel.

The decision has sent shockwaves through the adoption community and angered families still in the process of adopting children from China. We interviewed adoptees in the U.S. to hear their reaction.

As attacks between Israel and Hezbollah escalate, fears mount over prospects for an all-out war. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Lina Khatib of the University of London.

The Iranian airstrikes come in the wake of stepped-up Israeli military operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah, a group backed by Iran for decades. Israel says it shot down most of the Iranian missiles.

Plastic particles are found in our organs, blood and even semen. But do they stay in us forever? What damage are they doing? Here are six questions scientists are trying to answer.

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes killed dozens in Rafah. The death toll mounts from a landslide in Papua New Guinea. The U.S. military accounts for the fallen and honors their sacrifice.

International calls for a cease-fire grew this past week as Israel continued its strikes on the Gaza Strip in response to the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas militants.

President Biden broke his silence on student protests that have roiled college campuses, denouncing "chaos" and antisemitism and saying the protests were not affecting his policy on the Middle East.

Following the mayor's claims that "outside agitators" escalated protests this week at two Manhattan campuses, city officials released data saying 134 of the 282 people arrested were not students.

Democrats are hoping to pick up one Electoral College vote for Kamala Harris this year. Their spending is affecting Republican Rep. Don Bacon's campaign to keep his seat.

Caretakers of a corn crop in Colorado, struggling to control a worm, introduce moths infected with STDs hoping widespread infection will result in bug infertility. (Story aired on WeSun on 8/11/24.)

Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea have drawn U.S. strikes in Yemen, dredging up traumatic memories of the country's recent civil war. But many Yemenis still support the attacks.