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The reporter's kids, Sasha and Noa, both love falling asleep to lullabies. This is a sleeping self-portrait by Sasha, age 4. With great attention to detail, she has drawn the unicorns on her comforter.

A lullaby really can work magic. Science tells us why and how

Sometimes the right lullaby sends my kids off to dreamland so fast it makes me feel like I have a parenting superpower. Turns out the wonder of lullabies is confirmed by scientific research.

Abdullah Saif Ahmed Numan and his grandson, Mohammad, stand in the building where they live in Al Dawah neighborhood of Taiz, Yemen. The neighborhood is on the frontline of a divided city in Yemen's civil war.

A front-line city in Yemen is desperate for change after nearly a decade of civil war

Nearly a decade of civil war has destroyed millions of Yemeni lives, but perhaps nowhere has it been felt more than in the neighborhoods in Taiz that are closest to the fighting.

Domestic terrorism cases doubled in the past year. It could threaten midterms

NPR's Morning Edition speaks with Michael Jensen of the University of Maryland about the rise in political violence and extremist rhetoric in the US.

Damage is seen at Brazil's Congress one day after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília. The attack was planned by far-right groups on social media, according to Brazilian media and analysts.

The attack on Brazil's Congress was stoked by social media — and by Trump allies

The similarities are deep: In addition to aiming to subvert an election, some of the same U.S. voices that amplify former President Donald Trump are echoing Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

President Joe Biden and Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Oval Office of the White House.

Biden and Brazil's Lula find common ground against violent extremism

It was just over a month ago that hundreds of extremist supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the capital and ransacked the Congress, Supreme Court and the presidential offices.

Propublica finds more ties between Justice Thomas and billionaire Harlan Crow

NPR's A Martinez talks to ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott about more of the financial connections found between Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and wealthy GOP donor Harlan Crow.

Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday.

What Trump's arraignment means for his 2024 election bid

Fresh off a historic arraignment, former President Donald Trump is still very much running to regain office in 2024. This is the lay of the land for the weeks and months ahead.

Rear Adm. John Mauger, the U.S. Coast Guard District commander, speaks during a news conference in Boston on Thursday about the search for the missing OceanGate submersible Titan.

All 5 passengers aboard Titan sub are dead after a 'catastrophic implosion'

After days of search and rescue efforts, U.S. Coast Guard officials have determined there was a "catastrophic implosion of the vessel," and that all on board died.

Fox News and Tucker Carlson have parted ways, the network announced

Fox News announced Monday that primetime star Tucker Carlson had hosted his last show on Friday. Fox had stood by him through several controversies. Why the split now?

Smoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday. Fierce clashes between Sudan's military and the country's powerful paramilitary erupted in the capital and elsewhere in the African nation after weeks of escalating tensions between the two forces.

Gunfire and explosions erupt across Sudan's capital as military rivals clash

Fighting erupted Saturday morning in Khartoum and continued into the night. The violence between two rival factions of Sudan's armed forces has spread to other regions, including Darfur.

Policemen are silhouetted against the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt, in 2012.

A scan discovers a sealed, 30-foot-long hallway inside a Giza pyramid

The corridor is perched above the ancient wonder's main entrance, authorities said. The function of the chamber is unknown, although such corridors often lead to further archaeological discoveries.

A handprint stained on the window at the Navajo Nation Detention in Shiprock, N.M., on April 13, 2021.

Inmates continue to die in tribal jails despite promises of reform

At least four inmates died and 46 others attempted suicide from July 2021 through June 2022, according to a new report. It is the most yearly deaths and attempted suicides recorded since 2016.

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