The law, which takes effect July 1, is among dozens of Republican proposals pushing back against transgender rights in statehouses across the U.S. (Image credit: Rhianna Gelhart/AP) Read More at NPR
Read More »Japan’s prime minister arrives in Ukraine for talks with President Zelenskyy
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a surprise visit to Ukraine early Tuesday, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in neighboring Russia for a three-day visit. (Image credit: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AP) Read More at NPR
Read More »The potentially deadly Candida auris fungus is spreading quickly in the U.S.
Cases of the fungus in which it did not respond to antifungal medicine tripled in 2021. It can be deadly, but does not seem to have adverse effects on healthy people. (Image credit: Shawn Lockhart/AP) Read More at NPR
Read More »The Supreme Court wrestles with questions over the Navajo Nation’s water rights
Almost a third of the reservation’s 170,000 residents lack access to clean, reliable drinking water. The tribe wants to be able to represent itself in litigation over the Colorado River. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Read More at NPR
Read More »What France’s revolt over raising the retirement age says about the attitude to work
France is in turmoil over President Emmanuel Macron’s move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. New polling shows a huge majority of the population disagrees with how it was done. (Image credit: Clement Mahoudeau/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR
Read More »Her case ended in a joyful airport reunion, but the future of asylum is uncertain
After years of separation, the woman once known only as Ms. A.B. has reunited with her children. It’s the latest twist in a legal case that is deeply intertwined with the asylum debate in the U.S. (Image credit: Melissa Golden for NPR) Read More at NPR
Read More »Celebrations are underway for Nowruz, Persian New Year, marking the start of spring
U.S. aid worker and French journalist freed after years in captivity in West Africa
Jeff Woodke, an American missionary and humanitarian aid worker, was kidnapped by militants in 2016. Olivier Dubois, who was a correspondent for French news outlets, was kidnapped in 2021. (Image credit: Souleymane AG Anara/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR
Read More »The Supreme Court hears a case with implications for the shrinking Colorado River
The Navajo Nation says the federal government isn’t delivering water it’s owed from the Colorado River. The case could affect how much water is available for non-tribal uses. Read More at NPR
Read More »Capturing the sound of war as U.S. forces charged for Baghdad
NPR’s Eric Westervelt was among the first Western reporters to reach Iraq’s capital during the 2003 U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein. (Image credit: John Moore/AP) Read More at NPR
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