The White House memorandum is thin on details, but it aims to give private businesses the ability to sabotage or spy on certain foreign actors. n.pr/4wFY0iY
Trump administration wants to allow companies to hack foreign cybercriminals
The White House memorandum is thin on details, but it aims to give private businesses the ability to sabotage or spy on certain foreign actors.
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No, it’s not quite “cyber privateering.” Some reporting from me about what the president’s memo pushing private companies to hack cybercriminals means. www.npr.org/2026/08/15/n...
Trump administration wants to allow companies to hack foreign cybercriminals
The White House memorandum is thin on details, but it aims to give private businesses the ability to sabotage or spy on certain foreign actors.
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When sailing alone, even sleep is dangerous. Matt Rutherford knows this all too well. "It just becomes extremely difficult to get any sleep because if you hit the ice, you essentially die," he said. www.npr.org/2026/08/08/n...
Meet the man circumnavigating the Arctic Ocean, alone
Matt Rutherford is sailing 10,000 nautical miles, through ice floes and gales, to try and accomplish a world first. He spoke with NPR from the cabin of his boat.
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Some researchers thought they’d found a new kind of monkey deep in the rainforest. Then they had to prove it. www.npr.org/2026/07/19/n...
How researchers found a new species of monkey deep in the rainforest
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of researchers discovered a new species of monkey and formed deep friendship along the way.
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For the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, I spoke with a historian on the grounds of the National WW2 memorial in DC about the unique way he tells the invasion’s story. Listen below >>
In Uganda, aid workers bracing for an uptick in Ebola cases are being hampered by funding cuts. A worker tells All Things Considered his budget that could once cover five radio spots warning about the disease now only covers one. www.npr.org/2026/05/31/n...
How aid cuts are hampering the front-line response to the Ebola crisis
Aid workers in Uganda are watching an Ebola crisis unfold in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. They're doing what they can to prepare for an uptick in cases, but foreign aid cuts aren't helpin...
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We’re covering Rededicate 250 today on All Things Considered, a White House backed event that aims to blend God and American government. The crowds were predominantly evangelical, so were the speakers. Listen here: www.npr.org/2026/05/17/n...
Wildland firefighters are staring down what could be one of the most severe fire seasons in recent history. There’s big questions to answer about how to prepare for that season. We put some of those questions to the head of the new US Wildland Fire Service: www.npr.org/2026/05/09/n...
'We're dry:' The new U.S. Wildland Fire Service prepares for extreme fire season
Brian Fennessy, new head of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, says his agency is 'trying to bring on additional aircraft and bring them on early,' and dismisses criticism of prevention methods.
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Earlier this week, a lobbyist for the world’s biggest right wing organization reached out to NPR and asked for an interview. Here’s what a leader of the group told us: www.npr.org/2026/04/25/n...
In a rare interview, a leader of the world's largest right-wing group talks to NPR
The second-in-command of the RSS, a Hindu nationalist organization in India, rarely speaks to the Western press. Here's what he said about his group's controversial history.
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An important interview with a longtime friend of Alex Pretti on today’s All Things Considered: www.npr.org/2026/01/26/n...
Alex Pretti remembered as friend, nurse and dog dad
Two days after VA nurse Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents, we learn more about who he was from his friend.
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I reported a story for @npr.org today about a Venezuelan teenager who lost Temporary Protected Status this month — one of many now stuck in an impossible situation. But he’s doing something interesting to try and stay in the United States. www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
A Venezuelan stargazer is sharing his passion while trying to stay in the U.S.
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have lost their legal right to stay in the U.S., among them an amateur astronomer sharing his love of stargazing as he tries to secure a visa.
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A short piece about the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two that I reported today. www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...
How one Canadian's misplaced signature caused a diplomatic incident at the end of WWII
On Sept. 2, 1945, the Japanese and the Allies gathered to mark the official end of WWII. The process went smoothly until Col. Lawrence Cosgrave signed his name on the wrong line.
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Researchers at @ceobs.org estimate that there is some 2900 kilometers of cabling from fiber-optic drones per km of frontline in Ukraine. It’s a new form of environmental pollution as drones change the face of warfare in the country. www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
Fiber-optic drones are leaving miles of plastic trash along Ukraine's front lines
Experts are sounding the alarm over the long-term effects of drone debris in Ukraine, saying it could pose serious harms to wildlife and people.
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Listen to a version of this story on @npr.org’s All Things Considered this evening: www.npr.org/2025/05/19/n...
USAID cuts are even being felt at high school science fairs
Cuts to USAID have consequences big and small, reaching all the way down to high school science fairs in the U.S.
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@hemrylarson.bsky.social · last yr.One of the weirder consequences of the Trump administration's cuts to USAID: some Colorado high schoolers got their science fair prizes taken away. My latest for @cprnews.bsky.social (1/2)
One of the weirder consequences of the Trump administration's cuts to USAID: some Colorado high schoolers got their science fair prizes taken away. My latest for @cprnews.bsky.social (1/2)
A couple months ago, I read a Denver Post story about a murder that never happened. Online, a man was pumping out more than 150 videos of fake, AI generated crime documentaries, and millions were watching them. So, he and I started talking. (1/2)
I co-produced this week’s show, and there’s lots of fun stories in it. You should listen!
This American Life@thisamericanlife.org · 2y agoOn the radio this weekend: People trying a radical approach to solving their problems. https://bit.ly/4j7tI2T