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President Barack Obama presents the 2010 National Humanities Medal to Wendell E. Berry during a White House ceremony in 2011.

Beloved writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry has died at age 92

Wendell Berry has died at age 92 He was a beloved American poet, novelist, essayist, and farmer.

People take cover inside at a MRT station during the Urban Resilience (Air-Defense) Exercise, part of the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.

Taiwan briefly slows its mobile internet to text-only speed as part of defense drill

The drills come amid rising tensions with China, which frequently sends military planes and ships towards Taiwan.

The entrance to the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in central Oregon on Jun. 16, 2023

Research projects in the Pacific Northwest's experimental forests face funding uncertainty

A reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service and threats to federal funding could affect ongoing research in the Pacific Northwest.

Fox News has parted ways with long-time anchor Maria Bartiromo. Her shows, including "Mornings with Maria," are being rebranded without her name.

Fox News abruptly parts ways with scandal-tarred star Maria Bartiromo

Fox News abruptly announced it had cut ties with anchor Maria Bartiromo after more than a dozen years.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA's first chief astronomer, will launch on Aug. 30.

NASA is about to launch a space telescope that could change how we see the universe

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches Aug. 30 on a mission to explore some of the most pressing mysteries of the cosmos.

Voters at a polling place last month in Shelby, Mich. The U.S. has not ever attempted to create a comprehensive list of American citizens before this administration and maintaining voter lists is the responsibility of states — not the federal government, as the Constitution dictates that states control elections.

The Trump administration still aims to make state citizenship lists ahead of midterms

The Trump administration is taking the unprecedented step of creating lists of adult citizens who are eligible to vote in each state — but will not meet its own deadline 60 days before Election Day.

People dressed in protective gear prepare to lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of 3-year-old Mave Mercienne, who died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026.

Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts

Government data showed the outbreak had so far recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths. The outbreak has infected and killed more people at a greater speed than any other outbreak in history.

"There's a time and place for confrontation and there's a time and place to just let it pass you by," Williams says. "But overall, my issues are with power and with people's relationship to power."

Saul Williams opens a portal between politics and possibility

The unflinching multidisciplinary artist has long welcomed new challenges. With the release of a new album and a new book, he embraces the role his career has been building toward: investigative poet.

From left, illustrated portraits of Pennsylvania swing voters Stephen, Colleen and John.

Pennsylvania swing voters say Trump hasn't delivered on promise to lower prices

As the midterm election looms, three swing voters in Pennsylvania tell NPR what affordability means to them in the latest installment of NPR's Swing Shift.

A replica of President Trump's planned arch stood at the Great American State Fair in July.

Trump's arch may break ground without final approval. Veterans are trying to stop it

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says "excavation work" will begin in the next two weeks, without approval from a key federal body. Veterans who sued over the arch want a judge to intervene before then.

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