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The New York Public Library asked local brewery Talea to make a beer from George Washington's original recipe, which they have in their collection.

Can you taste history? We try George Washington's original beer

Hops, yeast...and a lot of molasses

Meta slashes 8,000 jobs as it pivots towards AI

Facebook and Instagram's parent company has been investing huge sums of money in AI, but it lags behind competitors.

Mary Acebu, a special education teacher at Riverview Middle School in Bay Point, Calif., works with a student during a math lesson. She says using AI to help with the paperwork part of her job allows her to spend more time interacting with her students in a meaningful way.

Overworked and understaffed: Special ed teachers turn to AI for help

A fast-growing number of special educators nationwide are using AI to create customized education plans. Despite the risks, some research shows it could improve the quality of teachers' work.

President Trump speaks at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026.

Trump rejects idea that Iran betrays his 'no new wars' campaign message

President Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran betrayed his refrain of "No new wars" as he campaigned for the White House in 2024.

Waad Sana was inspired to open Soccer World in 1986 after seeing the Iraqi national team play in that year's World Cup. 40 years later, Iraq is back in the tournament and Sana is getting around 100 calls each day from fans looking for Iraq national team jerseys.

Iraqi soccer fans celebrate end of 40-year World Cup drought

The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora.

Hungary's then-Prime Minister Viktor Orban shakes hands with President Trump At the "Board of Peace" meeting during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on January 22.

Is the U.S. slipping into 'Competitive Authoritarianism?'

What form of government do we have in America now? Some scholars say it is no longer liberal democracy, but "competitive authoritarianism." NPR's Frank Langfitt explains the term and its origin.

The main gate to Paramount Studios is seen on Melrose Avenue, July 8, 2015, in Los Angeles.

Justice Dept. approves Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery

The decision paves the way for a proposed $111 billion merger uniting two rival studio giants — Paramount, owner of CBS, and the much larger Warner, which includes HBO and CNN.

Fluorescent proteins, seen inside this transparent Danionella fish, allow scientists to track processes in its brain and body. Researchers at a major brain science center hope that studying Danionella fish will reveal new information about the brain-behavior connection.

Is a transparent fish the future of brain science? This center is betting on it

One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The goal: to understand how brains control the behavior of an animal or human.

Johnny Morales at New Folsom Prison on May 7, 2026. Sentenced to death in 2005, Morales lived in isolation at San Quentin’s condemned housing until Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 2019 moratorium on state executions, which led to his transfer to a lower-security prison environment, where he participates in rehabilitative programs and trains with the Peer Literacy Mentor Program, to help provide education and reduce recidivism through restorative justice.

He spent 19 years in isolation on death row. Then the handcuffs came off

Most condemned California prisoners will never be released, but some of them gained new opportunities after Gov. Newsom suspended the death penalty.

Demonstrators run across a street during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 18, 2026.

Bolivia's capital under siege as protests deepen crisis for President Paz

Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as widespread protests and blockades leave the political capital under siege less than six months after he took office.

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