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French police are investigating possible tampering with a weather monitoring device at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris after a Polymarket trader netted thousands of dollars thanks to an unusual temperature spike.

French police probe suspected weather device tampering after odd Polymarket bet

The incident is the latest eyebrow-raising bet on Polymarket, as allegations of rigging and manipulation continue to haunt the popular prediction market site.

Sierra Smith holds her son, Travis, whose deafness was successfully treated with gene therapy.

The FDA gives the green light to the first gene therapy for deafness

The treatment, developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, is for a very rare form of deafness. But it represents a medical milestone.

Workers walk past a display at Meta headquarters on March 26 in Menlo Park, Calif.

Meta will lay off 10% of its staff

The cuts follow losses in two pivotal court cases and the company's push to invest in artificial intelligence.

Mourners hold posters that show portraits of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who was killed Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike, during her funeral procession in the village of Baysariyeh, in southern Lebanon, on Thursday.

Trump announces a 3-week extension of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

President Trump said Thursday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire for three weeks after the two sides met at the White House for a high-level negotiation.

A Lufthansa passenger jet refuels at the gate at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in France in March 2026.

Airlines in Europe slash thousands of flights as Iran war cuts jet fuel supplies

The soaring cost of jet fuel is forcing European airlines to cancel tens of thousands of flights, while energy authorities warned of a possible jet fuel shortage if supplies aren't replenished soon.

The Commercial Commission of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast, 1910.

New book explores Chinese American life during the Exclusion Era

Underground History host Chelsea Rose talks with Beth Lew-Williams about her book and the research behind it.

Mentalist Oz Pearlman, pictured in December, has gone viral for appearing to read the minds of news anchors, podcast hosts, professional athletes and Fortune 500 CEOs. His next venue is a room of politicians and political journalists in D.C.

Can a mentalist trick Trump? Oz Pearlman will try in a room full of journalists

The White House Correspondents' Dinner will be headlined by a mentalist instead of a comedian. Oz Pearlman tells NPR he hopes to unify, delight and puzzle the crowd — but can't reveal how.

Justin Bieber (left) and Ella Langley (right)

Ella Langley tops the charts — and Coachella gives Bieber a boost

The rising country star Ella Langley rules both the album and song charts this week, but Justin Bieber also sees a rise in popularity following his nostalgic performance at Coachella.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts a performance of Copland's Appalachian Spring by The Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Mass. in 2018. Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021.

Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned conductor and composer, dies at 81

Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony from 1995 to 2020, helping to establish its reputation as a world-class orchestra. In 2021, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain cancer.

A female Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquito takes a blood meal from a host. For millennia, this mosquito has spread malaria. Researchers now think that these mosquitoes — and the disease they carry — played a critical role in determining where ancient humans settled and whether they thrived or failed to thrive.

How mosquitoes — and malaria — helped shape the whereabouts of early humankind

A new study looks at an unexpected force that played a critical role in shaping the lives of ancient humans.

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