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People chant during a rally in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in support of the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants.

House passes bill extending protections for Haitian migrants in the U.S.

Ten Republicans voted alongside Democrats, in a rebuke to the Trump administration's immigration policies. Should it pass the Senate, the White House said President Trump would veto the measure.

An electric vehicle is seen at NIO battery swap station on March 9, 2025 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China.

Tired of waiting for your EV to charge up? One Chinese company has a novel solution

Chinese car company NIO is putting up EV battery swapping stations all around the world. NPR took a ride in one car for the experience.

OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about Pentagon AI deal

A senior member of OpenAI's robotics team said guardrails around certain AI uses were not sufficiently defined before OpenAI announced an agreement with the Pentagon.

Sunday Puzzle: New newsmakers of 2025

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KNPR listener Calvin Siemer of Henderson, Nev., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Forensic workers carry the body of a victim down a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026.

Gunman at Mexican pyramids carried materials related to Columbine massacre

The gunman who killed a Canadian tourist and left at least 13 people injured at Mexico's iconic Teotihuacan pyramids carried materials that were apparently related to the deadly 1999 high school shooting, authorities said Tuesday.

Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of a meeting for peace at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, with the local community, April 16, 2026, on the fourth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa.

Pope Leo takes aim at 'handful of tyrants' spending billions on war amid tensions with Trump

Pope Leo XIV condemns "tyrants" fueling war with billions. His calls for global peace during his Africa trip come amid rising tensions with President Trump.

FILE - A medical doctor holds a vial of the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at Prisma Health Pediatrics in Greer, S.C., on March 18, 2026.

Oregon measles outbreak grows, with more community transmission

The situation in Oregon is not yet on par with major outbreaks in states like Utah and South Carolina. But state health officials say they are worried about cases that are going unreported, and about the spread of the virus to schools and urgent care clinics this week.

Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he celebrates a Mass in the Saint Augustine Basilica in Annaba, Algeria, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, on the second day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa.

Pope heads to Cameroon as separatists announce 3-day pause in fighting

Pope Leo XIV is heading to the central African nation of Cameroon with a message of peace for its separatist region and for talks with President Paul Biya.

Title: Joburg Ballet School

Credit: © Ihsaan Haffejee, for GroundUp

Caption: Young dancers from the Joburg Ballet School backstage at the Soweto Theatre during their year-end performance. Soweto, South Africa, 7 December 2025.

Story: In apartheid South Africa, ballet was the preserve of white culture, inaccessible to people of color. Today, the Joburg Ballet School offers subsidized training to children from historically disadvantaged backgrounds, with locations in Soweto, Alexandra, and Braamfontein. Parents describe seeing their children learn ballet as something they never thought possible.

World Press Photo Contest winners cast a lens on resilience, pain and bliss

A selection of prize honorees from the 2026 World Press Photo Contest capture the pain of the past year — but also focus on moments of strength, determination and joy.

FILE - One of Google's data center campuses near the Columbia River in December 2022.

Inside the Box: The future of data centers is out of this world

Proliferating AI is overloading our already overloaded power grids that are now buckling beneath skyrocketing computational demands to process all those bits and bytes so that we can have AI-generated pictures of Donald Trump hugging a kitten or riding astride a majestic lion as well as entirely AI-generated short films with thoughtful titles like Broccoligeddon and Drinking Gasoline.

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