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Anyone from anywhere can give a TED Talk. This hour, we're joined by curator Cloe Shasha Brooks, who leads a massive search each year to dis...

Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has wrapped up a two-year investigation into the Alternative for Germany. Th...

The wriggling parasites are a scourge around the world. And in some ways, other countries are better at fighting them than the U.S. But a ne...

Officials are swatting away rumors and reports that the government has concluded that new coronavirus restrictions will force the cancellati...

The men have been held in U.S. custody since 2003, accused of planning and helping to carry out the deadly bombing attacks at a Bali nightcl...

Japan says the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in 151 days, even with much of the country in a state of emergency due to the coronavirus.

India's confirmed COVID-19 cases have plummeted. Scientists are trying to figure out why. They're studying the country's demographics, heat...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Jaime Harrison, the new national chair of the DNC.

Seven Democratic senators have formally filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate GOP Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley...

The chamber has the power to expel or censure members for their conduct, though it's a rare occurrence. Only 24 have received such sanctions...

The executive order signed by President Biden Thursday also includes interstate travel on trains, buses and cruise ships, in a sharp reversa...

Ever since Loeffler denounced WNBA support for Black Lives Matter, players have wanted the league to force her to sell the team.(Image credi...

A new global treaty banning nuclear weapons will go into force on Friday. More than 80 countries have signed on to it — but none of them are...

Several officials in Austin pushed back on Texas' initial COVID-19 vaccination plan, which would've put just nine of the city's 65 vaccinati...

Amid rising concern over domestic extremism, an NPR analysis found military veterans were overrepresented in those charged in the attack on...

U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein sided with Amazon, which argued that Parler would not remove posts from its site that threatened publi...

Shim Suk-hee, a star short track speedskater who has won four Olympic medals, accused Cho Jae-beom of sexually abusing her dozens of times.(...

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus responded, "Thank you my brother Tony," and thanks also to the U.S. for renewing its support...

The variant in Brazil is causing a surge in Manaus, a city where the virus previously infected huge numbers in the spring of 2020. Researche...

In one of his final acts, Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared China's actions in the far western region of Xinjiang a genocide....

In December, the Ohio city saw two separate incidents where white law officers shot and killed Black men doing nothing illegal. The cases ar...

Members of the DNC have their first meeting of the Biden era on Thursday. They will consider whether Iowa should keep its place at the front...

Suicide bombings have been rare in the Iraqi capital since the country's military pushed out the Islamic State in 2017. The last such attack...

Demonstrators in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday were said to be anti-fascist protesters. They vandalized the Democratic Party of Oregon's offi...

On Inauguration Day, All Things Considered revisits some of its previous guests to find out what they hope for in the next four years. Among...