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Polls open on Super Tuesday; U.N. report finds attacks on Israel likely included rapes

Sixteen states and American Samoa hold primary elections today. A U.N. report finds grounds to believe Hamas raped women during the Oct. 7 attack.

Justine Adhiambo Obura with one of the "No Sex for Fish" boats at Nduru beach. She is the chairperson of the cooperative that came up with a radical idea in a community where fishermen often demanded transactional sex before giving a supply of fish to a woman to sell: What if women had their own boats and hired men to fish for them?

Whatever happened to the 'No Sex for Fish' women after the flood? Hint: It's 'amazing'

That's what a charity worker said of their latest plan. The Kenyan fishmongers got their own boats to escape pressure to trade sex for fish to sell. Then floods wiped them out. Now there's new hope.

Making sense of COVID-19's risk now

It's a strange moment in the pandemic. For most vaccinated people, the risk of severe illness has gone way down. But hundreds are dying of COVID-19 every day. So how dangerous is the virus now?

Volunteers help remove flood debris from Messenger Florist and Gifts in Whitesburg, Ky., on Friday. Hundreds of families have moved into government-run shelters, according to Gov. Andy Beshear's office.

Eastern Kentucky's people looked for a fresh start after coal. Then came the floods

Disaster relief in Appalachia means getting food, water and medicine to remote communities. Longer term, it means rebuilding an economy already hollowed out by the coal bust.

Jon Stewart: America's Ruling King Of Fake News

In an interview with Terry Gross, taped in front of a live audience in New York City, the Daily Show host deconstructs his upcoming "Rally to Restore Sanity" on the National Mall and explains how The Daily Show comes up with material.

Bupe Sinkala of Zambia was diagnosed with HIV shortly before her wedding, didn't tell her fiance — and later saw her life come tumbling down. With the support of family and a new job as a community health worker, she has found joy. She shared her views on the import of community health work at the U.N. General Assembly this week.

HIV crashed her life. She found her way back to joy — and spoke at the U.N. this week

Diagnosed with HIV before her wedding, Bupe Sinkala didn't tell her husband and saw her marriage — and life — crumble. Now she's a community health worker advocating for her unsung profession.

Cars and trucks line up for hours at Latvia's Terehova border crossing into Russia on Aug. 3.

At Latvia's border with Russia, the line grows long, and tempers short

European sanctions on Russia over Ukraine have caused major traffic backups along the Latvian border. And truckers can feel the mounting tension between Russia and NATO members like Latvia.

A.M. Homes on writing about characters that have different set of values from her

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author A.M. Homes about her new book, The Unfolding, which focuses on a Republican power broker between election night 2008 and Inauguration Day in January 2009.

The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant was scheduled to be shuttered in 2025. But California Governor Gavin Newsom now wants to expand its lifespan.

Why even environmentalists are supporting nuclear power today

Environmentalists advocating for nuclear power have led a push to extend the operating life of Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant. Japan and Germany consider similar extensions.

From left to right: Entrepreneurs Rebekah Bastian, Lizelle van Vuuren, Amy Nelson, Katica Roy and Jaclyn Fu.

$350 million for WeWork co-founder shows how broken and biased venture capital is

A reported $350 million investment into a new, yet-to-be-launched real estate venture founded by WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann reveals just how biased the venture capital industry is, experts say.

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