Speaker of the House Mike Johnson visited Columbia University this past week amid protests surrounding the Israel-Hamas war. Johnson met with Jewish students who expressed concerns for their safe...
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/28/1247725906/jewish-students-at-columbia-meet-with-speaker-mike-johnson
This weekend marks 30 years since Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa, officially ending the country's era of apartheid. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with journalist Redi Thlabi.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/28/1247725899/30-years-of-democracy-in-south-africa
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is considering resigning and is expected to make his decision known on Monday.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/28/1247725913/spains-prime-minister-considers-resigning
China launched three astronauts into space last week while Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting the country. Likely a coincidence, it still stood as a reminder of China's lofty space go...
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/28/1247725920/china-has-big-plans-for-its-space-program
The Utopie bakery has been crowned the winner of the 31st annual "best baguette in Paris" competition.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/28/1247725927/meet-the-winner-of-the-best-baguette-in-paris-award
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Brian Raftery, author of the book, Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/28/1247725934/why-1999-was-such-a-big-year-for-movies
NPR's Scott Detrow spoke with Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen when she visited NPR for her Tiny Desk concert.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/28/1247725941/singer-lise-davidsen-on-her-tiny-desk-experience
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized ongoing campus protests across the U.S. as antisemitic. The Vermont senator said it was an attempt to "deflect attention" from Israel's action...
It was a big week in the world of former President Donald Trump's legal battles. Witnesses testified in the hush money trial and the Supreme Court heard arguments concerning Trump's immunity clai...
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/27/1247677534/trumps-hush-money-trial-starts-as-his-team-hopes-for-delay
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with author Emily Oster about her new book The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications.
Moving can be very stressful. NPR's Life Kit talks with experts about ways to overcome some of that stress by making friends in a new place.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/27/1247677548/how-to-make-friends-after-a-move
NPR Music's Robin Hilton talks to Scott Detrow about Iron & Wine's first solo album in seven years.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/27/1247677555/listening-to-iron-wines-new-album-light-verse
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China's leader Xi Jinping. Washington and Beijing are engaging in talks over issues of economic development, global security, AI and more.
A young single dad is on a mission in the film Nowhere Special. With a terminal illness and no family to turn to, he's searching for the perfect adoptive family for his four-year-old son.
A look at where things stand on student loan forgiveness — and how Republicans and Democrats differ on whether to offer debt relief to student borrowers.