Coping with a sudden loss in federal funding, PBS affiliate KSPS in Spokane, Washington, faced a surprise extra hurdle. Many of its contributing members — at one point almost half — lived in Canada, and they were withdrawing support out of anger at President Trump’s desire to make the country the 51st state in the U.S. When Congress decided this …
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As students across the country head back to class, one thing won’t be coming with many of them: their cell phones. This year more states than ever are banning students’ devices during school hours. In Texas, every public and charter school student will be without their phones during the school day this fall. Brigette Whaley, an associate professor of education …
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Good morning. You’re reading a special Labor Day edition of the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get the newsletter delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Checking in with the labor movement by Andrea Hsu, NPR labor and workplace correspondent At this time last year, …
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Sharda Fornnarino is an outpatient surgery nurse at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., where she’s also local director for National Nurses United. In August, the Department of Veterans Affairs notified union members that it was ending nearly all of its collective bargaining agreements. Rachel Woolf for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rachel Woolf for NPR …
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Guatemalan Minister of Governance Francisco Jimenez shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding on a joint security program agreement at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura on June 26 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images After planes with Guatemalan children were loaded in the U.S., …
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Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York, Jan. 3, 2025. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized with a broken vertebrae after a car accident, his spokesperson said on Sunday. Giuliani, 81, was traveling on a highway in New Hampshire when his car …
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Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York, Jan. 3, 2025. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized with a broken vertebrae after a car accident, his spokesperson said on Sunday. Giuliani, 81, was traveling on a highway in New Hampshire when his car …
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a news conference at River Point Park, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Chicago. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP Chicago’s mayor has limited how much his city’s police department can cooperate with federal immigration agents, in response to threats from the Trump administration to “ramp up” immigration enforcement operations in …
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Peter Dinklage as Toxie in “The Toxic Avenger” Yana Blajeva/Legendary Pictures hide caption toggle caption Yana Blajeva/Legendary Pictures Macon Blair’s take on the 1984 cult classic of the same name starts with spiraling, violent and colorful visuals overlaid with a commandingly grave voiceover from star Peter Dinklage. “I didn’t want any of this. Not the grief. Not the illness. Certainly …
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In 1885, royal Hawaiian siblings David Kawānanakoa, Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole and Edward Keliʻiahonui introduced surfing — then called “surfboard swimming” — to mainland U.S. when they took to the waves in Santa Cruz, Calif. Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hide caption toggle caption Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History The mouth of the San Lorenzo river in …
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