Swiss investigators believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited a fatal fire at a Swiss ski resort when they came too close to the ceiling of a bar crowded with New Year's Eve revelers. www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g...

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Happy New Year, Australia! www.youtube.com/live/Cvb1BsP...

The Kennedy Center says it plans to file a $1 million lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd, after the musician canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance. www.npr.org/2025/12/27/g...

Selena Simmons-Duffin at NPR broke the news about the trans kids’ health care ban, and now she’s following up. Note that she actually talks to doctors and trans kids, not just politicians. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

As police investigating the mass shooting at Brown University scrambled to find a suspect, they received a tip that in the words of Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha “blew this case right open.” And it came via Reddit. www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/how...

Meet the Ohioan behind the ‘Mensch on a Bench’ www.statenews.org/section/the-...

SIPRI: Top 100 arms producers see combined revenues surge as states rush to modernize and expand arsenals | SIPRI www.sipri.org/media/press-...

our friends at the GA desk put together this context about Australia's gun laws www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...

Throwback to the time newspapers around America published a syndicated summer book list that included made-up books by famous authors. Only 5 of the 15 titles were real. www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...

In Ukraine's Pokrovsk, "It won't be possible to hold on for long," says a Ukrainian drone pilot who uses the call sign Goose, after the Top Gun character. @npr.org's @joannakakissis.bsky.social reporting, with contributions by Polina Lytvynova and Iryna Matviyishyn www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...

NPR Music’s Best Albums of 2025 list is live! Each capsule features a link to hear the music on any streaming service. TYSM to @npr.org critics @annkpowers.bsky.social, @idislikestephen.bsky.social, @natechinen.bsky.social, @totalvibration.bsky.social, @robinpr.bsky.social. Follow them!

A new analysis shows how much European countries have to go to offset the drop in US military aid to Ukraine www.kielinstitut.de/publications...

first Democrat elected mayor of Miami in almost 30 years, first woman ever www.npr.org/2025/12/10/g...

NPR Music's list of the 125 Best Songs of 2025 is live! Thank you to all of the @npr.org public radio stations out there who helped curate this cross-genre list of loud and soft songs. There's nothing else out there quite like it. www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...

China now dominates the global renewables sector. In the first half of this year, China built more solar than the rest of the world combined. www.npr.org/2025/12/08/n...

H5N1 is steady cluckin round the Americas www.paho.org/en/news/25-1...

The State Department is instructing its staff to reject visa applications from people who worked on fact-checking, content moderation or other activities the Trump administration considers "censorship" of Americans' speech. www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...

A throwback to an earlier time when the US president was reported to used insults about African countries... journalist Ismail Einashe wrote this commentary for NPR www.npr.org/sections/par...

The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops. www.npr.org/2025/12/03/g...

U.S. officials had said ex-prez Hernández was at the center of one of the largest, most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies. Roger Stone said he delivered a letter from Hernández claiming he was victim of wrongful conviction and "lawfare" by the Biden-Harris admin. www.npr.org/2025/12/02/n...

Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe. “No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says. With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt now has a family connection to the ICE actions sweeping the country — her nephew’s mother was arrested by agents near Boston earlier this month. — @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...

Once again, @npr.org's Up First Newsletter's got you covered! Do hit that subscribe button www.npr.org/2025/11/26/g...

His videos of jet-skiing to refuge in Europe have been shared millions of times on socials. But Mohammed Abu Daqqa has a wife and 3 young boys who are still in Gaza. His main focus is trying to get them out. www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...

The Palestinian man jet-ski'd to Europe now wants to get his wife and kids out of Gaza safely www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...

Radio Dabanga reports ‘empty markets, ongoing body disposal’ in North Darfur capital according to Yale research www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/...

NPR's Scott Simon offers some needed perspective on Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist who was executed in 2018. This week President Trump said of the murder, "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen."

"His last column, published after his death, called for free expression in the Arab world, and warned that the region's governments 'have been given free rein to continue silencing the media.'" www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...

jab up, friends www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...

US unemployment rate inched up to 4.4% www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...

NPR: The U.S. deported 50 people to Ukraine this week, a Ukrainian border official said on Tuesday, in what appears to be the single largest such deportation from the U.S. since the country has been at war with Russia. www.npr.org/2025/11/18/g...

"Donald Trump’s claims that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi directly contradict a CIA report concluding the crown prince approved it." — CPJ MENA's Regional Director Sara Qudah

Veteran Jim Blane, almost 101 years old, sat down with CPR News to detail his experience in one of the most pivotal WWII battles, 80 years later. (via Colorado Public Radio)

Congrats to Katerina! www.npr.org/2025/11/10/g...

More and more Ukrainian women are volunteering to fight Russia as the war nears its fourth year, and troops are in short supply. Latest deep dive by @npr.org's @joannakakissis.bsky.social with Tetiana Burianova & Polina Lytvynova, and 📸 by Anton Shtuka. www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...

"Decades later, across once-devastated Europe, nations are again rearming, plowing investments into the defense industry in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine." apnews.com/article/euro...

In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...

An AP investigation into some of the victims of US strikes in the Caribbean challenges the official line. As NPR has also found reporting in the region, some of these folks were apparently small-time fishermen rather than some major narco gangsters www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...

here's a fun way to familiarize yourself with Grammy nominees - check out their @npr.org Tiny Desk Concerts! From Bad Bunny to Tame Impala and even some music theater performances like Gypsy and Death Becomes Her www.npr.org/2025/11/07/g...

Japan deployed troops to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...

Reuters photographed construction at an abandoned US naval base in the Caribbean, which military officials and maritime experts said pointed to preparations that could enable the US military to carry out operations inside Venezuela. www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...

Guardian: The Spanish government has granted citizenship to 170 descendants of volunteers in the International Brigades in recognition of their fight against fascism during the Franco dictatorship that followed the civil war. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

“Instead of setting up a serious challenger to Wikipedia, Musk has scored a major own goal. Grokipedia demonstrates that, while humans might be highly imperfect, biased and tribal beings, they are still better than AI at getting to the truth” - Jemima Kelly in FT

the man formally known as prince shall henceforth be called Andrew Mountbatten Windsor www.npr.org/2025/10/30/g...

"It has been misconstrued as a civil war but I can tell you no civilians call what's happening in Sudan a civil war. It is an escalation of the Darfur genocide and it is a proxy war involving some of the richest countries in the world." @npr.org interviews Emi Mahmoud www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...

Who is Doug Ford, the Canadian politician pushing Trump's buttons? www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

"Trump critics suggest his Venezuela intimidation is little more than a performative campaign to distract Venezuelan expat voters — most of whom opted for him in last year's election — from the fact that he's deported so many Venezuelan migrants this year." www.wlrn.org/americas/202...

Israel, having barred UNRWA, is now taking steps to de-register major NGOs, blocking them from sending aid or staff to Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. www.npr.org/2025/10/21/n...

From major cities to small rural towns, NPR station photographers were on the ground documenting the events in their communities. www.npr.org/sections/the...