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Big problems are piling up at The Enchantments

The Enchantments are one of Washington State’s most popular hiking destinations. But right now, the alpine wilderness area is far from the pristine escape visitors are hoping for. Bathroom pits are overflowing, there’s garbage on the trails, and it’s overcrowded. There’s only one forest ranger to patrol more than 900 miles of terrain in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. The problems stem from federal budget cuts.
- Patricia Murphy
Arts & Life

Here, together: Images of community from NPR station photographers

NPR marks World Photography Day with images of everyday moments of gathering from communities across the U.S. taken by photographers from the network's member stations.
- Meredith Nierman
Science

Research suggests doctors might quickly become dependent on AI

A study in Poland found that doctors appeared less likely to detect abnormalities during colonoscopies on their own after they'd grown used to help from an AI tool.
- Geoff Brumfiel
Newsmax to pay $67 million to settle defamation case linked to 2020 election

Newsmax will pay Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems $67 million to settle a defamation claim over false statements Newsmax aired about the 2020 election.
- Bente Birkeland
Europe

What are the prospects for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine?

NPR talks with Evelyn Farkas, a former Pentagon official who's now executive director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University, about prospects for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
- A Martínez
Europe

A look at possible next steps in brokering a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine

What's next for President Trump's push to broker an end to Russia's war on Ukraine after extraordinary meetings with Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday?
- Leila Fadel
Environment

Businesses face 'chaos' as EPA aims to repeal its authority over climate pollution

A lot of companies want the EPA in charge of setting national climate regulations because it helps shield them from lawsuits and creates a predictable environment in which to make investments.
- Michael Copley
Health

Gun violence hits Black communities hardest. Trump is rolling back prevention efforts

The suffering of America's gun violence crisis is concentrated in Black neighborhoods damaged by decades of disinvestment and racial discrimination. Trump is unravelling efforts to solve the problem.
- Fred Clasen-Kelly
National

D.C.'s crime numbers are all the buzz. But how do we interpret them accurately?

A range of crime data has been going around to make the argument that Washington, D.C., is — or isn't — safe. We talk to crime experts to make sense of it all.
- Juliana Kim
Politics

A musical about bigotry arrives at a Kennedy Center transformed by Trump

Parade, the Tony award-winning musical about the 1915 lynching of a Jewish man, begins its run in Washington, D.C. amid an antisemitic backlash against the show's subject.
- Tom Dreisbach

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