The Latest Health In effort to protect children, France bans smoking at parks and beaches Smokers are no longer allowed to light up in public parks, at swimming pools, or at beaches, or "anywhere children may be present," said French health and family minister Catherine Vautrin. Eleanor Beardsley National Decades later, Karen de Boer still remembers a kind gesture from her college hallmate As a college freshman, Karen de Boer was sometimes inconsiderate to her hallmate, Pam. So when Karen missed the bus to her choir performance, she was surprised — and moved — when Pam came to her rescue. Laura Kwerel National DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually used in only the most serious and rare of cases: dealing with Nazis or war criminals. Juliana Kim Health The best support for a friend with cancer? Presence, listening, and space to vent People who get cancer say their friends often disappear when they hear the bad news. Don't be that person! Here's advice for what to do and say — and what not to say — when a loved one faces cancer. Yuki Noguchi National Murders are down nationwide. Researchers point to a key reason Homicides are falling dramatically in many U.S. cities, after a surge in 2020 and 2021. Analysts say a reinvestment in communities from local government after the pandemic's disruption is a key reason. Meg Anderson World 80 years later, a Holocaust survivor meets an American soldier who helped free him Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S. Army. Decades after liberation, the two met and shared their stories. Tom Dreisbach Politics Republican leaders struggle to find balance on reconciliation bill Republican leaders must find a fragile balance on their reconciliation bill between senators seeking to protect programs for the most vulnerable, and those who want deeper deficit reductions. Luke Garrett Politics Sen. Ron Johnson on why he decided to support President Trump's spending agenda NPR's Michel Martin asks Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin why he made an eleventh-hour decision to join the Senate majority in voting for President Trump's spending agenda. Michel Martin National Morning news brief Senate moves ahead on massive tax and spending bill, Russia launches record aerial attack on Ukraine over the weekend, a man started a blaze in Idaho then ambushed and fatally shot 2 firefighters. Michel Martin National After Supreme Court ruling, Grants Pass still can't remove a homeless encampment One year after the Supreme Court ruled that cities are allowed to remove homeless encampments, Grants Pass — the Oregon city that gave name to the case — can't legally remove an encampment there. Jane Vaughan Prev 1391 of 1644 Next Sponsored
Health In effort to protect children, France bans smoking at parks and beaches Smokers are no longer allowed to light up in public parks, at swimming pools, or at beaches, or "anywhere children may be present," said French health and family minister Catherine Vautrin. Eleanor Beardsley
National Decades later, Karen de Boer still remembers a kind gesture from her college hallmate As a college freshman, Karen de Boer was sometimes inconsiderate to her hallmate, Pam. So when Karen missed the bus to her choir performance, she was surprised — and moved — when Pam came to her rescue. Laura Kwerel
National DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually used in only the most serious and rare of cases: dealing with Nazis or war criminals. Juliana Kim
Health The best support for a friend with cancer? Presence, listening, and space to vent People who get cancer say their friends often disappear when they hear the bad news. Don't be that person! Here's advice for what to do and say — and what not to say — when a loved one faces cancer. Yuki Noguchi
National Murders are down nationwide. Researchers point to a key reason Homicides are falling dramatically in many U.S. cities, after a surge in 2020 and 2021. Analysts say a reinvestment in communities from local government after the pandemic's disruption is a key reason. Meg Anderson
World 80 years later, a Holocaust survivor meets an American soldier who helped free him Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S. Army. Decades after liberation, the two met and shared their stories. Tom Dreisbach
Politics Republican leaders struggle to find balance on reconciliation bill Republican leaders must find a fragile balance on their reconciliation bill between senators seeking to protect programs for the most vulnerable, and those who want deeper deficit reductions. Luke Garrett
Politics Sen. Ron Johnson on why he decided to support President Trump's spending agenda NPR's Michel Martin asks Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin why he made an eleventh-hour decision to join the Senate majority in voting for President Trump's spending agenda. Michel Martin
National Morning news brief Senate moves ahead on massive tax and spending bill, Russia launches record aerial attack on Ukraine over the weekend, a man started a blaze in Idaho then ambushed and fatally shot 2 firefighters. Michel Martin
National After Supreme Court ruling, Grants Pass still can't remove a homeless encampment One year after the Supreme Court ruled that cities are allowed to remove homeless encampments, Grants Pass — the Oregon city that gave name to the case — can't legally remove an encampment there. Jane Vaughan