A victim of a crypto ‘pig butchering’ scam just got his $140,000 back NPR investigated a crypto scam company known as SpireBit, which stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Russian-speaking seniors. Now, some of the victims are getting their money back after a lawsuit by Massachusetts authorities. Bobby Allyn
Biden says he is worried about violence around the presidential election President Biden told reporters he was confident the election “will be free and fair,” before saying, “I don’t know whether it will be peaceful.” Tamara Keith
As Oct. 7 approaches, synagogues and mosques bolster security Mosques and synagogues in the U.S. are bolstering security ahead of Oct. 7, the one-year mark of the Hamas-led attack in Israel. Adora Namigadde
8 ways to make the future brighter: from battling misinformation to honoring grandmas The U.N. has adopted a lengthy "pact" of items for the world to address for a better tomorrow. We asked global thinkers if they'd like to add anything or give more emphasis to certain agenda items. Marc Silver
Supreme Court refuses, for now, to block new EPA rules to fight climate change The justices, in a break from the way they have handled most such cases in the recent past, told the challengers to first litigate their claims in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Nina Totenberg
What one humanitarian aid worker wants you to know about Gaza aid delivery In Gaza, health officials say Israeli attacks on Khan Younis this week killed 51 people in a strike on a school and an orphanage.
New AP investigation finds generations of Korean families separated by adoption fraud to the West Over the course of a few decades, around 200,000 Korean children were sent overseas to be adopted, largely to the United States and other Western countries.
The scale of Helene’s devastating impacts are eye-popping, even from space Many of Helene’s effects are individual and heartbreaking, such as the deaths of children, grandparents and others. But the storm's impact is also so outsized that it’s clearly visible from space. Bill Chappell
Storm damage closes N.C. factory that makes vital hospital supplies Remnants of Hurricane Helene shut down a North Carolina factory that supplies critical IV fluids to hospitals across the country. There's no timeline for when production will resume at the facility. Sydney Lupkin
