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Police move barricades in place as a crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court, Monday night, May 2, 2022 in Washington.

Governors swiftly react to reports of leaked draft opinion of Roe v. Wade

The U.S. Supreme Court has supposedly decided to overrule Roe V. Wade, according to a leaked first draft opinion obtained by Politico. The document has not been verified by NPR.

A Waymo minivan moves along a city street during an autonomous vehicle ride on April 7 in Chandler, Ariz. Waymo, a unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., is one of several companies testing driverless vehicles in the U.S. Auto makers are also developing self-driving technology but it still requires human drivers to take over when required.

Cars are getting better at driving themselves, but you still can't sit back and nap

A lot of new cars can drive themselves down the middle of a lane and adjust speed to match traffic. Some even let you go hands-free at times. But they all require very close supervision.

After months of obstacles, a Gaza man reaches a hospital in the West Bank for surgery

A Gaza man waited for more than two months before he got Israeli permission to leave Gaza for a Palestinian hospital in the West Bank.

In this March 19, 2019, file photo, an iPad displays the types of free bets that could be placed at the Golden 1 Center's Skyloft Predictive Gaming Lounge in Sacramento, Calif. The campaign that could bring legalized sports betting to California has become the most expensive ballot-initiative fight in state history. Two rival proposals on the November ballot are pitting wealthy Indian tribes against FanDuel, DraftKings and other online gambling companies, in a contest over what could become the nation's most lucrative marketplace.

Odds are good for sequel to California sports betting effort

Supporters of both measures say they will reevaluate how to stake a claim to a potential billion dollar market in the nation’s most populous state.

A third-grader punches in her student identification to pay for a meal at Gonzales Community School in Santa Fe, N.M. During the pandemic, schools were able to offer free school meals to all children regardless of need. Now advocates want to make that policy permanent.

Hunger advocates want free school meals for all kids. It's tough sell in Congress

The idea is simple: Pay for every child's meal and reach the kids who might go hungry because of missed paperwork or stigma. Here's how advocates are pushing to keep the idea on the national agenda.

Cars wait in line to cross the border to Mexico, May 9, 2017.

Woman pleads not guilty in pair of South Bay road rage incidents

A woman who allegedly took part in a pair of South Bay road rage incidents, including one in which her boyfriend allegedly shot a man at a Chula Vista intersection, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that include attempted murder.

Zania Muhammed comforts her malnourished son, Mazzam Brahim, in the emergency section for critical care patients at a hospital in N'djamena, Chad. The war in Ukraine has caused food prices to skyrocket, leaving many without enough to eat.

Even remote corners of Africa are feeling the costly impacts of war in Ukraine

In Chad, one of the continent's poorest countries, rising food and fuel prices — and drought — have left many hungry and unable to afford the limited food that is for sale.

Anne Garrels reporting from Iraq in 2003.

Opinion: Remembering Anne Garrels, who blazed trails to the front lines

Scott Simon remembers the life and work of Anne Garrels, the formrer NPR foreign correspondent who died this week at the age of 71.

The California Highway Patrol is looking for motorists who stopped to grab cash from the freeway after piles of bills spilled out of an armored car Friday morning.

Cash scattered across a Southern California freeway sent drivers into a frenzy

Traffic in northern San Diego County came to a standstill Friday after an armored car accidentally spilled $1s and $20s across the I-5, prompting people to flee their vehicles and grab wads of cash.

Emergency responders work the scene of a fatal crash late Tuesday in Andrews County, Texas. A vehicle carrying members of the University of the Southwest's golf teams collided head-on with a pickup truck, killing nine people, authorities said.

9 people died in a Texas crash involving college golf teams from New Mexico

Those killed in the head-on crash in West Texas included six students and a coach from the University of the Southwest who were returning home from a golf tournament, authorities said.

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