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Protesters demonstrate on July 29 in Caracas, Venezuela, against the official election results declaring President Nicolás Maduro won reelection.

Opinion: Christmas is starting early in Venezuela

Christmas starts early in a lot of retail stores, but in Venezuela it's starting Oct. 1. NPR's Scott Simon explains.

When judges get free trips to luxury resorts, disclosure is spotty

Many federal judges receive free rooms and subsidized travel to luxury resorts for legal conferences. NPR found that dozens of judges did not fully disclose the perks they got.

Annie Liontas is a professor of writing at George Washington University. Their previous book is <em>Let Me Explain You.</em>

'Sex With a Brain Injury' reveals how concussions can test relationships

Annie Liontas experienced three brain injuries in the span of one year, which led to dizziness, memory fog and anger — and impacted Liontas' marriage and sex life.

Javier Silva Ayala, 19, on his way to lunch after a morning class at San Diego State University, Dec. 4, 2013. Silva Ayala is one of 7,469 California college students who immigrated to the country illegally and now receive state-funded financial aid.

Navigating the new FAFSA

College acceptance letters will soon arrive, but students and their families are facing questions about financial aid assistance due to delays with the FAFSA.

The debris at the site where an airplane crashed with 62 people on board, in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, early on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.

Cockpit audio indicates issues with de-icing in deadly Brazil plane crash

The pilots of a Brazilian passenger plane that crashed last month, killing all 62 people aboard, reported failure in the system to remove ice from the plane, according to a preliminary report.

An air conditioning unit at a school is shown in this undated image, San Diego, Calif.

San Diego Unified students sweat it out in class as air conditioners malfunction

Some of San Diego’s students are struggling in overheated classrooms during heatwave.

FILE - The Department of Justice seals is seen during a news conference at the DOJ office in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Man charged with plotting shooting at a Jewish center on anniversary of Hamas attack

A Pakistani man was arrested in Canada this week for plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, federal authorities announced.

Transmission lines connect to an SDG&E battery storage facility where a fire is ongoing. Sept. 6, 2024 in Escondido, Calif.

Escondido lithium battery fire out, evacuation orders lifted as county mulls over moratorium

The Board of Supervisors will take up an item placing a temporary pause on the application for new battery energy storage systems.

Valentina, 8, plays on the swings at Hilltop Park in West Chula Vista on Oct. 31, 2023. The ongoing closure of Harborside Park has drawn renewed attention to the unequal way that Chula Vista’s parks are distributed across the city.

Harborside Park closure highlights Chula Vista's parkland divide

East Chula Vista has almost three and a half times the amount of park space that the city’s west side has. City leaders say they are exploring some possible ways to address the disparity.

The littoral combat ship USS Manchester at sea from the air from the aft and port side of the ship.

'Heinous and egregious conduct' among one ship's chiefs in illegal Wi-Fi scheme, investigation says

Navy chiefs on the San Diego-based littoral combat ship USS Manchester purchased and installed a Starlink dish for personal, secret Wi-Fi network.

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