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Sharon Macharia read in a Kenyan newspaper that baby bottles would be banned. As a working mom, she depends on bottles to feed her youngest baby. She was happy to learn that the report was untrue — although the government is introducing a new law to clamp down on ads that promote the use of baby formula.

There's a baby formula controversy in Kenya, too. But shortages are not the issue

Some media reports say the government is banning baby bottles. Not true. A new law clamps down on advertising for bottles and infant formula. But bottle users are still concerned.

San Diego police officers walk towards a group of protesters, June 1, 2020.

San Diego Police Department proposes rules on its use of military-style gear

The proposals, available for community review on the police department's website, will be the subject of several municipal public meetings in the coming weeks ahead of the review, input and approval of the San Diego City Council.

This synthetic fish is powered by human heart cells. Scientists say that they could help lead the way toward building replacement hearts from human tissue.

Watch these robotic fish swim to the beat of human heart cells

Tiny, robotic fish powered by human heart cells suggest that scientists are getting closer to their goal of building replacement hearts from living tissue.

Video analysis reveals Russian attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant veered near disaster

An NPR analysis of security footage and photos following the attack on Europe's largest nuclear power plant shows that many of the plant's critical safety systems were in the field of Russian fire.

A stacker-reclaimer next to a stockpile of coal at the Newcastle Coal Terminal in Newcastle, New South Wales. Australia is a major coal producer. A new draft agreement at the climate summit in Scotland calls for ending coal power.

Draft agreement at the COP26 climate summit looks to rapidly speed up emissions cuts

The draft, circulated at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, calls for an end to coal power and more rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

Euclid Court Apartments, an affordable housing complex in City Heights is pictured on May 27, 2021.

Gloria Introduces Housing Initiatives Designed To Create More Affordable Homes

Mayor Todd Gloria announced a package of initiatives Monday aimed at producing more homes across the city that residents of all income levels can afford.

Painter Irfan Mohammad works on a truck at a sprawling workshop in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

These eye-popping, hand-painted trucks rule Pakistan's roads

Around the world, trucks are essential everyday vehicles. In Pakistan, trucks are also canvases for dazzling works of art. Truck art has served a social good too, and helped recover missing children.

Fitbit has received dozens of reports that the lithium-ion battery in the Ionic smartwatch watch overheating and have caused burn injuries.

Fitbit recalls 1.7 million smartwatches with a battery that can overheat and burn you

The recall was issued Wednesday following a slew of reports of the watch battery overheating, including at least 115 incidents in the U.S. and another 59 internationally.

In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, Kevin Faulconer speaks during the California GOP fall convention in Indian Wells, Calif.

GOP's Faulconer Pitches Tax Cut Plan For California

Republican Kevin Faulconer wants to eliminate state income taxes for households making up to $100,000 as part of a proposal to make California more affordable for the middle class.

Fourth-grader Lucy Kramer (foreground) does schoolwork at her home, as her mother, Daisley, helps her younger sister, Meg, who is in kindergarten, in 2020 in San Anselmo, Calif.

Raising kids is 'Essential Labor.' It's also lonely, exhausting and expensive

In her book, author Angela Garbes makes the case that the work of raising children has always been undervalued and undercompensated in the U.S. Then came the pandemic, and everything got harder.

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