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U.S. Marshals prepare to take Theodore Kaczynski down the steps at the federal courthouse to a waiting vehicle on June 21, 1996, in Helena, Mont. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press on Saturday that Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber," has died in federal prison.

Ted Kaczynski, known as the 'Unabomber,' has died in prison at age 81

Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday.

A school of fish swim above corals on Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022. United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a treaty to safeguard the world's marine biodiversity.

U.N. talks to safeguard the world's marine biodiversity will pick back up this week

The goal of the U.N. meetings is to produce a unified agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of the world's vast marine ecosystems.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria as seen under a microscope. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 68 people have become infected with a drug-resistant strain of the bacteria, with many infections linked to the use of contaminated eye drops.

The FDA warns consumers to stop using 2 more eyedrop products due to contamination

The warning comes after an earlier outbreak of infections from drug-resistant bacteria causing illness in at least 81 patients across the U.S. The strain has been linked to recalled eyedrops.

A group of Oceanside residents put up signs against the Eddie Jones Warehouse project near the warehouse site in Oceanside, Calif. February 17, 2023.

Residents push back against a warehouse development in Oceanside

A group of Oceanside residents is opposing a plan to build a warehouse they say is the size of 10 football fields.

People wait in line at a walk-up vaccination site in Washington, D.C., in November 2021.

What lessons have we learned from the COVID pandemic?

The nonpartisan Covid Crisis Group has released its investigative report, titled "Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report." This is what it found.

Black's Beach in San Diego is shown on March 20, 2023.

This year among the deadliest in recent history for maritime smuggling along San Diego’s coast

The Blacks Beach tragedy — what could be one of the deadliest maritime smuggling attempts in San Diego history — highlights the grave reality of the risks that migrants south of the border are willing to take to reach the U.S. Immigration advocates say restrictive border policies have made those migrants increasingly desperate.

NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 5, 2023.

Biden's national security adviser is hopeful war over Taiwan can be prevented

In an exclusive interview at the White House, Jake Sullivan spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep. They discussed China-Taiwan tensions, the war in Ukraine, and his upcoming trip to Israel.

Afrigen Biologics staff members in the company's lab in Cape Town, South Africa. Afrigen is working on a project to figure out how to manufacture the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine — part of an effort to address global health inequities.

African scientists say Western aid to fight pandemic is backfiring. Here's their plan

Monkeypox is the latest case of how global health inequities persist. Vaccines went to the rich world while Africa lacks access. African scientists call for a bold plan to protect against pathogens.

Following the U.S., Australia says it will remove Chinese-made surveillance cameras

Australia will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said Thursday after the U.S. and Britain made similar moves.

Project developers plan to build carbon capture pipelines connecting dozens of Midwestern ethanol refineries, such as this one in Chancellor, S.D., shown on July 22, 2021.

EPA seeks to mandate more use of ethanol and other biofuels

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed increasing the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the nation's fuel supplies over the next three years.

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