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We spoke to older voters about Trump and Biden's age. We saw 3 recurring themes

In the next presidential election, voters might choose between the oldest would-be president ever, and the second oldest. NPR talked with seniors about electing a president their age.

Ibrahim, 12, speaks to his grandmother, who lives in Gaza, from his home in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Jan. 31. The family did not want to use their full names out of fear of reprisals from Israeli authorities.

Destruction from the war with Israel has cut Gaza off from the outside world

Spotty internet and cell services, blackouts and the destruction of infrastructure in Gaza during Israel's war with Hamas have hampered aid and medical services and keeping in touch with loved ones.

Kymberly Hobbs next to her brother, Charles Givens, around 2004. Hobbs is suing five Virginia correctional officers for the alleged beating death of Givens.

They said her disabled brother died in prison naturally. A lawsuit alleges otherwise

On Feb. 5, 2022, Charles Givens was found unresponsive in his cell at Marion Correctional Treatment Center. An autopsy and other documentation indicate Givens suffered a beating, a lawsuit alleges.

Virginia Norwood sits at the Storm Detector Radar Set at the Army Signal Corps Laboratories in New Jersey in a photo displayed at the Institute for Radio Engineers Convention, Spring 1950.

Virginia Norwood, a pioneer in satellite land imaging, dies at age 96

Norwood is best known for developing the Multispectral Scanner System that flew on the first Landsat satellite. That was the first satellite launched to study and monitor Earth's landmasses.

Allie Harrison, a student of Lassen Community College in Susanville on June 9, 2023.

‘Everybody assumes that it’s like the rest of California and it’s not’: Rural LGBTQ+ students and administrators describe campus strife

In rural and conservative-leaning towns and cities across California, LGBTQ+ student groups are small in number and face homophobic and transphobic incidents.

Actor Mark Ruffalo poses during his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2024.

Mark Ruffalo shed the Hulk suit and had 'a blast' making 'Poor Things'

A bawdy, dark comedy set in Victorian times, Poor Things was a departure from Ruffalo's prior work in movies like Zodiac and Spotlight, and his Marvel role as the Incredible Hulk.

A soldier sits next to a fake inflatable tank used by the U.S. Army during World War II. The inflatables and other decoys were deployed in Europe to fool enemy troops about the positions and movements of real Army units.

With fake weapons and phony uniforms, they helped win WWII. Now, they're finally getting medals.

The U.S. will bestow Congressional Gold Medals on members of a secret Army unit that carried out what came to be known as psychological operations.

A student works on crafts in her transitional kindergarten classroom in Alpine, Nov. 29, 2022.

Child care providers are a casualty of California's transitional kindergarten

An unintended consequence of the state's multibillion-dollar early education program is the damage being done to the business model of traditional child care providers.

Mountaineers make their way to the summit of Mount Everest, as they ascend on the south face from Nepal on May 17, 2018.

Opinion: A lifesaving moment at Mount Everest

Against a backdrop of another deadly climbing season on Mount Everest, NPR's Scott Simon contemplates one story of sacrifice and heroism.

"I love being a mom, but I want to play somebody who pushes the story along," says actor Molly Ringwald. She plays Joanne Carson, ex-wife of Johnny Carson, in<em> Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.</em>

Molly Ringwald breaks free from 'mom purgatory' in 'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans'

Ringwald represented teen angst in '80s films like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. She says early success led to her being typecast, but adds, "I'm really happy with where I'm at right now."

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