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2 more hostages held in Gaza are freed, while Gaza officials say death toll tops 5,000

Hamas freed two hostages on Monday, the Red Cross said. About 220 people remain hostages in Gaza. Meanwhile, more than 5,000 Palestinians have died in Israeli airstrikes, Gaza officials said.

A Tesla car is displayed at a showroom and service center for the auto maker in Amsterdam on Oct. 23, 2019. Tesla recently cut prices across the board, a move with big potential ramifications for the automaker as well as for the industry.

Tesla slashed its prices across the board. We're now starting to see the consequences

Tesla's recent price cuts continue to reverberate, forcing Ford to follow suit while leaving Tesla owners feeling aggrieved. Here's how the move by the market leader has shaken the car industry.

De Winton's golden mole, a blind mole that lives beneath the sand, has been rediscovered in Port Nolloth, South Africa. The small mammal has evaded scientists for nearly 90 years, using sensitive hearing that can detect vibrations from movement above the surface.

Holy Mole-y: A sniffer dog helps rediscover a rare mole

The De Winton's golden mole was last spotted in 1936. But with the help of a mole-sniffing dog and new environmental DNA analysis, researchers are taking it off the most wanted lost species list.

<em>Murder in Boston</em> is a three-part docuseries about the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart by her husband Charles Stuart. But it wisely focuses not on the murder itself, but on the police investigation — both its origins and the deep scars it left.

'Murder in Boston' is what a docuseries should look like

In 1989 Charles Stuart killed his wife in what he claimed was a carjacking by a Black man. A series about that murder and the police investigation that followed is more than another true-crime story.

New York Assistant Attorney General Deanna Nelson (right) assists a soldier after leading a presentation about identity theft at Fort Drum, New York in 2017.

With steady paychecks and a nomadic lifestyle, military personnel are frequent targets for scams

AARP says military families and veterans are almost 40% more likely than civilians to become victims of scammers, and 80% of the attacks specifically take aim at their military benefits.

Tyler Childers will release a new album, <em>Rustin' in the Rain, </em>on Sept. 8. The video for the record's first single, "In Your Love," depicts a love story between two miners. Childers' friend and collaborator, the writer Silas House, says that he wanted to show that stories like this "are part of the story of Appalachia, too. These are human stories, not political stories."

Tyler Childers is back, and taking chances

The grassroots country star, whose fan base crosses lines of identity and politics, is releasing a song called "In Your Love," from a new album. Its video tells a queer, Appalachian love story.

This illustration photo taken in Los Angeles on April 20, 2023, shows Elon Musk's account on a smartphone. Under Musk as CEO, Twitter has changed how it labels accounts.

Twitter removes all labels about government ties from NPR and other outlets

The social media platform also dropped the "state-affiliated" label from propaganda outlets in Russia and China.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that Victor Manuel Rocha, the former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, has been charged with acting illegally as a foreign agent for the government of Cuba.

Former U.S. ambassador charged with being an agent for Cuba

Victor Manuel Rocha was a State Department employee for more than 20 years. Prosecutors say during that time and in the 20 years since, he acted as an illegal agent for Cuba.

Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives for a press conference in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia on Thursday in Steinhatchee, Fla.

Biden is touring Hurricane Idalia damage. But DeSantis doesn't have plans to meet him

President Biden had said he would meet with Gov. Ron DeSantis during a tour of hurricane damage on Saturday. But on Friday night, the governor's office threw cold water on the idea.

Michal Worke, an Israeli artist with Ethiopian roots, shares her studio space and artwork. Much of her work is devoted to a kidnapped Ethiopian Israeli citizen who has been held in Gaza for over nine years by Hamas.

Israel's forgotten hostage: Avera Mengistu remains in Hamas captivity after 9 years

Nine years ago, Mengistu was taken by Hamas. A deal on the release of some of the hostages taken on Oct. 7 doesn't appear to include him.

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