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Costa Rica's Ian Lawrence, right, vies for the ball with U.S. player DeAndre Yedlin during their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 CONCACAF qualifier match in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Wednesday.

The U.S. men's soccer team qualifies for the World Cup despite its loss to Costa Rica

The U.S. will learn on Friday which three nations it will face in the group stage of the World Cup, which starts Nov. 21. The men's team returns after a 2018 loss that broke its qualifying streak.

An iceberg is seen off Ammassalik Island in Eastern Greenland. Denmark, together with Greenland, will claim around 350,000 square miles of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean, in an area around the North Pole.

Melting ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches

Greenland has more than 120 trillion tons of ice, sometimes called Zombie ice, that's going to raise sea level globally by at least 10 inches.

Composer and trumpeter Etienne Charles, in a portrait taken inside the newly renovated David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center.

Revisiting San Juan Hill, the neighborhood destroyed to make way for Lincoln Center

In New York City, the area dominated by Lincoln Center was formerly home to Black and Puerto Rican communities. Etienne Charles' new musical work addresses that difficult past.

When you check one of the watches made by Kevin Bertolero, you'll find tiny magnetic ducks instead of the time.

Rubber ducky watches that don't tell time clock in TikTok views

"How many times do you look at a clock, or look at time, and are happy?" says Kevin Bertolero, the maker of watches that feature tiny rubber duckies instead of numbers.

Bathroom faucets are displayed at the Brothers Plumbing Store in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, April 9, 2015.

California approves microplastics testing of drinking water sources

The state is the first in the world to require monitoring for tiny pieces of plastic, which contaminate people and wildlife globally.

Students from George Washington University wear their graduation gowns outside the White House in May.

Americans support student loan forgiveness, but would rather rein in college costs

A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds majority support for forgiving $10,000 in federal student loan debt, but even broader support for making college affordable for future students.

Abortion rights activists rally at the Texas State Capitol on Sept. 11 in Austin in opposition to a restrictive new abortion law.

The provisions in Texas' restrictive abortion law are not popular, an NPR poll finds

A clear majority of Americans, including most Republicans, opposes key provisions of the controversial new Texas abortion law, the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.

Naisha Wright, aunt of Daunte Wright, pauses after speaking during a news conference in April, in Minneapolis. Wright tells NPR that true justice would be to bring Daunte Wright back, but that Potter's conviction provides accountability.

Daunte Wright's aunt says Kim Potter's conviction is 'bittersweet'

Family members says they're happy about the guilty verdict for the former police officer, who fatally shot Wright in April. But they say it's not true justice.

An aerial view of The Oval, on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio State is raising millions to erase student loan debt for undergrads

Undergraduates at the school finish their degree with an average of $27,000 in student loan debt. A new program could make that number zero.

Last minute resistance at the COP26 summit over efforts to phase out coal left many countries disappointed, but the agreement still marked new progress.

Here's what world leaders agreed to — and what they didn't — at the U.N. climate summit

Intense climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, brought about major breakthroughs and compromises, as world leaders sought to avert extreme climate change.

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