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Some effects of climate change are irreversible, but there's still hope

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with earth scientist Brian O'Neill about a new major United Nations report on climate change.

The CPSC commissioned new stock photos showing Americans with disabilities using a variety of home safety devices, including portable generators.

People with disabilities aren't often seen in stock photos. The CPSC is changing that

The Consumer Product Safety Commission took photos of people with disabilities using home safety devices like flashlights and smoke alarms — then put them in the public domain for anyone to use.

A Credit Suisse bank branch seen in Geneva. The bank was acquired by UBS on Sunday.

UBS to buy troubled Credit Suisse in deal brokered by Swiss government

UBS will buy rival Credit Suisse for more than $3 billion in a deal brokered by Swiss officials to try and prevent a banking crisis.

A volunteer helps set up snacks at a cooling center established to help vulnerable residents ride out the second dangerous heat wave to grip the Pacific Northwest last summer, on Aug. 11, 2021.

Extreme weather in the U.S. cost 688 lives and $145 billion last year, NOAA says

In an on overview published ahead of its full report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that 2021 ranked the third costliest on record for such events.

Members of the Writers Guild of America, WGA picket outside CBS Television City in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The first Hollywood strike in 15 years began Tuesday as the economic pressures of the streaming era prompted unionized TV and film writers to picket for better pay outside major studios, a work stoppage that already is leading most late-night shows to air reruns.

Hollywood writers strike declared over after boards vote to approve contract with studios

The vote came after numerous writers joined striking actors on picket lines.

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022.

Elizabeth Holmes loses her latest bid to avoid prison

In another ruling issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ordered Elizabeth Holmes to pay $452 million in restitution to the victims of her crimes.

Zania Muhammed comforts her malnourished son, Mazzam Brahim, in the emergency section for critical care patients at a hospital in N'djamena, Chad. The war in Ukraine has caused food prices to skyrocket, leaving many without enough to eat.

Even remote corners of Africa are feeling the costly impacts of war in Ukraine

In Chad, one of the continent's poorest countries, rising food and fuel prices — and drought — have left many hungry and unable to afford the limited food that is for sale.

Jakub Orlinski, the breakdancing countertenor, explores his Polish roots

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with rising opera star and break dancer Jakub Jozef Orlinski, whose new album "Farewells" is a collection of Polish opera classics, little known to the rest of the world.

Left: Nicole Jackson is co-organizer of Black Birders Week, and founder of Black in National Parks Week. Right: Tykee James is founder of Freedom Birders and the government affairs coordinator at the National Audubon Society.

Monuments And Teams Have Changed Names As America Reckons With Racism. Birds Are Next

As America tries to come to terms with its complicated racial past, efforts are underway to remove all eponymous bird names and to "decolonize the birding experience" to include more Black people.

A man walks by a burning car during clashes with police in Le Port on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on Friday over the fatal shooting by police of a 17-year-old in a Paris suburb.

France is roiled by protests after police killed a teenager. Here's why

More than 400 arrests were made in a fifth night of rioting around the country. Nahel M.'s killing is a rallying call, similar to how George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis sparked intense protests.

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