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Luis Cassiano is the founder of Teto Verde Favela, a nonprofit that teaches favela residents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, how to build their own green roofs as a way to beat the heat. He's photographed at his house, which has a green roof.

Cooling green roofs seemed like an impossible dream for Brazil's favelas. Not true!

Temps soar in Brazil's summer (from December to March). Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a typical design that's too heavy for a favela home.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon arrives to President Trump's joint address to Congress on March 4 in Washington, D.C.

Over 50 universities are under investigation as part of Trump's anti-DEI crackdown

The schools under scrutiny include dozens of state schools and two Ivy Leagues. A number of private schools are also being targeted, including Georgetown, Rice, Vanderbilt, and New York University.

A snowshoe trek in the Adirondack Mountains on a classic winter day

Snowshoeing in the Adirondacks on a winter day with chickadees for company

San Diego Housing Authority approves 5% pay rise for housing commission head

The pay bump for the San Diego Housing Commission's president and CEO comes as the agency cut a popular housing voucher program earlier this year and could face more cuts in the near future.

How Europeans are reacting to the Yemen war plans group chat

In Europe, there's now a sense of a "broken relationship" in discovering "the extent of American hostility," one French analyst says. "But like in love, there is life after a breakup."

From pointy hats to murder of innocents, 'The Story of Witches' revives the past

Willow Winsham's new book on witches, past and present, offers a fun, fast, well researched historical summary that is also a stunning work of art.

Inauguration preparations have shifted at the U.S. Capitol following the announcement that the ceremony will be moved indoors.

President-elect Donald Trump moves inauguration indoors, citing frigid temperatures

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he will move the inauguration ceremony indoors as Washington, DC prepares for record low temperatures. The ceremony will now take place inside the Capitol rotunda.

From dogs to rabbits, NPR readers share how adopting shelter pets impacted them

National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To bring awareness to the day, the Up First newsletter is sharing some stories from readers about how their pet has impacted their lives.

Clockwise from upper left: Mahamat Djouma, 14, fled the war in Sudan without parents and with his 5-year-old twin brothers, whom he now cares for. Eddie Almance (left) and his sister Leila of Texas pose before heading to prom. Their grandmother says that for seven generations, the family members have forged close bonds. A magnification of the anterior of the larva of the pork tapeworm. This year, the press reported on a past deposition by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that he had been infected by a parasitic worm. He did not specify the type but worm researchers believe it could have been a pork tapeworm. Simon Aniah, a 24-year-old from Ghana, burns electrical cables to recover the copper wiring.

These global stories were very, very, very popular in 2024

Our blog published hundreds of stories in 2024. These are the 11 that captured the most pageviews. If you look at the headlines, you'll understand why.

Altimeter in Black Hawk helicopter may have malfunctioned before DCA midair collision

The National Transportation Safety Board says altimeter in the Black Hawk helicopter may have malfunctioned before the DCA midair collision with an American Airlines jet. All 67 people aboard died.

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