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Qing Bao, one of the Smithsonian National Zoo's new Giant Pandas, eats an apple on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. In November 2023, the National Zoo sent its three pandas — Tian Tian and Mei Xiang, who had lived there since 2000, and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — back to China, in advance of the expiration of their loan agreement and amidst rising tensions between the two countries.

Photos: See the pandas' official return to the National Zoo

Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are out of quarantine and in the spotlight after a three-month wait and 8,000 mile trip from China.

The National Zoo's first giant pandas, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, play in their yard in 1974 as onlookers watch.

The debut of new pandas in D.C. marks the latest chapter in China's 'panda diplomacy'

Friday's debut of new pandas at the National Zoo in D.C. is the latest chapter in a long tale of "panda diplomacy" between China and the rest of the world.

Rescue workers continue to search on Wednesday for Elizabeth Pollard, who is believed to have disappeared in a sinkhole while looking for her cat, in Marguerite, Pa.

Police say searchers in Pennsylvania don't expect to find woman in sinkhole alive

The search for a woman who is believed to have fallen into a sinkhole in western Pennsylvania is moving into a recovery effort after two days of searching produced no signs of life, authorities said.

A large study looked at 11- and 12-year-old children, and 72% of them had their own cellphone.

Tweens, screens and sleep: How parents can help kids get their zzzzz's

A large new study confirms what parents probably already suspect: Phones can keep tweens from getting a good night's sleep.

Top row (left to right): Carisa Sanders, Margi Peterson, Rae Earley. Bottom row (left to right): Amelia Grant, Martha Antolik, Benjamin Gregg.

What were the biggest life lessons in 2024? Here's what NPR listeners learned

The year is coming to an end and with it, many lessons were learned. Some of which could have altered how we move forward into the new year. NPR listeners provide insight on their lessons from 2024.

Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. That's easier said than done

One of Trump's executive orders moves to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Here's what you need to know about the legal principle and its possible future.

McKinsey & Company to pay $650 million for role in opioid crisis

The powerful consulting firm McKinsey will "accept responsibility" and pay $650 million for helping to fuel the opioid crisis, but executives will once again dodge prosecution.

The Constitution is held by a member of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2016.

An attorney general explains how states will fight Trump's birthright citizenship ban

The Trump administration is "twisting itself in knots" in trying to limit birthright citizenship and focus on deportations, argues New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at a ski resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, in northwest Turkey, on Tuesday.

At least 66 people killed in a fire at a ski resort in northwest Turkey

A fire raged through a popular ski resort south of Istanbul early Tuesday. The deadly fire broke out during a school holiday when the area's hotels are packed.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, Republican from New York, testifies on Jan. 21 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations.

Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador is Elise Stefanik. Here's what to know

Elise Stefanik was a key defender of then-President Donald Trump during his impeachment proceedings and she later grilled university presidents over what she described as antisemitism.

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