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Participants gather during an election night rally following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at Place de la Republique in Paris on Sunday.

French left coalition comes out on top in elections, in shock upset over the far right

Voters turned out at a rate not seen in decades. Polls showed the left-wing coalition New Popular Front gaining a majority of seats in parliament with the far-right National Rally in third place.

Scholar Says Prison Uprisings Usually Come After Basic Needs Aren't Met

Prof. Heather Ann Thompson talks about the inmate unrest following a deadly prison uprising in Delaware that left a corrections officer dead last week.

That big deal for Nvidia to buy computer chip giant Arm has come crashing down

SoftBank has dropped its plans to sell the British semiconductor and software design company Arm to U.S. chipmaker Nvidia. The Federal Trade Commission had sued to block the $40 billion deal.

The U.S. has come up with its own global strategy to thwart the next pandemic

The Biden administration has launched a new effort to improve the ability of the U.S. to prevent, detect and respond to global health threats. Some experts say the new strategy doesn't go far enough.

Nick Thurmer cleans out Camilla Brubaker’s home in Bokeelia on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Brubaker got some flooding in Hurricane Ian and even more in Hurricane Helene. Thurmer and many other volunteers are working with the Greater Pine Island Alliance to clean out and eventually repair homes damaged by Hurricane Helene. The alliance is still working to repair homes from damage done by Hurricane Ian as well.

Pine Island 'Strong' comes from neighbors helping neighbors as a hurricane again swamps homes

In a lot of places, when adversity hits, they slap a label ending with the descriptive “Strong" on the response. For Pine Island residents, that response means more than just a label, it's a motivation for neighbors lending a hand to neighbors.One organization that takes that spirit to heart — the Greater Pine Island Alliance — has been in full help mode for over a week with volunteers assisting residents picking up the pieces after Hurricane Helene blew past Southwest Florida.

Prakash Amte, pictured with a hyena, founded a clinic and a school in a remote jungle in the center of India.

What Makes A Do-Gooder Do Good? And How Come We Sometimes Resent Them?

In her new book Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar looks at the motives and methods of people who help others — and the reaction of the less altruistic crowd.

Mortgage rates have ticked up recently despite the Federal Reserve's recent rate cut.

Mortgage rates were supposed to come down. Instead, they're rising. Here's why

Mortgage rates are ticking up, even after the Federal Reserve has started cutting interest rates. Here's why, and where rates — and home sales — could go from here.

COVID Booster Shots Are Coming. But Most Of The World Hasn't Gotten Its First Vaccine

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Dr. Krishna Udayakumar, Director of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, about inequities in global vaccine access.

This senator tells NPR why he's leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next

The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.

Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks via video at a funeral service for George Floyd in Houston Monday.

Joe Biden Has Come A Long Way On Criminal Justice Reform. Progressives Want More

The former vice president is calling for broad reforms to policing and criminal justice in the wake of George Floyd's killing. Progressives are cautiously optimistic, but want to see more.

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