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Author Sophie Kinsella, who penned the 'Shopaholic' books, has died at 55 - 2025-12-10T09:48:23-05:00
The author, whose real name was Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in late 2022.

The fight to beat neglected tropical diseases was going well. 2025 could change that - 2025-12-10T08:39:03-05:00
The campaign to prevent and treat these diseases has seen great success thanks to a USAID program. Now that program is gone.

Greetings from Andhra Pradesh, India, where a fragrant food stand feeds working women - 2025-12-10T08:38:22-05:00
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Machado's daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Venezuelan opposition leader's absence - 2025-12-10T08:03:12-05:00
Machado — who has been in hiding for nearly a year — was still expected in Oslo later in the day.

The Fed is expected to cut rates. And, Afghan CIA fighters feel abandoned by the U.S. - 2025-12-10T06:47:30-05:00
The divided Federal Reserve is considering cutting interest rates today. And, Afghans in the U.S. who fought for the CIA say they feel abandoned by the agency.

Border Patrol left Charlotte. The damage stayed behind. - 2025-12-10T05:00:00-05:00
The Border Patrol's enforcement surge in Charlotte, N.C. lasted just about a week. Residents picking up the pieces in its aftermath say doing so is going to take a lot longer than that.

Trump's SAVE tool is looking for noncitizen voters. But it's flagging U.S. citizens too - 2025-12-10T05:00:00-05:00
Anthony Nel, of Texas, became a U.S. citizen as a teen. But a flaw in a Trump administration citizenship tool flagged him as a potential noncitizen, which led to his voter registration being canceled.

How Trump is remaking one agency to aid his deportation push - 2025-12-10T05:00:00-05:00
The Trump administration's changes to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are taking an axe to the agency's traditional mission of ensuring people lawfully immigrate and stay in the U.S.

Education Department recalls fired attorneys amid civil rights complaint backlog - 2025-12-10T05:00:00-05:00
The department said recalling these fired staffers would "bolster and refocus" civil rights enforcement "in a way that serves and benefits parents, students, and families."

Feeling burned out? There's a word for that in Mandarin Chinese - 2025-12-10T05:00:00-05:00
How an obscure term used in anthropology leaped from the pages of academia into the Chinese meme world and then became part of Chinese government policymaking.