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<em>Gender Queer</em> was one of the most banned and restricted titles in American libraries in 2022.

Book bans are getting everyone's attention — including Biden's. Here's why

Everyone from the president of the United States to community organizers are paying attention to this obstinate trend.

White House Intergovernmental Affairs director Julie Chávez Rodriguez in 2021. Chávez Rodriguez was deputy campaign manager for the Biden-Harris campaign, in part helping to court Latino voters.

Who is Julie Chávez Rodriguez, Biden's reelection campaign manager?

The granddaughter of the late labor leader César Chávez, Julia Chávez Rodriguez has a background in community organizing, politics and government.

Biden warns of rights under threat from Trump and 'MAGA extremists' in reelect launch

In announcing his bid in a video Tuesday, President Biden says he cast his decision to run again as a fight for personal freedoms.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson speaks at a National Review Institute event on March 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. The network abruptly announced it would "part ways" with Carlson on Monday.

Tucker Carlson ousted at Fox News following network's $787 million settlement

Fox News announced in an abrupt statement it will "part ways" with longtime host Tucker Carlson, seen by many as the face of the network's brand. The star figured prominently in the Dominion lawsuit.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waits to speak during a press conference on Jan. 24, 2023. Bass hopes to spend an unprecedented $1.3 billion towards programs to address homelessness in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles mayor says she needs $1.3 billion to address homelessness in the city

Mayor Karen Bass says she told President Biden he could significantly reduce homelessness in the U.S. by helping to find shelter for the roughly 40,000 people in LA who are currently unhoused.

Officers from the state-run Capitol Police and the city-run Jackson Police Department stand watch outside a Jackson, Miss., church where a community meeting was held to addresses youth crime issues on Feb. 14.

The NAACP is suing Mississippi over an expanded role for state-run police in Jackson

The NAACP says "separate and unequal policing" will return to Mississippi's majority-Black capital under a state-run police department.

What happens next for mifepristone in the courts

The abortion pill mifepristone will remain available in the U.S., for now. NPR's Adrian Florido talks to Julie Rovner of KFF Health News.

A team of explorers announced it found the sunken Japanese ship Montevideo Maru that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia's largest maritime wartime loss: 1,080 lives.

Explorers find a World War II ship that was sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs aboard

The Japanese ship Montevideo Maru wasn't marked as carrying POWs, and on July 1, 1942, a U.S. submarine fired four torpedoes, sinking the vessel in less than 10 minutes.

Nagwa Khalid Hamad, who died when mortar hit her home in Khartoum, at a wedding in in 2019. Her son says: "I don't even recall whose wedding it was but all i can remember is my brother, sister, mom and myself were there and we were happy." He describes her as "a very calm person." If he was upset, he says, "she would say to just take it in, just breathe it in and don't worry about it."

His mom — a doctor and 'a true angel' — died when mortar struck her home in Sudan

Nagwa Khalid Hamad, 66, was one of at least 400 killed since conflict erupted last Saturday. Her son spoke to NPR about her death and life — and what she meant to him, to family and to her patients.

International officials meet in Germany to coordinate weapons deliveries for Ukraine

Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine as regional and international defense officials meet in Germany to coordinate delivery of weapons and other equipment to Ukraine.

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