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Workers walk in the Zubair oil field, whose operations have being reduced since the start of the Iran war, near Basra, Iraq, March 28.

U.S. says pipelines will make Strait of Hormuz irrelevant. Energy experts disagree

Treasure Secretary Scott Bessent said oil pipelines will make Strait of Hormuz irrelevant in two years. Energy experts say that is unlikely to happen.

People line up before their hearings at the New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court in October 2025.

'Hidden tribunals': Immigration court due process in tumult with new locations

The new effort appears to be another tactic in a broader Trump administration strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already limited due process options in order to speed deportations.

Patients sit in a clinic in Gaza City run by Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, on Dec. 31, 2025.

Inside a Gaza medical clinic at risk of shutting down after an Israeli ban

A recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise.

Will even one of the U.N.'s 17 'sustainable development goals' be met by 2030?

The 17 goals agreed upon by world leaders are incredibly ambitious. Are we even close to achieving any of them? If we don't, is the project a failure?

Yemen's Houthi armed forces patrol as Yemeni prisoners loyal to the Houthi authorities arrive in the capital Sanaa on Sep. 12, after being released on the west coast where they were being held by Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces.

Houthis try to push deeper into western Yemen, upending life, witnesses tell NPR

As the U.S. conflict with Iran drags, the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have opened a new front, taking new territory and displacing more than 100,000 people.

Wayne Thomas introduces himself to a group during the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice at Pickaway Correctional Institution. It's a program that connects those inside and out of prison.

One project is changing Ohioans' perspective on prison — through conversation

The Frederick Douglass Project for Justice brings those inside and outside of prisons together to build community and break stereotypes.

A man stands at a microphone and dozens of people sit in chairs behind him

‘Hardest decision’: Clark County bans utility-scale solar, wind in unincorporated areas

A public hearing Wednesday allowed people to voice their opinions on a proposed ban on utility-scale wind and solar projects in parts of Clark County.

American servicemen enjoy a hot cup of coffee at a Salvation Army hut in New York, circa 1918. During World War I, instant coffee was a key provision for soldiers on the front. They called it a "cup of George."

In WWI Trenches, Instant Coffee Gave Troops A Much-Needed Boost

One hundred years ago today, the U.S. entered World War I. American GIs marched into battle armed with one important — and then still-novel — item to give them a jolt of energy and raise morale.

Karen Handel, in a congressional seat runoff, pictured when she was a vice president at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. She landed in controversy there about Planned Parenthood funding.

Ga. Republican, At Center Of Planned Parenthood Controversy, Back In Spotlight

Karen Handel kept her distance from Trump in the Georgia special election, but her efforts to strip Planned Parenthood of its funding from the Susan G. Komen foundation could keep liberals fired up.

The 25th Anniversary Of David Sedaris Reading 'Santaland Diaries'

Before he became a best-selling writer and humorist, David Sedaris worked as a department store elf. We bring you the 25th anniversary of David Sedaris reading from his essay "Santaland Diaries."

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