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Postal traffic to US plummets 80%•1Kby Chandelis Duster / 4hThe de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (Image credit: Mario Tama) New hypertension guidelines emphasize lifestyle•200+by Allison Aubrey / 11hNew recommendations for early treatment for hypertension to prevent strokes, heart attacks and dementia come as an experimental medication is shown to lower blood pressure in hard to treat patients. 62by Suzanne Nuyen / 11hSept. 7 is National Grandparents Day. NPR readers shared the joys of becoming grandparents and offered some sage advice.
Postal traffic to US plummets 80%
1Kby Chandelis Duster / 4h
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (Image credit: Mario Tama)
New hypertension guidelines emphasize lifestyle
200+by Allison Aubrey / 11h
New recommendations for early treatment for hypertension to prevent strokes, heart attacks and dementia come as an experimental medication is shown to lower blood pressure in hard to treat patients.
62by Suzanne Nuyen / 11h
Sept. 7 is National Grandparents Day. NPR readers shared the joys of becoming grandparents and offered some sage advice.
Today
by John Otis / 8hColombia's only Amazon port town could soon be cut off from the river that keeps it alive. As drought and a shifting river spark a tense border dispute with Peru, locals are scrambling to adapt—and politicians are raising flags, literally. (Image credit: John Otis) Korean workers detained in Georgia•22by The Associated Press / 11hMore than 300 South Korean workers were detained in an immigration raid on Thursday. Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik said South Korea plans to send a charter plane to bring the workers home. (Image credit: Corey Bullard) Pope Leo XIV canonizes Carlo Acutis•by Ruth Sherlock / 11hThe Catholic Church is about to canonize its first saint of the millennial generation.
by John Otis / 8h
Colombia's only Amazon port town could soon be cut off from the river that keeps it alive. As drought and a shifting river spark a tense border dispute with Peru, locals are scrambling to adapt—and politicians are raising flags, literally. (Image credit: John Otis)
Korean workers detained in Georgia
22by The Associated Press / 11h
More than 300 South Korean workers were detained in an immigration raid on Thursday. Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik said South Korea plans to send a charter plane to bring the workers home. (Image credit: Corey Bullard)
Pope Leo XIV canonizes Carlo Acutis
by Ruth Sherlock / 11h
The Catholic Church is about to canonize its first saint of the millennial generation.
Yesterday
Ishihara resigns as Prime Minister•100+by The Associated Press / 13hJapan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention on Sunday to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parliamentary election. (Image credit: Philip Fong) 1Kby Geoff Brumfiel / 13h"The AI Bible is a way to really bring these stories to life in a way that people have never seen before. Think of if we were like, the Marvel Universe of faith," said one of the site's creators. (Image credit: Courtesy Pray.com ) Pope Leo XIV canonizes Carlo Acutis•1Kby Ruth Sherlock / 14hCarlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at 15 in 2006, is known in the Catholic Church as "God's influencer" for harnessing technology to spread the word about miracles. (Image credit: Valerio Muscella for NPR) Russia launches record drone attack•500+by The Associated Press / 15hRussia hit Ukraine's capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack on the country since the war began. (Image credit: Evgeniy Maloletka) Harrison Bader helps young fan•500+by Chandelis Duster / 21hA boy in the stands of a Philadelphia Phillies game thought he'd scored a baseball hit by Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader, until another fan insisted the ball was hers. (Image credit: Megan Briggs) Hind Rajab film wins Venice acclaim•300+by The Associated Press / 1dFather Mother Sister Brother Jim Jarmusch's quietly humorous relationship triptych won the top prize on Saturday. The film about the relationships between siblings, and with their parents, stars Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchett. (Image credit: Scott Garfitt) ICE raids Hyundai Georgia plant•6Kby Debbie Elliott / 1dSouth Korea's foreign minister is considering a trip to the U.S. to meet with the Trump administration after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested in Georgia at an electric vehicle battery plant. (Image credit: Parker Puls) Davey Johnson dies at 82•300+by The Associated Press / 1dDavey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, died Friday. (Image credit: Susan Walsh) by Hansi Lo Wang / 1dThe congressional redistricting fights that President Trump has sparked in Texas, California and Missouri are leading some advocacy groups to reconsider their position on partisan gerrymandering. Ken Dryden passes away at 78•300+by The Associated Press / 1dDryden backstopped the NHL's most successful franchise to championships in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-71 to '78-79. He died after a fight with cancer. (Image credit: ) Susan Stamberg retires from NPR•1Kby Scott Simon / 1dAll Things Considered, NPR Founding Mother Susan Stamberg is retiring. She became the first woman to anchor a nightly national news program in 1972, and helped loosen up the serious, stodgy sound of radio hosts. 300+by Gabrielle Emanuel / 1dIn Zambia, we met people who are HIV positive, couldn't get drugs to suppress the virus after U.S. aid cuts and were seeing symptoms. We checked in on them — and the man who's been their champion. (Image credit: Ben de la Cruz/NPR) Harlem Hellfighters receive Gold Medal•1Kby Alana Wise / 1dThe Harlem Hellfighters, who became legends for their service during World War I, were honored this week with a Congressional Gold Medal. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik) 2Kby Pien Huang / 1dAs federal health agencies change their approach to vaccine policy leaving access for COVID shots uncertain, some states are taking things into their own hands. (Image credit: Spencer Platt) HHS report links acetaminophen to autism•1Kby Yuki Noguchi / 1dA report that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has promised will come out this month will look at the causes of autism. Many worry it will have claims unsupported by science.
Ishihara resigns as Prime Minister
100+by The Associated Press / 13h
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention on Sunday to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parliamentary election. (Image credit: Philip Fong)
1Kby Geoff Brumfiel / 13h
"The AI Bible is a way to really bring these stories to life in a way that people have never seen before. Think of if we were like, the Marvel Universe of faith," said one of the site's creators. (Image credit: Courtesy Pray.com )
Pope Leo XIV canonizes Carlo Acutis
1Kby Ruth Sherlock / 14h
Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at 15 in 2006, is known in the Catholic Church as "God's influencer" for harnessing technology to spread the word about miracles. (Image credit: Valerio Muscella for NPR)
Russia launches record drone attack
500+by The Associated Press / 15h
Russia hit Ukraine's capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack on the country since the war began. (Image credit: Evgeniy Maloletka)
Harrison Bader helps young fan
500+by Chandelis Duster / 21h
A boy in the stands of a Philadelphia Phillies game thought he'd scored a baseball hit by Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader, until another fan insisted the ball was hers. (Image credit: Megan Briggs)
Hind Rajab film wins Venice acclaim
300+by The Associated Press / 1d
Father Mother Sister Brother Jim Jarmusch's quietly humorous relationship triptych won the top prize on Saturday. The film about the relationships between siblings, and with their parents, stars Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchett. (Image credit: Scott Garfitt)
ICE raids Hyundai Georgia plant
6Kby Debbie Elliott / 1d
South Korea's foreign minister is considering a trip to the U.S. to meet with the Trump administration after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested in Georgia at an electric vehicle battery plant. (Image credit: Parker Puls)
Davey Johnson dies at 82
300+by The Associated Press / 1d
Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, died Friday. (Image credit: Susan Walsh)
by Hansi Lo Wang / 1d
The congressional redistricting fights that President Trump has sparked in Texas, California and Missouri are leading some advocacy groups to reconsider their position on partisan gerrymandering.
Ken Dryden passes away at 78
300+by The Associated Press / 1d
Dryden backstopped the NHL's most successful franchise to championships in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-71 to '78-79. He died after a fight with cancer. (Image credit: )
Susan Stamberg retires from NPR
1Kby Scott Simon / 1d
All Things Considered, NPR Founding Mother Susan Stamberg is retiring. She became the first woman to anchor a nightly national news program in 1972, and helped loosen up the serious, stodgy sound of radio hosts.
300+by Gabrielle Emanuel / 1d
In Zambia, we met people who are HIV positive, couldn't get drugs to suppress the virus after U.S. aid cuts and were seeing symptoms. We checked in on them — and the man who's been their champion. (Image credit: Ben de la Cruz/NPR)
Harlem Hellfighters receive Gold Medal
1Kby Alana Wise / 1d
The Harlem Hellfighters, who became legends for their service during World War I, were honored this week with a Congressional Gold Medal. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)
2Kby Pien Huang / 1d
As federal health agencies change their approach to vaccine policy leaving access for COVID shots uncertain, some states are taking things into their own hands. (Image credit: Spencer Platt)
HHS report links acetaminophen to autism
1Kby Yuki Noguchi / 1d
A report that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has promised will come out this month will look at the causes of autism. Many worry it will have claims unsupported by science.
Sep 5, 2025
US government acquires Intel stake•200+by John Ruwitch / 1dIn the past, the federal government has taken stakes in American companies during wars or economic crises. But now the government's motivation has more to do with the race for AI chips and technology. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan) Chicago faces violent Labor Day weekend•6Kby Juliana Kim / 1dPresident Trump threatened the city with the deportation of undocumented immigrants, posting a reference to the film Apocalypse Now with the quote: "I love the smell of deportations in the morning." (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster) 100+by Omkar Khandekar / 1dIn India's bustling megacities, honking is a common form of communication among drivers. But in this case, one person's language is another person's noise pollution. (Image credit: Raju Shinde) Judge blocks Trump protections end•3Kby The Associated Press / 1dA federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections for more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela who live in the United States. (Image credit: Gerald Herbert) Alcaraz reaches US Open semifinals•200+by The Associated Press / 1dSinner is trying to become the first repeat men's champion in New York since Roger Federer won the tournament five years in a row. Alcaraz hasn't dropped a set as he pursues his second U.S. Open title. (Image credit: Seth Wenig) Anthropic settles copyright lawsuit for $1.5B•100+by Chloe Veltman / 1dA U.S. district court is scheduled to consider whether to approve the settlement next week, in a case that marked the first substantive decision on how fair use applies to generative AI systems. (Image credit: Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images) FTC acts against noncompete agreements•500+by Andrea Hsu / 2dFederal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has called his agency's rule banning noncompetes unconstitutional. Still, he says protecting workers against noncompetes remains a priority. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch) Anthropic settles copyright lawsuit for $1.5B•45by The Associated Press / 2dThe artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay authors $3,000 per book in a landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material. (Image credit: Richard Drew) BLS leadership change raises concerns•500+by Andrea Hsu / 2dA strongly-worded statement from Bureau of Labor Statistics workers comes a month after President Trump attacked the integrity of the jobs numbers they release monthly. (Image credit: Andrea Hsu) Bailey appointed FBI co-deputy director•1Kby Jason Rosenbaum, St. Louis Public Radio / 2dAndrew Bailey rose quickly to be state attorney general of Missouri where he built a record for fighting abortion and defending Donald Trump. Now he's a co-deputy director of the FBI. (Image credit: Brian Munoz) Judge blocks National Guard deployment•1Kby Rachel Treisman / 2dEven after a federal court ruled his use of the National Guard in LA was illegal, the president has weighed sending troops to Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans. Here's where things stand in those cities. (Image credit: Kamil Krzaczynski) Senator defends vaccine conspiracy claims•3Kby Obed Manuel / 2dSen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, says Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is "not following the science," like he said he would during his confirmation hearings earlier this year. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik) Hundreds of South Koreans detained•1Kby The Associated Press / 2d"The business activities of our investors and the rights of our nationals must not be unjustly infringed," a foreign ministry spokesman said after about 300 South Koreans were detained. (Image credit: Mike Stewart) 7Kby Anastasia Tsioulcas / 2dSen. Alex Padilla of California and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress." (Image credit: Alex Wong) 70by Diaa Hadid / 2dFar-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Israel demolishes Gaza towers amid conflict•500+by Aya Batrawy / 2dIsrael's military says it has gained "operational control" of 40% of Gaza City and plans to intensify its attacks in a large-scale ground offensive to fully occupy the city. (Image credit: Anas Baba) 2Kby Scott Horsley / 2dThe U.S. job market showed more signs of weakness Friday, as the Labor Department reported just 22,000 jobs added in August. Revised figures show the economy lost jobs in June, for the first time since the pandemic winter of 2020. (Image credit: Frederic J. Brown) RFK Jr. testifies before Senate Finance•by Selena Simmons-Duffin / 2dRobert F. Kennedy Jr. was questioned by senators from both parties on Thursday about vaccine access and more. NPR analyzes the health secretary's nearly three-hour appearance. 500+by Brittney Melton / 2dRobert F. Kennedy Jr. tries to defend his actions regarding vaccines in a Senate hearing. And, a European coalition announces a plan for Ukraine's post-war security. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik) Solar flares hotter than expected•200+by Nell Greenfieldboyce / 2dThe hottest parts of the sun are its solar flares, and a new study suggests these flares could be more than six times hotter than scientists used to believe. (Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Solar Dynamics Observatory) 100+by Jan Camenzind Broomby / 2dA new poll shows a majority of Chinese people see competition with the U.S. as a threat, but there is a split on what role Beijing should take on in the world stage. (Image credit: Rafiq Maqbool) 2Kby Jon Hamilton / 2dstudy People with generalized anxiety disorder improved significantly after they got a single dose of LSD powerful enough to induce a psychedelic trip. (Image credit: mikkelwilliam/iStockphoto)
US government acquires Intel stake
200+by John Ruwitch / 1d
In the past, the federal government has taken stakes in American companies during wars or economic crises. But now the government's motivation has more to do with the race for AI chips and technology. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan)
Chicago faces violent Labor Day weekend
6Kby Juliana Kim / 1d
President Trump threatened the city with the deportation of undocumented immigrants, posting a reference to the film Apocalypse Now with the quote: "I love the smell of deportations in the morning." (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster)
100+by Omkar Khandekar / 1d
In India's bustling megacities, honking is a common form of communication among drivers. But in this case, one person's language is another person's noise pollution. (Image credit: Raju Shinde)
Judge blocks Trump protections end
3Kby The Associated Press / 1d
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections for more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela who live in the United States. (Image credit: Gerald Herbert)
Alcaraz reaches US Open semifinals
200+by The Associated Press / 1d
Sinner is trying to become the first repeat men's champion in New York since Roger Federer won the tournament five years in a row. Alcaraz hasn't dropped a set as he pursues his second U.S. Open title. (Image credit: Seth Wenig)
Anthropic settles copyright lawsuit for $1.5B
100+by Chloe Veltman / 1d
A U.S. district court is scheduled to consider whether to approve the settlement next week, in a case that marked the first substantive decision on how fair use applies to generative AI systems. (Image credit: Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
FTC acts against noncompete agreements
500+by Andrea Hsu / 2d
Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has called his agency's rule banning noncompetes unconstitutional. Still, he says protecting workers against noncompetes remains a priority. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)
Anthropic settles copyright lawsuit for $1.5B
45by The Associated Press / 2d
The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay authors $3,000 per book in a landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material. (Image credit: Richard Drew)
BLS leadership change raises concerns
500+by Andrea Hsu / 2d
A strongly-worded statement from Bureau of Labor Statistics workers comes a month after President Trump attacked the integrity of the jobs numbers they release monthly. (Image credit: Andrea Hsu)
Bailey appointed FBI co-deputy director
1Kby Jason Rosenbaum, St. Louis Public Radio / 2d
Andrew Bailey rose quickly to be state attorney general of Missouri where he built a record for fighting abortion and defending Donald Trump. Now he's a co-deputy director of the FBI. (Image credit: Brian Munoz)
Judge blocks National Guard deployment
1Kby Rachel Treisman / 2d
Even after a federal court ruled his use of the National Guard in LA was illegal, the president has weighed sending troops to Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans. Here's where things stand in those cities. (Image credit: Kamil Krzaczynski)
Senator defends vaccine conspiracy claims
3Kby Obed Manuel / 2d
Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, says Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is "not following the science," like he said he would during his confirmation hearings earlier this year. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)
Hundreds of South Koreans detained
1Kby The Associated Press / 2d
"The business activities of our investors and the rights of our nationals must not be unjustly infringed," a foreign ministry spokesman said after about 300 South Koreans were detained. (Image credit: Mike Stewart)
7Kby Anastasia Tsioulcas / 2d
Sen. Alex Padilla of California and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress." (Image credit: Alex Wong)
70by Diaa Hadid / 2d
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
Israel demolishes Gaza towers amid conflict
500+by Aya Batrawy / 2d
Israel's military says it has gained "operational control" of 40% of Gaza City and plans to intensify its attacks in a large-scale ground offensive to fully occupy the city. (Image credit: Anas Baba)
2Kby Scott Horsley / 2d
The U.S. job market showed more signs of weakness Friday, as the Labor Department reported just 22,000 jobs added in August. Revised figures show the economy lost jobs in June, for the first time since the pandemic winter of 2020. (Image credit: Frederic J. Brown)
RFK Jr. testifies before Senate Finance
by Selena Simmons-Duffin / 2d
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was questioned by senators from both parties on Thursday about vaccine access and more. NPR analyzes the health secretary's nearly three-hour appearance.
500+by Brittney Melton / 2d
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tries to defend his actions regarding vaccines in a Senate hearing. And, a European coalition announces a plan for Ukraine's post-war security. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)
Solar flares hotter than expected
200+by Nell Greenfieldboyce / 2d
The hottest parts of the sun are its solar flares, and a new study suggests these flares could be more than six times hotter than scientists used to believe. (Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Solar Dynamics Observatory)
100+by Jan Camenzind Broomby / 2d
A new poll shows a majority of Chinese people see competition with the U.S. as a threat, but there is a split on what role Beijing should take on in the world stage. (Image credit: Rafiq Maqbool)
2Kby Jon Hamilton / 2d
study People with generalized anxiety disorder improved significantly after they got a single dose of LSD powerful enough to induce a psychedelic trip. (Image credit: mikkelwilliam/iStockphoto)
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