The Khao Kheow Open Zoo was overrun with Moo Deng fans on the first of four days of activities marking the birthday of the adorable social media sensation. (Image credit: Sakchai Lalit)
Israel bans international journalists from independent access to Gaza. But NPR’s Anas Baba is from Gaza, and in the 21 months he has been reporting on the war, he’s also been living it. Over the course of the war, he has lost a third of his body weight, and until his food supplies ran out several weeks ago, he was getting by on just one small meal a day. Israel still tightly restricts the entry of food into Gaza. The food it does allow in is mostly distributed through new sites run by private American contractors with a group called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. GHF operates under protection from the Israeli military, and the U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said this new system “is killing people.” According to health officials and international medical teams in Gaza, hundreds of people have been killed by Israeli troops as they approach these food sites. U.S. officials have accused American media of spreading Hamas misinformation. In this episode, Anas Baba takes us on the perilous journey he made to one of these new GHF distribution sites, in an attempt to secure food. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org. (Image credit: Eyad Baba)
A Michigan judge rejected a challenge to the state’s longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents. The lawsuit argued that the ban had no standing after Michiganders voted in 2022 to pass a constitutional amendment ensuring the right to an abortion. Judge Brock A. Swartzle ruled the group that filed the lawsuit…
It is beyond ironic that Cruz has sponsored legislation to exclude disfavored children from the Constitution, given that he is not a 14th Amendment citizen himself.
The American public is evenly divided over the implications of artificial intelligence (AI). Still, the majority thinks the new technology will reduce the need for people to do creative or important tasks, according to a new survey that was released on Thursday. The new Gallup poll found that 49 percent of the U.S. adults said…
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) is demanding information from several major tech firms with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, which he alleges are distorting facts and producing biased results about President Trump. Bailey sent letters to Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Meta on Wednesday, asking whether they design their algorithms to disfavor certain political affiliations or…
Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton (R) filed for divorce from state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Thursday, according to court documents. The development comes as Ken Paxton is challenging incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) for his seat in a closely watched primary. Paxton said in a post on the social platform X that…
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer is questioning the former White House physician Kevin O’Connor’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment when asked about President Biden’s health, accusing him of a potential cover-up.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) said Wednesday that President Trump firmly placed his stamp on the U.S. economy with his tariff policies and is to blame for the “uncertainty” and “chaos” that has followed. Joining MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele and Symone Sanders Townsend on “The Weeknight,” Baldwin agreed that “this is Trump’s economy now.” “And…
Short-term rental lodgers across the United States may be wasting more than $2.3 billion in food each year, a new study has found. An average of $12 worth of uneaten groceries, takeout and restaurant leftovers are landing in the trash on a daily basis, according to the study, published in Waste Management. That sum is about…
