Most photographed street ‘wrecked’ by vandals, say shopkeepers
At least 10 shops on Victoria Street have graffiti tags sprayed on their windows, walls and doors.
Lynagh to start for Australia in first Lions Test
Fly-half Tom Lynagh will emulate his father, the Wallaby great Michael, when he starts for Australia in Saturday’s first Test against the British and Irish Lions.
The race for a striker is hotting up – who is still available?
BBC Sport tries to make sense of the search for a frontman, with the race for a striker hotting up before the Premier League season begins.
Labour MP Diane Abbott stands by racism comments
The veteran Labour MP was disciplined by the party last year over comments in a newspaper letter.
Nebraska keeps ban on food assistance for those with drug convictions
Under a legacy of the war on drugs, some states still ban people with drug convictions from getting government food assistance. Nebraska lawmakers tried to do away with their ban and just fell short.
Lesotho declares state of disaster after massive tariff threats from U.S.
Lesotho, a tiny mountain kingdom in Southern Africa, has just declared a two-year state of disaster after being threatened with the highest U.S. tariffs in the world.
Tariffs are a tax. Are you already paying it?
It’s been over three months since President Trump announced very big across-the-board tariffs on imports from nearly every territory on Earth–including uninhabited islands. It’s a move he said would revitalize the U.S. economy. Since that splashy White House announcement, the tariff rates have been a wildly moving target. Ratcheted up – then back down – on China, specifically. Overlaid with global product-specific tariffs on categories like automobiles and copper. Partially paused after the stock market tanked. Through it all, the tariff rate has remained at or well-above 10 percent on nearly every good imported to the U.S. And if you’ve listened to NPR’s reporting since April, you’ll have heard many voices make one particular prediction over and over again – that American consumers will pay the price. If American consumers are going to pay for the tariffs, the question is: when ? 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: Andrew Harnik)
Clawing back foreign aid is tied to ‘waste, fraud and abuse.’ What’s the evidence?
As the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to rescind $40 billion in promised foreign aid, critics of the measure say a thorough governmental review of targeted programs did not actually take place. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Thousands of veterans get help from Congress to save their homes from foreclosure
A bipartisan Congress has come to the rescue of vets at risk of losing their homes, after administrations from both parties tore up VA safety nets for homeowners. (Image credit: Salwan Georges)
Air traffic controllers say a push to modernize equipment won’t fix deeper problems
Former and current U.S. air traffic controllers say the Trump administration’s focus on new equipment doesn’t address problems like grueling schedules and stagnating pay that are hurting morale. (Image credit: Glenn Harvey for NPR)