Students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone in the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption toggle caption Eleanor Beardsley/NPR Students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone in the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, […]
NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Tim Hauck of The Peregrine Fund about the hatching of the 1,000th California condor since the late 1980s, when conservation efforts began. Article source: https://www.npr.org/2019/07/20/743709263/california-condors-reach-a-milestone-moment?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
Iranian officials are defending the seizure of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran’s coast on Friday. Stena Bulk/AP hide caption toggle caption Stena Bulk/AP Iranian officials are defending the seizure of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran’s coast on Friday. Stena Bulk/AP The U.K. Foreign
Pengyin Chen, professor of soybean breeding and genetics at the University of Missouri, in his test plots of soybeans near the town of Portageville. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption toggle caption Dan Charles/NPR Pengyin Chen, professor of soybean breeding and genetics at the University of Missouri, in his test plots of soybeans near the town of
The New York Times first reported last week that eight former Dalton students said the way Jeffrey Epstein interacted with teenage girls had stuck with them since high school. Last week, Epstein was charged with sex trafficking of minors. Patrick McMullan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick McMullan/Getty Images The New York Times first reported
Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen with Hugh Hurwitz, left, acting director of the Bureau of Prisons, and David Muhlhausen, director of the National Institute of Justice, at DOJ in Washington. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen with Hugh Hurwitz, left, acting director of the Bureau of Prisons, and
Iran says its military seized a foreign oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. In this 2018 photo, a boat from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s naval force is seen in the Persian Gulf, near the strait. Jon Gambrell/AP hide caption toggle caption Jon Gambrell/AP Iran says its military seized a foreign oil tanker in the
Hashem Abedi, seen in this undated photo, is the younger brother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi. On Thursday, Hashem Abedi appeared in court and, through his lawyer, denied any involvement in the 2017 attack. Force for Deterrence in Libya/AP hide caption toggle caption Force for Deterrence in Libya/AP Hashem Abedi, seen in this
In this courtroom artist’s sketch, defendant Jeffrey Epstein (left) and his attorney Martin Weinberg listen during a bail hearing Monday in federal court in New York. On Thursday, a judge said Epstein should remain in detention. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide caption toggle caption Elizabeth Williams/AP In this courtroom artist’s sketch, defendant Jeffrey Epstein (left) and his
An Amazon warehouse in Leipzig, Germany. The European Union’s antitrust arm will evaluate the company’s role as both a retailer and a marketplace for other retailers. Jens Schlueter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jens Schlueter/Getty Images An Amazon warehouse in Leipzig, Germany. The European Union’s antitrust arm will evaluate the company’s role as both a
People wait in Tijuana, Mexico, on Tuesday to apply for asylum in the United States. A memo notified officers that immigrants at the southern border are ineligible for asylum, with a few exceptions. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregory Bull/AP People wait in Tijuana, Mexico, on Tuesday to apply for asylum in the United
In this 2011 photo, Hu Jintao, then China’s president, visits the Confucius Institute at the Walter Payton College Preparatory High School in Chicago. China established more than 100 Confucius Institutes, which provide language and culture programs, at U.S. schools. But at least 13 universities have dropped the program due to a law that raises concerns