Journalist and author Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former president John F. Kennedy, has died after battling a rare form of cancer.

Israel is halting operations for humanitarian groups working in Gaza. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Shaina Low with the Norwegian Refugee Council about what that means for aid on the ground.

Throughline host Rund Abdelfatah brings us the story of the origins of chocolate.

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Ivermectin's reputation keeps growing as a kind of cure-all, even for cancer — despite evidence it doesn't work.

2025 will go down as a year of chaos for groups that help poor people. Some have been forced to scale back as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs.

China wrapped a new round of live-fire military drills that encircled Taiwan, in a warning to what Beijing calls separatists across the Taiwan strait.

Israel has told dozens of aid groups they can no longer operate in Gaza.

Perry Bamonte, a keyboard and guitar player in the English band The Cure, has died. He was 65 years old. In a statement, the band called him "quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative." ...

2025 was a tumultuous year for federal student loan borrowers. NPR breaks down the most important changes borrowers should understand as they head into 2026.

A U.S. official confirms that the CIA struck a dock facility on the coast of Venezuela.

In West Africa, a new policy is hailed as a first step to making expensive and arduous flights cheaper.