Crime rates in the U.S. fell in 2025. Murders in particular fell dramatically. That is a major takeaway among criminal justice experts as we approach the year's end.

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Breakout star Olivia Dean is lighting up the charts with her hit “Man I Need.” It’s among the songs that NPR’s World Cafe producer Miguel Perez counts as one of his favorites of 2025. He shares more ...

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In part three of our series on addiction treatment communities, WBUR's Deborah Becker visits a healing farm in the US.

Here & Now ‘s Indira Lakshmanan puts the past 25 years in politics in perspective, with NPR’s Ron Elving and George Washington University’s Jesse Holland . This article was originally published on ...

The United States launched a series of strikes targeting Islamic State militants in Nigeria, after Trump accused the group of attacking and persecuting Christians.

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The latest battle started when education secretary Linda McMahon claimed that Harvard consented to a $200 million cash payment that the university says it never agreed to.