White House tours get a revamp for the first time in decades
About 10,000 people a week come to visit the White House. But until this month, they got a public tour which hadn’t changed in decades.
Bird flu has been found in a pig for the first time in the U.S.
The discovery of an infected pig at a backyard farm in Oregon raises concerns about bird flu’s potential to become a human threat.
Seniors are struggling to stay put as their homes fall into disrepair
America has not built enough new homes for years, and millions of older places are falling into disrepair. That’s making it hard for a growing number of seniors to stay put as they age.
Enforcement was considered discriminatory. Now New Yorkers can jaywalk legally
The NYPD can no longer ticket jaywalkers, after years of protest that enforcement unfairly targeted Black and Hispanic New Yorkers.
What could happen at the Supreme Court under Harris and Trump
Depending on who wins the presidential election and the Senate, the conservative supermajority could remain the same, be trimmed or expand to an even larger and more lopsided conservative majority.
Worried about your 2024 ballot being counted? These states let you track it online
“There’s no need to panic,” an elections expert tells NPR. All but three states have free tracking sites that send updates to voters as their ballot goes through the system.
Handsy fans disrupted a World Series game. Here are 5 notable MLB interference cases
Two Yankees fans were ejected from Game 4 of the World Series for trying to pry a ball out of a Dodgers player’s glove. It’s a particularly brazen instance of fan interference, but far from the first.
Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge individuals from voter rolls
The U.S. Supreme Court put on hold a lower court order that stopped Virginia from purging its voter rolls. The order comes less than a week before Election Day.
A baseless voting claim is being amplified by a network of social media accounts
It’s unclear who runs the network of social media accounts that has gotten millions of views amplifying trending claims about alleged voting fraud.
Americans bet $100 million on Trump v. Harris, but at what cost?
Political prognosticators legally bet over $100 million on the 2024 presidential election, favoring Harris over Trump.
Kids in Iowa’s capital will trick-or-treat on Halloween for the 1st time since 1938
Kids in the greater metro area of Iowa’s capital city typically go trick-or-treating the night before Halloween, a tradition that began in the 1930s as a way to help prevent vandalism.
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