KTEP-FM

NANTERRE, France — DNA left on a protective painting cover helped investigators recover two stolen Renoirs and uncover what they suspected were preparations for another art heist, a French prosecutor said Monday. Four men were given preliminary charges in the investigation into the Sept. 8 theft from the small Renoir Museum in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. The charges include organized theft and criminal association, Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said.

LOS ANGELES — Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte, who brought a lifetime of experience with cerebral palsy to fictional family struggles in an essential role on "Breaking Bad," died Monday at age 34, authorities and his representatives said. Cameron County Justice of the Peace Cyndi Hinojosa told The Associated Press she declared Mitte dead at about 1:30 p.m. at what she believed was his home in Brownsville, Texas.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Rina Shah has been listening with us. She is a political strategist with experience as a GOP congressional adviser. Good morning, Rina. RINA SHAH: Hi. Good morning. MARTIN: So Mara mentioned the president's complaints, and in some cases, moves against people like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, the media, the government of Norway. Is - does any of that motivate voters at this point, either in his base or independents?

In the woods near a Maryland juvenile detention center, officials found the graves of more than 200 Black boys. It's one of 40 similar gravesites across the country, from Oregon to Maine.

The Office of Army Cemeteries have returned the remains of 11 Native American and Alaska Native students who died while attending the Carlisle boarding school in Pennsylvania more than a century ago. Copyright 2026 WITF

It's been a topsy turvy NFL season so far. We check in with Jason Gay from The Wall Street Journal about what has surprised him after five weeks of football. Copyright 2026 NPR

Emergency room departments are reporting soaring numbers of pediatric trauma accidents associated with micromobility devices. Experts and advocates agree that the federal government needs to step in. Copyright 2026 NPR

President Trump's new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is expected to take the podium on Tuesday for her first press briefing. Zacharia steps in as Trump's chief spokesperson at a moment when his popularity has fallen to record lows and Republicans are scrambling to limit potential losses in the midterm elections. The Trump administration is also engaged in a legal battle with the press corps that work to cover Trump.

Ads promoting President Trump and his policies continued to be paid for by the U.S. government well after Trump announced he would have his MAGA Inc. super PAC take over funding the ads and kept airing despite a federal judge ordering them to come down. An NPR analysis of data from AdImpact finds that nearly $22 million in taxpayer dollars has been spent to air the ads since the campaign began in late September. Nearly $10 million of that total was spent after Oct.

Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C. home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Monday morning. The Department of Justice said in a statement to NPR that agents with Homeland Security Investigations "executed a judicially authorized search warrant." The warrant was approved by the DOJ and is part of an "ongoing federal investigation." Federal authorities did not give further details on the reason for the probe.