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Ailsa Chang turned 50 this year. She planned her birthday party "with the intensity of a heat-seeking missile," determined to prove to the world, and maybe to herself, that she was thrilled about the decade ahead. She still isn't sure if that was genuine excitement or a defiant performance. Probably both.

Ailsa Chang turned 50 this year. She planned her birthday party "with the intensity of a heat-seeking missile," determined to prove to the world, and maybe to herself, that she was thrilled about the decade ahead. She still isn't sure if that was genuine excitement or a defiant performance. Probably both.

CAIRO — The U.S. military on Saturday said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles, warning that it would "if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet." The strikes — a day after President Donald Trump sought to minimize the conflict as "small potatoes" — keep up a new tilt back toward fighting after six months of on-again, off-again war that began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Feb. 28.

In September 2018, we posted a story from flood-prone Bangladesh, 'Floating Schools' Make Sure Kids Get To Class When The Water Rises. Did the floating schools actually work, and what happened to the children who attended them? This story is part of our annual series, Whatever happened to … Eight years ago, NPR correspondent Jason Beaubien visited a riverside village in the northwest of Bangladesh and found a small beige boat tied up in tall grass beside the Atrai River.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — After a contentious primary last month, Michigan Democrats are trying to unify in an effort to hold a Senate seat crucial to reclaiming the majority. Healing the fractures is proving complicated. The struggle to stitch the party back together spilled into the open again in recent days — this time as nominee Abdul El-Sayed sought to reassure wary Jewish voters, who make up a key part of the Democratic coalition in the state.

Since 1986, generations of kids have seen the best parts of themselves on the pages of The Baby-Sitters Club novels. The most common follow-up when meeting a fan of the series is, "Which babysitter are you?" I'm a Stacey — with a Kristy rising. There's also Claudia and Mary Anne rounding out the club, and later Dawn, Mallory, and Jessi. It's easy to see why the books have endured for four decades.

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian state news outlets reported. The visit came as both sides escalated their aerial attacks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine would halt airstrikes during the envoys' trip and urged Moscow to do the same. Moscow did not publicly respond to the proposal.

Updated September 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM CDT The U.S. military on Saturday said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy ships were targeted by missiles. U.S. Central Command said it struck the vessels after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched two ballistic missiles at two Navy warships patrolling the sea. CENTCOM said a U.S. aircraft carrier and missile destroyer "successfully evaded multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks" and that no American personnel were injured.

There are plenty of issues Republicans and Democrats disagree on, but increasingly, they're aligned on this: they want Flock surveillance cameras gone. The widespread backlash against AI-powered license plate readers, which allow police to track people over time, is becoming more of a political issue as the midterm elections approach in races from Florida to Ohio and Wisconsin. At a press conference late last month, Pennsylvania Democratic Gov.

In campaign ads airing everywhere from Georgia to Iowa, Republicans and Democrats are confronting the same enemy: data centers powering the artificial intelligence boom. An NPR analysis of political advertising data from the firm AdImpact found that since January, campaigns and outside groups have spent more than $45 million on ads mentioning data centers in this year's gubernatorial, House and Senate races.