Sunday, 30 August 2026
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NPR News · 01:47
Icelanders vote on whether they want to join the EU ↗The final vote is expected to be extremely close, with ballot counting continuing through the night. (Image credit: Marco Di Marco)
NPR News · 07:00
AI chatbots may be better than search engines in guarding against foreign propaganda ↗In a test, popular AI chatbots mostly debunked falsehoods spread by other countries and avoided uncritically spreading falsehoods better than search engines. AI summaries above search results fared worse. (Image credit: Getty Images)
NPR News · 08:32
Trump administration deports relative of Afghans who helped US military to Central African Republic ↗His family in Afghanistan had received threats from the Taliban because of the work performed by his brothers in support of the U.S. military. (Image credit: Sam Mednick)
NPR News · 09:00
Medicare's pilot GLP-1 discount program has a catch. Some sick patients don't qualify ↗Medicare launched a pilot program that could streamline the process to get GLP-1s, with some seniors paying just $50 a month. But many people with the most serious illnesses won't get that discount. (Image credit: Erica S. Lee)
NPR News · 09:52
Nepal warns of possible fresh flooding as communities grapple with devastation ↗Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. (Image credit: Rajesh Kumar Singh)
NPR News · 10:00
From Appalachia to Africa: Why Dolly Parton was beloved across the continent ↗Dolly Parton's songs traveled far beyond Nashville. Across Africa, musicians embraced her stories of hardship, heartbreak and humble beginnings — and made them their own. (Image credit: Luis Tato)
NPR News · 10:00
How a comic book store got swept into the tariff storm ↗Tariffs continue to rile all kinds of American businesses more than a year after Trump unveiled his first set of tariffs — including a comic book store owner in Ohio. (Image credit: Maddie McGarvey for NPR)
NPR News · 10:30
WATCH LIVE: NASA's newest space telescope launches today ↗The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system. (Image credit: Joel Kowsky)
NPR News · 11:00
Are you sure that Kimmel clip was real? Late-night AI deepfakes are spreading online ↗While social media is rife with AI celebrity deepfakes, videos featuring late night TV hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart are are easier to create than other kinds of deepfakes and potentially more disruptive. (Image credit: ALAMIN_TUBE )
NPR News · 12:02
Politics chat: more tariffs, mail-in voting order, Kushner-Jeffries meeting ↗Real economic sanctions on Canada and economic threats to countries trading with Iran may work against Republicans in the midterm elections.
NPR News · 12:45
Exclusive: Meet the inaugural winner of Fat Marmot Week ↗Dawn was crowned fattest marmot by popular vote. (Image credit: Eric Philips)
NPR News · 14:36
Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' ↗Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded. (Image credit: Keito Newman/The Canadian Press)
NPR News · 23:32
Families of pilgrims likely caught in floods are desperate for news from Nepal ↗Four days after catastrophic floods wiped out villages along the Nepal-China border, thousands are still missing. Families look for answers but hear nothing. (Image credit: Dar Yasin)