Monday, 31 August 2026
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NPR News · 02:27
What Argentina gets right about youth soccer — and what the U.S. gets wrong ↗Argentina has produced some of the world's greatest soccer players. Could its youth system offer lessons for the United States? (Image credit: Eitan Abramovich)
NPR News · 04:01
Arizona's taps won't run dry, but water bills will go up under federal plan for Colorado River ↗New federal rules mean Arizona will be getting a lot less water from the Colorado river. City leaders say they've been planning for years and no one will run out, but keeping taps flowing is expensive. (Image credit: Alex Hager)
NPR News · 08:49
Morning news brief ↗Trump says U.S. struck a deal to take control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil, U.S. and Iran resume exchanging strikes, funding at the top of the agenda as House reconvenes.
NPR News · 09:00
Why too many women are prescribed antibiotics for UTIs they don't have ↗study found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormonally driven inflammation and pelvic floor dysfunction.'/> A recent study found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormon…
NPR News · 09:00
The U.S. Venezuela oil deal won't lower your gas prices. Here's what you need to know ↗The Trump administration announced a deal Friday to develop a vast amount of Venezuela's oil reserves, with the U.S. taking a majority stake. Energy experts say there are many reasons to be skeptical. (Image credit: Pedro Mattey)
NPR News · 09:00
Hit shows from Edinburgh's Fringe festival are coming to America. Here are our top picks ↗The annual "anything goes" performing arts festival featured more than 4,200 performances this year. These are the ones we're still talking about. (Image credit: Chewboy)
NPR News · 09:00
NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll ↗An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.
NPR News · 09:00
Singapore is scrambling to stabilize birthrates. Experts say there are lessons for the U.S. ↗Singapore has unveiled a national initiative built entirely around its collapsing birthrate. Some demographers say the plan includes policy ideas that could help American parents. (Image credit: ROSLAN RAHMAN)
NPR News · 10:04
Attacks flare between U.S., Iran after month-long pause ↗U.S. threats erupt into attacks in the Strait of Hormuz; Iran retaliates against U.S. targets in the UAE and Jordan in the first exchange of fire since July 29 (Image credit: Amirhosein Khorgooi)
NPR News · 10:24
Russia's jet-powered drones bring empty Kyiv supermarket shelves and rattle Ukrainians ↗Russian forces relentlessly battered Kyiv and cities in the region around the Ukrainian capital for a fifth straight day, leaving some supermarket shelves bare after repeated strikes on warehouses. (Image credit: Ukrainian Emergency Service via)
NPR News · 11:20
U.S., Venezuela strike oil deal. And, the staggering hidden toll of U.S. heat deaths ↗The U.S. and Venezuela have entered into an oil deal. And, NPR spent two years tracking heat-related deaths and found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat more than the official counts show. (Image credit: Kent Nishimura)
NPR News · 11:50
Nepal's hesitance to accept foreign help for flood relief under scrutiny ↗A group of the country's private sector power producers says Nepali authorities lost crucial time in rescuing hundreds of people trapped in hydropower tunnels (Image credit: Rajesh Kumar Singh)
NPR News · 16:37
Lionel Messi says he's retiring from playing internationally for Argentina ↗He said he wrote his retirement letter after the World Cup final in July, but waited to publish it because his father was facing health issues that eventually claimed his life. (Image credit: Sergei Grits)
NPR News · 17:06
Paperwork, lines, hours on hold: There's a 'Time Tax' on Americans who need help most ↗Annie Lowrey explores the administrative burdens people face applying for government benefits. It's not just about wasted time: "When the government treats us like this, we don't trust it," she says. (Image credit: Marcio Jose Sanchez)
NPR News · 20:17
The U.S. sues Amazon again ↗Federal regulators and 22 states allege that the tech giant made billions by manipulating how much brands and sellers paid for ads on its platform. (Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon)
NPR News · 20:21
Kalshi bans former congressman George Santos for life after State of the Union trades ↗Kalshi says Santos did not cooperate with its investigation into bets he placed on his own attendance at the State of the Union. The company also fined the disgraced congressman more than $71,000. (Image credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
NPR News · 20:42
Whatever happened to the U.S. famine alert system that Trump shut down, then reopened ↗The highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September. What's the reason for this back-and-forth? (Image credit: Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket)
NPR News · 22:24
Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report ↗After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned. (Image credit: Michael Zamora)