Thursday, 8 October 2026
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NPR News · 05:22
Isaias strengthens into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season ↗The National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday that the hurricane was on track to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. It's expected to bring heavy rains and potentially flash flooding. (Image credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
NPR News · 05:56
Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died ↗María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized. (Image credit: Bernat Armangue)
NPR News · 06:27
Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club ↗President Trump said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends, describing it as "sort of a Camp David." (Image credit: Alex Brandon)
NPR News · 08:45
How 'Musk' director Alex Gibney became a critic ↗A trove of documents and interviews with people close to tech billionaire Elon Musk reveal a damning picture of his rise as one of the world's richest and most powerful men. (Image credit: Ken Cedeno)
NPR News · 09:00
Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome ↗Real-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach. (Image credit: Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group)
NPR News · 09:00
As crypto and prediction markets expand, their regulator shrinks ↗Even as the agency is tasked with drawing up new rules for crypto and prediction markets, its staffing and enforcement actions have dropped precipitously during the second Trump administration. (Image credit: Jacquelyn Martin)
NPR News · 09:00
Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find ↗A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is living quietly in Lebanon, bankrolled and protected by American and Lebanese authorities, a BBC/NPR investigation has found. (Image credit: BBC)
NPR News · 09:00
Toss-ups, triage and targets: How to read the wide-open 2026 House map ↗Both parties are spending heavily in roughly 60 House districts — where Trump won by an average of nine points in 2024 — that could be key to deciding control of the chamber, an NPR analysis finds. (Image credit: Jeff Dean)
NPR News · 09:00
Medical debt is crushing hospital patients in LA. Health officials may have a fix ↗In Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands from getting bills they can't pay. (Image credit: Lauren Justice)
NPR News · 10:13
ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say ↗Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. (Image credit: José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR)
NPR News · 11:25
Strike on Ukrainian public bus leaves 30 dead as blackouts worsen in Kyiv ↗Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine have killed 30 people and injured at least 18, according to authorities. The attacks included a strike on a public bus and have worsened power outages in Kyiv. (Image credit: Evgeniy Maloletka)
NPR News · 11:35
Isaias intensifies to hurricane. And, judge orders Pike execution evidence preserved ↗People in the Gulf are preparing for bad weather this weekend after Isaias intensified into a hurricane. And, a judge has ordered Christa Pike's failed execution evidence be preserved. (Image credit: Brandon Bell)
NPR News · 12:01
South Korea test-flies its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon ↗The test follows North Korea's recent hypersonic missile test. Tensions between the Koreas have increased after land mine explosions injured three South Korean soldiers near the border. North Korea denies responsibility. (Image credit: Jeon Heon-kyun)
NPR News · 12:13
South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute ↗The South Korean announcement on Thursday came days after its President Lee Jae Myung threatened unspecified punitive steps if Ukraine refuses to apologize over the revelation. (Image credit: Seth Wenig)
NPR News · 15:24
White House correspondent April Ryan reflects on reporting while under attack ↗Ryan has spent decades pressing presidents for answers. She talks about access, power, race and how asking questions put her in President Trump's crosshairs. Her new book is Notes on a Blacklash .
NPR News · 15:34
4 people on NASA's Crew-12 mission return to Earth after 8 months in space ↗Four people — two NASA astronauts, one from the European Space Agency and a Russian cosmonaut — spent nearly eight months at the space station, conducting spacewalks, science experiments and research. (Image credit: NASA via Anil Menon)
NPR News · 16:05
New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture ↗U.S. authorities charged the former Venezuelan president with conspiring to torture his fellow citizens as well as Americans. That adds to drugs and weapons charges against him. (Image credit: Ariana Cubillos)
NPR News · 16:18
The long-deployed USS Lincoln is returning home to San Diego ↗The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego Thursday after supporting the Iran war during a record long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea that included reports of deteriorating conditions among its crew.
NPR News · 18:37
Suicide is up among Black Americans. We need to talk about it. ↗NPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations.