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In June 2025, people line up outside the Los Angeles Federal Building, which houses offices for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation

An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass.

Various species of sharks, some of which are endangered, while others are listed as vulnerable, hauled on shore at dawn by commercial fishermen at the Tanjung Luar port on Monday, June 9, 2025, in East Lombok, Indonesia. Tanjung Luar is one of the largest shark markets in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, from where shark fins are exported to other Asian markets, primarily Hong Kong and China, was bones are used in cosmetic products also sold to China. Shark meat and skins are consumed locally as an important source of protein. In recent years, facing heavy criticism because of the unregulated shark fishing industry, the Indonesian government has sought to bring in stricter controls over commercial hunting of sharks in an attempt to balance the needs of fishermen as well as the need to protect dwindling shark populations.

Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis

A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.

Daily news: Utah is now the epicenter of U.S. measles outbreaks

In other news, St. George ranked eighth for fastest-growing metros in the country, according to census data. And, restoration is underway for 27,000 acres burned by the Monroe Canyon Fire last year.

For the past four years, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has extended a 30-day suspension of rights, effectively creating a police state that keeps Salvadoran deportees from the U.S. trapped in the Central American country's notorious prisons.

Human rights groups raise alarm over fate of Salvadorans deported from U.S.

Migrants deported from the U.S. routinely disappear into El Salvador's prisons the moment they land or in the weeks that follow. Many remain incommunicado from family and lawyers for years.

"I'm not really preaching to the musicians and the other artists," Martin says. "I do music for the person that's nine months late on their rent [and] ain't got no job but got two kids."

The transformation of Terrace Martin

After years spent as the go-to guy for a cross-pollinating L.A. music scene, the multi-hyphenate follows his spiritual mission inward for the sprawling series Love Is Louder Than Algorithms.

The potentially discombobulating swirl of New York City's Times Square

No one likes being discombobulated. How did the feeling get such a fun name?

Sometimes you just need to recombobulate. That word isn't in the dictionary, but it is on a beloved sign at Milwaukee's airport.

Wild About Utah Spanish Version: Nidos de abejas y hojas

A medida que se acerca la primavera, las abejas y otros insectos empiezan a salir de sus escondites de invierno. Me emociona volver a ver a mis pequeñas amigas abejas.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Trump and the future of the Democratic Party

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mayor Zohran Mamdani about New York City, President Trump and the future of the Democratic Party. This interview was recorded as part of our podcast Newsmakers. Watch the full interview with Zohran Mamdani here or listen to the full conversation anywhere you get podcasts.

Lebanon and Israel hold first direct talks in decades, as Israeli invasion digs in

Israel and Lebanon are holding historic talks in Washington, D.C.

Pedestrians pass election campaign signs for presidential and congressional candidates, before the weekend's election in Lima, Peru, April 10, 2026.

Peru's election: A battle for the Presidency amid political chaos and crime

With 35 candidates in the race, Peru is set to elect its 9th president in less than a decade. Amid rising corruption and crime, voters are left asking: Can this election finally break the cycle?

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