NPR Headline News

The boss of the hit video-sharing app will deliver remarks to lawmakers in Washington on Thursday in an attempt to assuage growing fears about the app's connections to China.

(Image credit: Damian Dovarganes/AP)

The trial has been seven years in the making, and on Tuesday, the Oscar-winning actress appeared in Park City for a jury trial that will determine who was at fault in the 2016 crash.

(Image credit: Rick Bowmer/AP)

Good Meat, which grows chicken and other meat from animal cells in a production facility, is the second company to cross this hurdle. The move brings no-kill meat closer to sale in the U.S.

(Image credit: Brian L. Frank for NPR/Brian L. Frank for NPR)

As speculation mounts that Donald Trump could soon be indicted over hush money payments, Alvin Bragg may have to make a history-making decision.

(Image credit: Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images)

The high court said a deaf student could sue for past damages for not getting the support he needed to succeed in public school.

(Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have forced lengthy cancellations on at least two lines. Rail operators have to get permission to move the protected animals before repairs can begin.

(Image credit: Gyoergy Nemeth/MTI via AP, File)

Reed dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the Knicks to their first championship, an enduring example of playing through pain.

(Image credit: John Lent/AP)

The 28-year-old Black man died at a Virginia mental health facility earlier this month. A grand jury indicted 10 deputies and hospital workers on charges of second-degree murder.

(Image credit: Daniel Sangjib Min/AP)

The Treasury Secretary said the administration is committed to protecting the U.S. banking system and customers who trust their money to it.

(Image credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

The veterinary tranquilizer has been linked to a growing number of overdose deaths across the country, especially in the Northeast. It's often combined with fentanyl, but can't be treated with Narcan.

(Image credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)

A trio of lawsuits allege that JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank actively enabled Jeffrey Epstein to run a sex-trafficking ring for underage girls. A judge partially denied a motion to dismiss.

(Image credit: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Poverty, by America author Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year: "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty."

(Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Rachel Jamison Webster learned she is related to Benjamin Banneker at a cousins' wedding. The news was unexpected, not only because of Banneker's place in history but also because the author is white.

(Image credit: Henry Holt & Co. )

Across the country, parties are consolidating political power in states and squeezing out the moderate middle. In Montana, that squeeze is changing political representation and whose voice counts.

(Image credit: Thom Bridge, Independent Record)

When the U.S. invasion of Iraq began, NPR's Mideast editor Larry Kaplow was a reporter in Baghdad. Looking back now, he writes that the signs and warnings of the chaos to come were all too clear then.

(Image credit: Sean Smith/Getty Images)

It's significant, according to officials with the Houston Zoo, because the radiated tortoise is a critically endangered species whose numbers are in decline.

(Image credit: Jackelin Reyna/Houston Zoo)

Donald Trump claimed on social media that he will be arrested on Tuesday and called for mass protest. His unfounded claims showed his continued influence on the Republican Party.

(Image credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Support staff in the nation's second-largest school district plan a walkout over stalled contract negotiations. Teachers say they'll join them in support.

(Image credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

The 2023 men's tournament is wide open: to find a recent champion in the Sweet 16 field, you have to go all the way back to 2014 winners UConn.

(Image credit: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

These are top questions about the impact of recent banking turmoil on regular people, small businesses and the economy.

(Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)