People take shelter in a subway station during Russia’s night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. Danylo Antoniuk/AP hide caption toggle caption Danylo Antoniuk/AP KYIV — Thousands of apartment buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv remain without heating, electricity and water once again, after Russia launched hundreds of drones […]
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Man shot dead by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis : NPR
Federal agents stand near the site of a shooting Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. Abbie Parr/AP hide caption toggle caption Abbie Parr/AP A man shot Saturday morning in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers has died, federal and local officials said. The incident, the third shooting involving Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis this year, occurred […]
Mark Carney’s warning and its echoes from the past : NPR
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 20, 2026. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney opened his remarks in Davos by citing an essay by Vaclav Havel, the Czech […]
Trump expands policy banning aid to groups that discuss abortion : NPR
A 19-year-old woman talks with nurse Valeria Zafisoa at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the British nonprofit group MSI Reproductive Choices. That group lost $15 million in funding the last time Trump enforced the Mexico City policy. Samantha Reinders for NPR hide caption toggle caption Samantha Reinders for NPR For over […]
Minnesota protests Trump administration’s immigration crackdown : NPR
Large crowds gather downtown in subzero temperatures as hundreds of Minnesota businesses close in a statewide “ICE Out” protest and strike against federal immigration enforcement and the expanded ICE operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan. 23, 2026. Erin Trieb for NPR hide caption toggle caption Erin Trieb for NPR Large crowds flooded downtown Minneapolis Friday afternoon, […]
Gladys West, GPS pioneer and mathematician, dies at 95 : NPR
Gladys West went from a one-room schoolhouse in rural Virginia to college and to working on planetary motions and modeling. “I really did like geometry,” she said of her high school years. “I fell in love with that.” Courtesy of the West family hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the West family She navigated segregation […]
Winter storm; Minnesota protests; Zelenskyy at Davos : NPR
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Tens of millions of people are bracing for a life-threatening ice and snowstorm that will slam much of the U.S., placing many […]
TikTok finalizes deal to form new American entity : NPR
The icon for the TikTok video sharing app is seen on a smartphone in Marple Township, Pa., Feb. 28, 2023. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Slocum/AP TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion […]
Republican-led House blocks effort to limit President Trump’s war powers in Venezuela : NPR
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks alongside Republican Conference Chair Representative Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2026. SAUL LOEB/AFP hide caption toggle caption SAUL LOEB/AFP House Republicans blocked a resolution in a tie vote on […]
Can the prescription drug leucovorin treat autism? History says, probably not : NPR
Interest in leucovorin has been on the rise among some parents of children with autism. But researchers like Dr. Paul Offit say that the drug’s popularity is far ahead of the science. Inna Kot/iStock/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Inna Kot/iStock/Getty Images At a press conference in late 2025, federal officials made some big claims […]