Rep. Dan Goldman (L) and Sen. Cory Booker (R) were both in Israel over the weekend when Hamas attacked. They have since made it back to the U.S. Left photo: Lev Radin; right photo: Theodore Parisienne 12/Getty Images hide caption
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Carlos Moreno, a Franco-Colombian urbanist, has been helping spread the idea of 15-minute cities — where people can access key things in their life within a short walk, bike ride or transit ride of their home. But the climate solution is seeing huge challenges, including conspiracy theories. Julia Simon hide caption
An image from security camera footage shows alleged thieves breaking into a P.C. Richard & Son appliance store in Philadelphia in late September. Philadelphia Police Department hide caption
Texas Gov. Greg Abbot has made "school choice" one of his top issues for the state. A special legislative session starting Monday will take up the issue of school vouchers for the second time this year, plus controversial border enforcement measures. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption
Controversial issues to come up in Texas special legislative session
Texas Regional Hub ServiceMissouri's strict abortion ban could change. Even a GOP-led group thinks it should.
St. Louis Public RadioPsychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton has studied Auschwitz survivors, Vietnam war veterans, survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and people who'd been subjected to repression by the Chinese government. He reflects on what he's learned in his new book, Surviving Our Catastrophes: Resilience and Renewal from Hiroshima to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Wolfgang Richter hide caption
Fossil footprints in New Mexico suggest humans have been here longer than we thought
The artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is one of this year's MacArthur fellows. Her sculptures, paintings, installations and photography are displayed in over 30 museums around the globe. When she got news of the so-called "genius grant," she says, " I was running room to room in the house, feeling a sense of terror and elation." MacArthur Foundation hide caption
Ramón Méndez Galain was Uruguay's National Director of Energy from 2008 to 2015. His plan for the energy sector led to 98% of Uruguay's grid being powered by green energy. And a good deal of that comes from wind energy — from turbines like those behind him. Amanda Aronczyk/NPR hide caption
Claire Montegut (second from right), 16, and Anika Zhou (right), 17, are members of the Space Cookies, a FIRST Robotics Competition team composed of all Girl Scouts. Here they fix their robot's roller "claw" designed to pick up cones and cubes to score points. Mark Leong for NPR hide caption
OL Reign forward Megan Rapinoe blows a kiss during a ceremony honoring her career, after the team's NWSL soccer match against the Washington Spirit on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Seattle. The Spirit and the Reign played to a scoreless draw in Rapinoe's final regular-season home game before her retirement at the end of the season. Lindsey Wasson/AP hide caption