Kaitlyn Radde
Story Archive
Sunday
This July 24, 2008 photo shows the Monticello nuclear power plant in Monticello, MN. In November 2022, the plant confirmed a 400,000 gallon leak of water containing tritium and reported it to officials. The leak wasn't known to the public until Thursday. Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
The U.N.-chartered vessel MV Valsamitis is loaded to deliver 25,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat to Kenya and 5,000 tons to Ethiopia. It is pictured at the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk in February. Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A raccoon dog looks out of its cage in a Chinese live animal market in January 2004. Raccoon dogs could have been an initial host for the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Robert Smith of The Cure performs in Glastonbury, England, in 2019. This week, he shared his frustrations with Ticketmaster, and announced Thursday that the company would lower fees and offer partial refunds to The Cure's ticket purchasers. Ian Gavan/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Some of the 35 Denver Mountain Park bison wait in a corral to be transferred to representatives of four Native American tribes and one memorial council as they reintroduce the animals to tribal lands on Wednesday. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
A BNSF engine is pictured in Chicago in 2022. A train operated by BNSF carrying corn syrup derailed in Arizona Wednesday. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
An aerial view shows a man navigating floodwaters with his bicycle in the unincorporated community of Pajaro in California on March 11. Residents were forced to evacuate in the middle of the night after an atmospheric river surge broke the Pajaro Levee and sent flood waters flowing into the community. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A small line of cars waits to cross the Cordova Bridge of the Americas at the United States-Mexico border in 2020. On March 10, Texan officials advised against spring break travel to Mexico, citing the dangers of violent crime. Paul Ratje/Agence France-Presse/AFP via Get hide caption
Saturday
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer walks to her seat at a meeting between President Biden and governors from around the country at the White House on Friday. Whitmer and Biden were both mentioned in alleged threats made by a Michigan man arrested on firearms charges. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators protest the death of an environmental activist, who went by Tortuguita, in Atlanta, in January. Tortuguita was killed Jan. 18 after authorities said the 26-year-old shot a state trooper. R.J. Rico/AP hide caption
Friday
Customers shop at the Shuga Records store during the Record Store Day in Chicago on April 13, 2019. Vinyl record sales have been on the rise for 16 straight years, with an extra bump in demand during the pandemic. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivers the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address on Feb. 7 in Little Rock, Ark. Sanders signed a law this week making it easier to employ kids under 16. Al Drago/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Yeti recalled nearly 2 million products, including the cooler pictured, due to a magnet ingestion hazard. Yeti/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
The global flagship store for Kura Sushi, a Japanese conveyor-belt sushi restaurant chain, is pictured here in January 2020 in Tokyo. Conveyor-belt sushi restaurants have been the target of a spate of pranks. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
A Lufthansa Airbus A330 D-AIKQ takes off on Nov. 14, 2022. This past week, seven people were sent to the hospital with turbulence-related injuries on a Lufthansa flight. Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
A Walgreens pharmacy is pictured on Jan. 5 in New York City. Walgreens says it won't sell mifepristone in states where Republican attorneys general threatened legal action. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
A crew of inmate firefighters walk back to their vehicle after shoveling and clearing snow, while people carry bags of food on Friday. A series of winter storms in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California left residents stranded due to the snowfall. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
An illustration of Shigella bacteria. Stephanie Rossow/Science Source hide caption
Thursday
Messages and floral tributes are seen in Albert Square in Manchester, northwest England on May 23, 2017, in solidarity with those killed and injured in the May 22 terror attack at the Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena. Twenty two people were killed and dozens injured in Britain's deadliest terror attack in over a decade, which officials now say could have been prevented. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
Child labor violations had been declining for years. They started creeping up again after 2015, a trend that troubles experts. Kaitlyn Radde/NPR hide caption
Saturday
People look at a dead, 35-foot humpback whale, in Lido Beach, NY, Jan. 31, 2023. A recent spate of whale deaths along the east coast have fueled misinformation about offshore wind development. Seth Wenig/Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Dead whales on the east coast fuel misinformation about offshore wind development
Friday
Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh faced hours of cross-examination by prosecutor Creighton Waters during his murder trial in the 2021 deaths of his wife and son. Joshua Boucher/The State via AP hide caption
Tuesday
Debris covers the ground and nearby cars after an explosion at the I. Schumann & Co. metals plant sent several victims to hospitals on Monday in Bedford, Ohio. Michael Swensen/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Sheriff's deputies guard the entrance to the street of Los Angeles Archdiocese Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell's home in Hacienda Heights, Calif., on Sunday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says it has arrested the husband of O'Connell's housekeeper as a suspect in his death. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption