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Wine Industry Benefits From Resolution Of The Airbus, Boeing Trade Dispute

The end of U.S. tariffs brought on by the Airbus-Boeing dispute is a great relief for France's wine industry and U.S. wine importers. One Trump-era dispute remains: tariffs on EU steel and aluminum.

Former Zambian president, Kenneth Kaunda, attends the inauguration ceremony of the Patriotic Front's Edgar Lungu, in Lusaka. The country's first president, Kaunda, 97, was admitted to hospital on June 14, 2021, as the southern African country battles a surge in COVID-19.

Zambia's First President Kenneth Kaunda Dies At Age 97

Zambia's first president and champion of African independence Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97, the country's president Edgar Lungu announced on Facebook Thursday evening.

A general view of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2013. The embassy is facing a coronavirus outbreak, according to the State Department.

A COVID Outbreak At The U.S. Embassy In Kabul Has Sickened 114 People And Killed 1

Military hospital ICU resources are at full capacity and the embassy has been forced to "create temporary, on-compound COVID-19 wards," according to a note sent to embassy staff.

Lordstown Motors shows off a model of its electric pickup truck, Endurance, in Lordstown, Ohio, on June 25, 2020. The auto maker is under pressure after saying it was running out of cash, raising questions about the future of the crop of startups that have entered the industry.

Startups Like Lordstown Wanted To Upend The Car Industry. It's Now Do Or Die For Them

The electric vehicle startup had a string of terrible news, capped by the abrupt departure of its CEO. Its troubles are raising questions about the startups that have entered the auto industry.

An iPhone screengrab of Snapchat's speed filter, which allows users to record and share how fast they are moving. Snap told NPR that it is eliminating the tool.

Snapchat Ends 'Speed Filter' That Critics Say Encouraged Reckless Driving

The messaging app popular with teens is dropping a feature first launched in 2013. After several deadly car crashes involving the filter, Snap was the target of numerous lawsuits.

Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample sent from Japan and brought in for research last year in Blaine, Wash.

The First 'Murder Hornet' Of 2021 Has Been Discovered In Washington State

Because of its withered condition and the fact that male giant hornets don't typically emerge until July, officials believe the hornet was likely from a previous season and just recently found.

President Biden signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.

Juneteenth Is Now A Federal Holiday

June 19 is a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Ohio Budget Director Expects $3 Billion Surplus Over The Next Two Years

The state budget process began during the pandemic, when schools and businesses were closed, unemployment numbers were at double digits, and terrifying...

One Woman's Decades-Long Fight To Make Juneteenth A U.S. Holiday

"We can all finally celebrate. The whole country together," says Opal Lee, 94, who has been working for years to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

A Columnist's Reaction To England Men's Soccer Team Taking A Knee

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with writer Nels Abbey about his recent column surrounding fans booing the English men's national soccer team for taking a knee in honor of Black Lives Matter.

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