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Through more than 300 objects from around the world, <em>Cellphone: Unseen Connections</em> explores cultural and technological connections created through cellphones.

How DOES your cellphone work? A new exhibition dials into the science

Turns out wireless networks aren't wireless at all. And light pulses in fiber optic cables carry your voice around the world. A new exhibition explains the science you hold in your hand every day.

The transition from gas to electric is a hot topic for policy makers and car manufacturers. Environmentalists want emission limits even lower than what the EPA may require. The EPA also wants electric vehicle sales to hit 67% of new-vehicle sales by 2032. Automakers say the plan is not realistic.

Automakers say EPA emissions plan is too much, too soon; environmentalists argue it's too little, too late.

The EPA is proposing stricter limits on vehicle emissions. Car makers say it's not possible to meet those goals by 2032. Environmentalists say the limits don't go far enough.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on April 20.

Alabama Republican blasts an effort to rid the military of white nationalists

Sen. Tommy Tuberville is under pressure for holding up military nominees over abortion policy he disagrees with. When asked whether that is hurting military readiness, he faulted President Biden.

Aerial view of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Some hospitals in Texas and around the U.S. are seeing high profits, even as their bills force patients into debt. Of the nation's 20 most populous counties, none has a higher concentration of medical debt than Tarrant County, home to Fort Worth.

Some hospitals rake in high profits while their patients are loaded with medical debt

Across the U.S., many hospitals have become wealthy, even as their bills force patients to make gut-wrenching sacrifices. This pattern is especially stark for health care systems in Dallas-Fort Worth.

In a still frame from video law enforcement officers investigate the scene of a shooting late last month in Burlington, Vt. The suspect is accused of shooting three young men of Palestinian descent who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering near the University of Vermont campus.

For years, the FBI quietly stopped tracking anti-Arab violence and hate crimes

When the FBI developed its program to collect hate crime data, it included a category to track anti-Arab incidents. But this code was dropped, masking the scale of the problem.

Marine Corps veteran Ed O'Connor is seen outside his home in Fredericksburg, Va. He is among tens of thousands of veterans who took a COVID forbearance on a VA home loan. But the VA's program ended abruptly in October of 2022 and many veterans were asked to either pay all the missed payments or face foreclosure.

Veterans fear the VA's new foreclosure rescue plan won't help them

A pause in foreclosures after an NPR investigation may be of no help to many vets. They were already pushed into costly loan modifications after a move by the VA stranded them in a tough spot.

William Friedkin speaks onstage at a screening of "The Exorcist" during the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for TCM)

William Friedkin, director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87

The Oscar winner's other credits include To Live and Die in L.A., Cruising, Rules of Engagement and a TV remake of the classic play and Sidney Lumet movie 12 Angry Men.

Leny Andrade performs at Birdland in New York in 2008. Andrade died on July 24, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Leny Andrade, known as the first lady of Brazilian jazz, dies at 80

Andrade was a consummate nightclub artist who sang torridly of love in a husky voice. A fixture in her home country since the '60s, she became a sensation in the U.S. in the 1990s.

Baritone Samuel Schultz, who was sexually assaulted by famed countertenor David Daniels in 2010. Daniels pleaded guilty on Friday in a Houston courtroom.

After singer David Daniels' guilty plea, the victim speaks out

The opera star who once sang on stages around the world suddenly pleaded guilty to sexual assault on Friday. The assaulted man, singer Samuel Schultz, reflects on the experiences he has endured.

Twelve-year-old Mahito journeys into an otherworldly realm in <em>The Boy and the Heron.</em>

In 'The Boy and the Heron,' Miyazaki asks: How do we go on in the midst of grief?

Hayao Miyazaki's beguiling new fantasy combines the excitement of a boy's grand adventure and the weight of an older man's reflection. The hypnotic story is a partial self-portrait by an anime master.

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