The Canadian Parliament's security force has locked down the institution after a man barricaded himself in the East Block section

AL-SANOBAR, Syria — Mayada pointed to a divot picked out of the pavement in front of her parents' house — the hole left by the bullet when gunmen threw her 85-year-old father on the ground and shot him execution-style in the head. "His skull was completely split … all in pieces," she said, her face impassive. Inside the house she found her mother and sister, also shot dead from a hail of ...

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is taking a version of his record-breaking Senate floor speech on the road

TAMPA, Fla. — Lauren Betts buried her face in a towel at the end of the UCLA bench. The Bruins center breathed deeply, lifted her head and wiped her tears. She doesn't want to go out like this. "Coming back next year, I think I'm just going to continue to grow as a leader," Betts said after UCLA's historic season ended with an 85-51 loss to Connecticut in the national semifinal Friday, "and ...

Palestinian medical officials say they obtained video footage that refutes Israel's claims about the killing of 15 rescue and aid workers in the southern Gaza Strip last month.

Bette Midler is singing songs of joy after getting rid of her Tesla. “What a joyful day!” the diva posted on Instagram and Bluesky. “I sold my (gulp) Tesla!” Though Midler is known for her environmental advocacy, she celebrated ditching the electric vehicle, saying she sees Tesla as “a symbol of racism, greed and ignorance” due to its association with CEO Elon Musk. Musk’s deep-pocketed ...

Sidney Crosby took part in another dueling hat tricks game with a Russian opponent 16 years after his memorable one in the playoffs against Alex Ovechkin

A Boston-area hospital is investigating after five nurses who have worked on the same floor have developed brain tumors.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will not finalize a Biden-era plan to require coverage of anti-obesity medications in Medicare and Medicaid. In a rule finalized Friday afternoon, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stated it does not intend to continue with the Biden proposal, which was released in November. CMS did not provide a reason for dropping the proposal, but a ...

The video game industry is huge. Last year alone it generated an estimated $187 billion dollars in revenue. But it's also facing a host of serious issues: massive layoffs, the advent of A.I., games that take years to be released, and a schism between big and small developers. This week's Reporter's Notebook takes us inside this evolving industry with NPR's Vincent Acovino, who recently covered the annual Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for C onsider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org . Email us at considerthis@npr.org .