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Yosemite's seqoias are being threatened by a wildfire

A wildfire in Yosemite National Park is threatening a grove of some of the oldest trees in the world.

Students Run LA nonprofit works to replace shoes for kids after a burglary

Last month, thieves stole 500 pairs of sneakers meant for students who are participating in the LA Marathon. But the nonprofit is already working out how to replace the running shoes

The LS9, a "smart gun" being developed by LodeStar Works, can be locked or unlocked through three security mechanisms: the owner's thumbprint, a Bluetooth-enabled app and a PIN pad. The little dark square near the yellow sticker on the guns shown here is where the owner's thumb would unlock the gun.

'Smart gun' innovators seek to reduce firearm deaths

Can technological innovation offer solutions to gun fatalities in the absence of major policy reform? Gun safety innovators are developing "smart guns" that unlock only for their registered users.

Our predictions for today's Emmy nominations

Emmy nominations will be announced this morning. Glen Weldon, co-host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, gives Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep a sense of what to expect.

The entrance to an exhibit by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is seen at the Orlando Museum of Art on June 1, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. A former Los Angeles auctioneer has pleaded guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

A California man pleads guilty to selling dozens of fake Basquiat paintings

A former auctioneer has pleaded guilty to selling fake Jean Michel-Basquiat paintings, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.

The USS Chancellorsville has been renamed the USS Robert Smalls, to honor the enslaved man who stole a Confederate battleship in the Civil War and delivered to the Union forces, loaded with weapons. The USS Robert Smalls is shown here off the Japanese island of Iwo To, on its way to honor the fallen service members of the World War II battle of Iwo Jima.

A Navy ship named for a Confederate victory now honors a Black Union hero

The Navy has renamed the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory, to the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the South by stealing a Confederate steamship.

Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, speaks at a press conference at the Superior Council of the Judiciary in Bogota, Colombia on Aug. 23, 2022.

Biden administration says fentanyl-xylazine cocktail is a deadly national threat

The White House says drug deaths linked to a mix of synthetic drugs including fentanyl and xylazine — also known as tranq — are a major public health threat. The drug cocktail is spreading fast.

Traffic moves along Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif., on Feb. 16, 2022. The Biden administration proposed new tough emission rules so tough it would force auto makers to boost sales of electric cars to meet the requirements.

The big reason why the U.S. is seeking the toughest-ever rules for vehicle emissions

The EPA is proposing tailpipe emission rules so strict that carmakers would need two-thirds of their sales to be zero-emission by 2032 to comply. And that seems to be precisely the goal.

The U.S. Capitol Dome is pictured in Washington on Tuesday, the day Senate negotiators reached a bipartisan agreement on a gun safety bill.

The Senate gun bill would close the 'boyfriend loophole.' Here's what that means

Federal law prevents some convicted domestic abusers from owning a gun, depending on their relationship to the victim. The new gun safety bill would expand that definition to include dating partners.

Encore: Keystone XL Pipeline gets renewed interest, but the company has moved on

In response to calls for a global boycott of Russian oil, some say the U.S. should revive the Keystone XL Pipeline, but the company is selling assets. (Story first aired on ATC on March 17, 2022.)

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