https://www.kazu.org/npr-news NPR News en-US Copyright Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:56:51 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/senate-panel-delays-vote-on-blanches-nomination-as-key-republicans-withhold-support The Senate Judiciary Committee had been expected to vote Thursday on whether to advance Todd Blanche's nomination. But resistance from two Republican senators threw his confirmation into doubt. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:56:51 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/senate-panel-delays-vote-on-blanches-nomination-as-key-republicans-withhold-support The Associated Press https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/man-convicted-in-terrorism-trial-over-the-2022-stabbing-of-author-salman-rushdie A man was convicted of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel "The Satanic Verses." Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:33:00 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/man-convicted-in-terrorism-trial-over-the-2022-stabbing-of-author-salman-rushdie The Associated Press https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/hope-dwindles-for-rescue-in-southwestern-japan-quake-as-death-toll-climbs-to-23 Time was running out to find survivors, as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan 's southern main island of Kyushu, where the magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Tuesday. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:18:58 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/hope-dwindles-for-rescue-in-southwestern-japan-quake-as-death-toll-climbs-to-23 The Associated Press https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/animal-spillover-lab-leak-what-the-science-says-about-the-origins-of-covid-19 The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:02:53 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/animal-spillover-lab-leak-what-the-science-says-about-the-origins-of-covid-19 Rachel Carlson https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/the-trump-administrations-move-to-end-subsidies-for-medicare-drug-plans-could-cost-consumers Federal subsidies that have helped defray insurers' Medicare drug costs will disappear at the end of the year. Millions of beneficiaries could face higher premiums in 2027. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:58:03 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/the-trump-administrations-move-to-end-subsidies-for-medicare-drug-plans-could-cost-consumers Sydney Lupkin https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/anthony-fauci-invokes-fifth-amendment-at-tense-senate-hearing Republicans threatened repercussions after Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment rather than answer questions during a contentious Senate hearing on Covid-19. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:28:57 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/anthony-fauci-invokes-fifth-amendment-at-tense-senate-hearing Jonathan Lambert https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/the-race-is-on-for-the-next-united-nations-secretary-general The United Nations Security Council will begin straw polls Thursday to whittle down the field of candidates for the next U.N. secretary-general. Seven candidates are running to replace António Guterres. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:28:50 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/the-race-is-on-for-the-next-united-nations-secretary-general Michele Kelemen https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/oregon-is-on-track-for-its-worst-wildfire-season-yet Wildfires in central and eastern Oregon are prompting evacuations and forcing ranchers to scramble to move cattle and find feed as public range land burns. More than a million acres have burned so far. Most fires have little or no containment. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:28:44 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/oregon-is-on-track-for-its-worst-wildfire-season-yet Kirk Siegler https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/trump-moves-to-remove-protections-at-new-mexico-archaeological-park President Trump is trying to remove environmental protections at another national monument in the Southwest, Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. A coalition of tribes are trying to prevent that. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:28:43 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/trump-moves-to-remove-protections-at-new-mexico-archaeological-park Gabriel Pietrorazio https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/latest-mideast-strikes-between-u-s-and-iran-draw-saudi-arabia-into-conflict The U.S. and Saudi Arabia struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq after they launched attacks. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:22:26 GMT https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2026-07-29/latest-mideast-strikes-between-u-s-and-iran-draw-saudi-arabia-into-conflict Jane Arraf