NPR first wrote about the group “No Sex for Fish” in 2019 — Kenyan women out to end the practice of trading sex to a fisherman in exchange for his catch to sell. Since then they’re faced tribulations.
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Why billions of folks can’t easily get a drink or flush a toilet
A report from the World Health Organization says 1 in 4 people lack access to safe water to drink. Even more don’t have water for sanitation. We asked someone who grew up that way to share childhood memories.
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Conductor Julian Wachner charged with possession of child sex abuse material
Once a prominent musician in New York City, Wachner was working as a grade school teacher in Indiana. Prosecutors have accused him of possessing sexual abuse imagery of young children.
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With no federal facial recognition law, states rush to fill void
Nearly two dozen states have passed laws regulating how tech companies collect data from our faces, eyes and voices. It comes as Congress has yet to pass any facial recognition technology.
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Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention facility to be empty ‘within a few days’
The immigration detention center in Florida’s Everglades will soon be empty. State officials expect the facility to have no detainees “within a few days.”
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Israel increasingly bars foreign doctors who want to volunteer in Gaza
Foreign doctors have been serving as medical volunteers, but must be approved by Israel to enter Gaza. The World Health Organization says denial rates have increased by 50% since March.
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Fed governor Lisa Cook sues Trump over firing
Lisa Cook is challenging the president’s attempt to remove her from office based on what she says is “an unsubstantiated allegation” of mortgage fraud prior to her Senate confirmation as governor.
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Denmark summons U.S. envoy over claims of interference in Greenland
Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.
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What will the end of the ‘de minimis’ rule mean for U.S. consumers?
On Friday, the U.S. is ending its de minimis rule that made it easy for cheap goods to reach consumers. The change will affect roughly 4 million such packages processed each day.
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These investigators patrol Las Vegas looking for one thing: water waste
The Southern Nevada Water Authority has investigators who patrol Las Vegas neighborhoods in search of wasted water.
