Clothing store Express, a mall favorite, has filed for bankruptcy

Katie Ledecky tells NPR about her plans for the Paris Olympics — and L.A. in 2028...

04/05/2024

Express, which dressed generations of mall shoppers in slacks and blouses, now owns Bonobos and UpWest. It's closing dozens of stores but also plans to get sold to a consortium to survive. Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals, having earned 10 at the Olympics. But on Friday she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest aw [Read more]

Orangutan in the wild applied medicinal plant to heal its own injury, biologists say...

04/05/2024

It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving. [Read more]

Scientists welcome new rules on marijuana, but research will still face obstacles...

04/05/2024

When marijuana becomes a Schedule III instead of a Schedule I substance under federal rules, researchers will face fewer barriers to studying it. But there will still be some roadblocks for science. [Read more]

Israel Hamas War Protests Worldwide; Visiting a Donkey Festival in Colombia...

04/05/2024

As protests over the Israel Hamas war roil college campuses across the U.S., similar protests are happening elsewhere in the world. We hear from some of them. And a quirky festival in Colombia celebrates the donkey. [Read more]