Eileen and Doug Flockhart look at a chalkboard announcing the birth of their seventh grandchild on the porch of their home in Exeter, N.H., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption toggle caption Elise Amendola/AP Mothers and fathers have had their days. On Sep. 7, it's the grandma and grandpa's turn. In 1978, President
Workers at a manufacturing unit make leather footwear in Agra, India, on Monday. Manish Swarup/AP hide caption toggle caption Manish Swarup/AP NEW DELHI — Steep U.S. tariffs on a range of Indian products took effect Wednesday, threatening a steep blow to India's overseas trade in its largest export market. World, reordering India reels from Trump
A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss his arrest and deportation on April 9 in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration wants to deport him to Uganda. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images The Trump administration says it intends
Eileen and Doug Flockhart look at a chalkboard announcing the birth of their seventh grandchild on the porch of their home in Exeter, N.H., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption toggle caption Elise Amendola/AP Mothers and fathers have had their days. On Sep. 7, it's the grandma and grandpa's turn. In 1978, President
Workers at a manufacturing unit make leather footwear in Agra, India, on Monday. Manish Swarup/AP hide caption toggle caption Manish Swarup/AP NEW DELHI — Steep U.S. tariffs on a range of Indian products took effect Wednesday, threatening a steep blow to India's overseas trade in its largest export market. World, reordering India reels from Trump
A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss his arrest and deportation on April 9 in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration wants to deport him to Uganda. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images The Trump administration says it intends
A Microsoft sign and logo are pictured at the company's headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. Jason Redmond/FR74394 AP hide caption toggle caption Jason Redmond/FR74394 AP REDMOND, Wash. — Police arrested seven people Tuesday after they occupied the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith as part of continued protests over the company's ties
President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP President Trump has made clear he’s interested in ending the war Russia has waged on Ukraine. After a flurry of diplomatic meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian
Eileen and Doug Flockhart look at a chalkboard announcing the birth of their seventh grandchild on the porch of their home in Exeter, N.H., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption toggle caption Elise Amendola/AP Mothers and fathers have had their days. On Sep. 7, it's the grandma and grandpa's turn. In 1978, President
Workers at a manufacturing unit make leather footwear in Agra, India, on Monday. Manish Swarup/AP hide caption toggle caption Manish Swarup/AP NEW DELHI — Steep U.S. tariffs on a range of Indian products took effect Wednesday, threatening a steep blow to India's overseas trade in its largest export market. World, reordering India reels from Trump
A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss his arrest and deportation on April 9 in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration wants to deport him to Uganda. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images The Trump administration says it intends
A Microsoft sign and logo are pictured at the company's headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. Jason Redmond/FR74394 AP hide caption toggle caption Jason Redmond/FR74394 AP REDMOND, Wash. — Police arrested seven people Tuesday after they occupied the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith as part of continued protests over the company's ties
President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP President Trump has made clear he’s interested in ending the war Russia has waged on Ukraine. After a flurry of diplomatic meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP hide caption toggle caption Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran of organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia and
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories A new set of higher tariffs, which the Trump administration believes will help usher in an economic boom, is expected to take
A Syrian security checkpoint is seen as forces deploy in Mazraa village on the outskirts of Sweida city, in southern Syria. Omar Sanadiki/AP hide caption toggle caption Omar Sanadiki/AP BEIRUT — New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of
Aerial view of El Teniente copper mine, operated by Codelco, where a collapse killed one worker and trapped five others underground, leading to a suspension of operations in Rancagua Chile. Esteban Felix/AP hide caption toggle caption Esteban Felix/AP BOGOTA, Colombia — The bodies of all five miners trapped in a collapsed shaft in the world's
Macarena Lagos, 19, Florencia Contreras, 23, and Mariana Sanhueza, 21, are design students at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. All three voiced strong reservations about having children. They worry that motherhood would limit their freedom and choices. Tamara Merino for NPR hide caption toggle caption Tamara Merino for NPR SANTIAGO, Chile — In a
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. AP Photo/AP hide caption toggle caption AP Photo/AP CAIRO — A boat capsized Sunday in waters off Yemen's coast leaving 68 African migrants dead and 74 others missing, the U.N.'s migration agency said. The tragedy was the latest in a series of shipwrecks off
Pope Leo XIV holds a Mass with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Medichini/AP ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter
Palestinians carry bags and folded cardboard boxes as they return from a food distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation group, near the Netsarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images At least 325 people in
Members of the Southwest Region team from Boerne, Texas, and the Latin America Region team from Barquisimeto, Venezuela shake handsafter Latin America won the Little League World Series Consolation Game 4-3 at Howard J. Lamade Stadium on Aug. 25, 2024, in South Williamsport, Pa. Dylan Buell/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dylan Buell/Getty Images The
Eileen and Doug Flockhart look at a chalkboard announcing the birth of their seventh grandchild on the porch of their home in Exeter, N.H., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption toggle caption Elise Amendola/AP Mothers and fathers have had their days. On Sep. 7, it's the grandma and grandpa's turn. In 1978, President
Workers at a manufacturing unit make leather footwear in Agra, India, on Monday. Manish Swarup/AP hide caption toggle caption Manish Swarup/AP NEW DELHI — Steep U.S. tariffs on a range of Indian products took effect Wednesday, threatening a steep blow to India's overseas trade in its largest export market. World, reordering India reels from Trump
A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss his arrest and deportation on April 9 in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration wants to deport him to Uganda. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images The Trump administration says it intends
A Microsoft sign and logo are pictured at the company's headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. Jason Redmond/FR74394 AP hide caption toggle caption Jason Redmond/FR74394 AP REDMOND, Wash. — Police arrested seven people Tuesday after they occupied the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith as part of continued protests over the company's ties
President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP President Trump has made clear he’s interested in ending the war Russia has waged on Ukraine. After a flurry of diplomatic meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian
