Enlarge this image The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AP The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2022.
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 In a press conference yesterday, President Trump vowed to use the National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department to target criminals in
Simar Bajaj for NPR Eleanor Ceres found out she had lung cancer after the tumor spread from her chest and began protruding out her neck. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Ceres has been smoking for over 30 years — and smoking causes nearly three-quarters of lung cancer deaths around the world. Why
Enlarge this image The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AP The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2022.
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 In a press conference yesterday, President Trump vowed to use the National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department to target criminals in
Simar Bajaj for NPR Eleanor Ceres found out she had lung cancer after the tumor spread from her chest and began protruding out her neck. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Ceres has been smoking for over 30 years — and smoking causes nearly three-quarters of lung cancer deaths around the world. Why
A Russian Orthodox Church in the Alaska village of Tatitlek. Alaska was a Russian colony from 1799 until it was sold to the U.S. in 1867 for $7.2 million. President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are holding a summit in Alaska on Friday. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David McNew/Getty Images Russia
Palestinians inspect on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, the destroyed tent where journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qureiqa were killed by an Israeli airstrike outside the Gaza City's Shifa hospital complex. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP JERUSALEM — Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday
Enlarge this image The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AP The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2022.
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 In a press conference yesterday, President Trump vowed to use the National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department to target criminals in
Simar Bajaj for NPR Eleanor Ceres found out she had lung cancer after the tumor spread from her chest and began protruding out her neck. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Ceres has been smoking for over 30 years — and smoking causes nearly three-quarters of lung cancer deaths around the world. Why
A Russian Orthodox Church in the Alaska village of Tatitlek. Alaska was a Russian colony from 1799 until it was sold to the U.S. in 1867 for $7.2 million. President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are holding a summit in Alaska on Friday. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David McNew/Getty Images Russia
Palestinians inspect on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, the destroyed tent where journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qureiqa were killed by an Israeli airstrike outside the Gaza City's Shifa hospital complex. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP JERUSALEM — Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday
A cargo ship navigates through the Panama Canal, seen from the Cerro Ancon in Panama City. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption toggle caption Matias Delacroix/AP UNITED NATIONS — The United States and China clashed over the Panama Canal at the United Nations on Monday, with the U.S. warning that Beijing's influence over the key waterway could
Stephanie Case won an ultramarathon race in Wales, running more than 60 miles over rough terrain — and stopping three times to breastfeed her 6-month-old baby, Pepper. Rich Gill hide caption toggle caption Rich Gill In the sport of ultrarunning, athletes often defy human limits. But at a recent 100-kilometer race in Wales, one runner
Clouds of wildfire smoke like this one in Flin Flon, Manitoba, are wafting into the Northern Plains and Midwest. Government of Manitoba/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Government of Manitoba/Anadolu via Getty Images Thick, billowing clouds of smoke are sweeping south from wildfires ravaging the central Canadian province of Manitoba into parts of
Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams leaves the court in Dublin on Friday after winning one of Ireland's highest-profile cases. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Charles McQuillan/Getty Images LONDON — Gerry Adams, the former president of Sinn Fein, the Irish republican party, has won his libel case against the BBC over a documentary
A man smokes a cigarette outside a brasserie, in front of a sticker on a window reading: "Smoking is forbidden." JACQUES BRINON/AP hide caption toggle caption JACQUES BRINON/AP PARIS — France will ban smoking on beaches, in public gardens and near schools starting from July 1st in an effort to protect young people from tobacco
Judge Julieta Makintach arrives at court for a hearing in the trial of health professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer star Diego Maradona, in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Gustavo Garello/AP hide caption toggle caption Gustavo Garello/AP BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine court
Russell Brand arrives at Southwark Crown Court on Friday in London. Jeff Spicer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Spicer/Getty Images LONDON — Clutching a Puritan prayer book, actor and comedian Russell Brand walked into a London courtroom Friday wearing an unbuttoned black shirt with multiple crucifixes around his neck and repeated the words "not
Valerie the mini dachshund, at home in mid-May. Georgia Gardner hide caption toggle caption Georgia Gardner Bundled in a little blanket on a plush couch, Valerie doesn't quite look like a dog who recently survived more than 17 months in the Australian wilderness. She's nestled between her two owners, 24-year-old Georgia Gardner and 25-year-old Josh
Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears before the Senate Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday in Washington. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images News that the U.S. will "aggressively" begin revoking visas held by Chinese students reverberated through China as well as U.S. education
Enlarge this image The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AP The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2022.
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 In a press conference yesterday, President Trump vowed to use the National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department to target criminals in
Simar Bajaj for NPR Eleanor Ceres found out she had lung cancer after the tumor spread from her chest and began protruding out her neck. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Ceres has been smoking for over 30 years — and smoking causes nearly three-quarters of lung cancer deaths around the world. Why
A Russian Orthodox Church in the Alaska village of Tatitlek. Alaska was a Russian colony from 1799 until it was sold to the U.S. in 1867 for $7.2 million. President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are holding a summit in Alaska on Friday. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David McNew/Getty Images Russia
Palestinians inspect on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, the destroyed tent where journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qureiqa were killed by an Israeli airstrike outside the Gaza City's Shifa hospital complex. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP JERUSALEM — Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday
