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Attendees walk through an expo hall at a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services at The Venetian in Las Vegas on Nov. 28, 2023. AWS is responsible for infrastructure supporting websites across the internet. Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services hide caption
Outage at Amazon's web services division disrupts major websites across the internet
Murphy the dog awaits treatment at a mobile veterinary service for pets in Los Angeles. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Why are veterinarian bills getting so ruff on the wallet?
National Public Radio's Susan Stamberg holds a phone in her Washington, D.C., office, Oct. 13, 1979. Barry Thumma/AP hide caption
How Russia’s shadow fleet is sailing around oil sanctions
The families of some deceased celebrities and public figures, including Martin Luther King Jr., have criticized OpenAI for allowing depictions of vulgar, unflattering or incriminating behavior on its Sora app. Sora/Open AI/Annotation by NPR hide caption
Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine performs at Madison Square Garden. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption
Government shutdown fallout, price floors, and AI slop against the machine
Brady Holst raises soybeans, corn and wheat near Augusta, Illinois. Despite a bumper crop this year, he and other farmers are losing money as a result of rising costs and falling crop prices. Illinois Soybean Association hide caption
NPR's Susan Stamberg attends the ceremony honoring her with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on March 3, 2020. Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Virginia Republican candidate for governor, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for governor, wait to speak at the 54th Annual Buena Vista Labor Day Festival on Sept. 1 in Buena Vista, Va. The commonwealth will hold its off-year election for governor and other statewide offices on Nov. 4. Win McNamee/Getty Images North America hide caption
As health insurance prices are surging, some companies are covering their employees' medical plans. Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption
Health insurance premiums are going up next year unless you work at these companies
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends a dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump. SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A woman walks past a sign on Oct. 6 indicating the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is closed as the federal government continues its shutdown. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thousands of federal employees are getting laid off. Will a judge intervene?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured as he attends the start of the production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" on March 22, 2022 in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin. Patrick Pleul/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
How much can Tesla pay Elon Musk? Delaware's Supreme Court will decide
People gather around a large valve radio in 1940. By that point, over 80% of American households owned a radio. FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
'Broadcasting' has its roots in agriculture. Here's how it made its way into media
Justin Marston, CEO of Campus Guardian Angel, displays one of the company's drones that could be used to deter mass shooters at the National Association of School Resource Officers in Grapevine, Texas, in July 2025. Meg Anderson / NPR Meg Anderson/NPR hide caption
Inside the growing industry to defend schools from mass shootings
From left: A screen shows photos of American-Israeli Joel Mokyr, France's Philippe Aghion and Canada's Peter Howitt during the announcement of the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Monday. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Volunteers hand out yard signs in June against a data center complex in West Virginia. Ulysse Bellier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jimmy Kimmel appeared as a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, September 30, a week after Kimmel's return to ABC. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS hide caption
A bust of Swedish chemist, inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel, founder and namesake of the Nobel Prizes, is pictured on October 6, 2025 at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP hide caption
Mike Trucano (left) and his family pose in front of the stadium hosting the final for the 2019 Women's World Cup in Lyon, France. Mike Trucano hide caption