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This combination photo shows Travis McMichael (from left), William Bryan and Gregory McMichael during their trial at at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. The three men have filed appeals of their federal hate crime convictions.

3 men found guilty in Ahmaud Arbery's murder file appeals of hate crime convictions

The 25-year-old Arbery was shot and killed after he was pursued by two of the men, who saw him running in their neighborhood in Brunswick, Ga., on Feb. 23, 2020. The third man filmed the encounter.

Wells Fargo has denied claims of lending discrimination and said it's settling "solely for the purpose of avoiding contested litigation with" the Justice Department

Wells Fargo Agrees To $175 Million Settlement Over Lending Discrimination

The Justice Department says their analysis found minorities paid what amounted to a "racial surtax" on mortgages.

Fighter jets are parked on the deck of the U.S.S. aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, also known as the 'Ike', on the south Red Sea, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A Navy pilot becomes the first woman aviator to kill an air-to-air contact in combat

The military branch said last week that the unnamed aviator recently notched the achievement against an attack drone deployed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

This week in science: Melting arctic ice, sea star anatomy and sleep deprived mice

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Regina Barber and Aaron Scott of NPR's Short Wave about Antarctica's melting ice, the weird anatomy of sea stars, and how a sleepless night can ease depression in mice.

Deep inside a Norwegian fjord, a dream of farming salmon sustainably

In Norway, one man's solution to the threat posed by farmed salmon and the impact on the fjords they swim in.

African migrants climb over a metal fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Since the early 1990s, Spain has built 20-foot-tall, layered border fences around its two North African enclaves, Ceuta and Melilla, to help dissuade migrants from entering the cities from Morocco in the hope of reaching a better a life in Europe.

Opinion: The EU Looks To Offshore Its Migrant Crisis. That's A Horrifying Prospect

European leaders are looking to set up migrant holding sites outside the EU, following a controversial Australian precedent, writes an anthropologist who researches migration in North Africa.

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and 50 more albums coming out this spring

Get ready for albums by Iron & Wine, Kamasi Washington, Tyla, Vampire Weekend and many, many more.

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and 50 more albums coming out this spring

Get ready for albums by Iron & Wine, Kamasi Washington, Tyla, Vampire Weekend and many, many more.

Botswana has the world's largest elephant population, with some 130,000 animals.

Why Botswana Is Lifting Its Ban On Elephant Trophy Hunting

The government is revoking a ban on elephant hunting. Some say that's good news for the tourist business and local farmers who say the animals trampled their crops. Others aren't so sure.

A women holds a child in the alley of a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of the world's poorest countries; nearly 40% of the population survive on less than a dollar a day.

The clock is ticking for U.N. goals to end poverty — and it doesn't look promising

Can we end poverty, provide food for all and otherwise make Earth a better place by 2030? By all accounts, the answer is no. So then what's the point of the Sustainable Development Goals?

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