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Rebels have rekindled Syria's war with a lightning offensive that seemed to come from nowhere. But multiple upheavals, beginning with the Gaza war last year, have spread conflict across the region.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe about Claudine Gay's controversial congressional hearing and the decision to retain her as Harvard's president.

Marginalized members of the LGBT community were pushing the binaries of gender fashion long before celebrities moved in.

The former president of Spain's soccer federation was found guilty of sexual assault for kissing player Jenni Hermoso after the 2023 women's World Cup. Here's what to know about the case.

Rachel Martin talks with Patrick Blanchfield of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research about what we should focus on in the manifestos left behind and published by recent mass shooters.

The White House is touting the first month of its immigration crackdown as a big success. But questions remain about the Venezuelan migrants who had been detained at the naval base in Guantánamo Bay.

The ceasefire has halted what some analysts say was the most serious fighting between the two countries since a 1971 war. But India's recent suspension of a key water-sharing treaty remains in place.

China's tariff's on U.S. agricultural exports hit American farmers hard back in 2019. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with farmer Josh Gackle about the impacts of another round of such tariffs.

Scientists at the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics are now touting a successful second experiment that may challenge Albert Einstein's long-held theory of relativity. The results show that neutrinos could travel faster than the speed of light. Guy Raz talks to Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, about the findings.

A slew of Supreme Court decisions this summer will have far-reaching consequences. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Leah Litman, law professor at the University of Michigan, about what to expect.