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Imposter scams are top U.S. fraud now: Con artists are using new technology to get real time information plus voice cloning and caller ID spoofing to make it even harder to tell truth from fiction.

A new satellite will take continuous measurements of dangerous air pollution in the U.S. That has scientists, and residents, warily optimistic about undoing decades of environmental injustice.

Air traffic control lost contact with the Cessna just 15 minutes after takeoff, the NTSB tells NPR. The wayward business jet set off military and defense alarms in the national capital area.

Taiwan's Indigenous inhabitants speak an array of Austronesian languages. Efforts are underway to teach and preserve Indigenous languages after decades of allowing only Mandarin in schools.

Conservative forces are growing on several school boards in Florida. But in one county, some school board members have held back a right-wing attempt to remove a superintendent.

NPR's A Martinez speaks to film journalist Nick de Semlyen about the actors who dominated action films in the '80s and '90s — including: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis.

A major dam near a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has suddenly collapsed. The risk of flooding would pose a threat to the nuclear plant which is occupied by Russian troops.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will announce his presidential bid at an event in New Hampshire Tuesday evening. An early voting state, New Hampshire looms large in White House ambitions.

Tennessee's Black immigrant population is increasing. Many of those immigrants are pushing to raise awareness of their cultures and histories.

Across the country, fewer people are up for the task to be water rescuers at their local public pools and beaches. Last summer, the stubborn shortage led to beach closures and shortened hours.