Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly

Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities ...

Washington, D.C., makes kiss-story with record number of couples under mistletoe

Washington, D.C., set a world record of most couples kissing underneath the mistletoe. Exactly 1,435 couples turned up to ...

Aparna Nancherla jokes that she took a break from standup to stage a 'big comeback'

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the comedian Aparna Nancherla about her first full-length comedy special, Hopeful Potato, and ...

What we know about the rise in antisemitic attacks in Australia and around the world

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Deborah Lipstadt who served as Special Envoy for monitoring antisemitism in the Biden administration about the attack on the Jewish community celebrating Chanukah.