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What keeps Metallica going after 40 years of making music

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to bassist Robert Trujillo and founding drummer Lars Ulrich of the band Metallica about their latest album and their four decades of music-making.

Children play outside in Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia known for open-air drug markets and gun violence. Last year, due to safety concerns, the Philadelphia Police Department downsized its outdoor summer play program.

Study finds gun assault rates doubled for children in 4 major cities during pandemic

A study of roughly 2,700 shootings in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia found widening racial disparities after the pandemic began, with black children the most frequent victims.

Nickolas Wilt was sworn in as a Louisville Police Officer less than two weeks before he sustained critical injuries in running towards a mass shooter.

Nickolas Wilt was shot in the head on his fourth shift as a Louisville police officer

Nickolas Wilt, a 26-year-old rookie officer, ran towards a gunman who opened fire at a Louisville bank on Monday. He's the latest to be heralded as a hero amid America's gun violence crisis.

A worker tells people that the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., is closed on March 10, 2023. Federal regulators took extraordinary measures on Sunday to backstop all deposits at SVB after the lender's spectacular collapse.

The U.S. takes emergency measures to protect all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank

Federal officials made the emergency announcement Sunday amid panic from depositors over the state of uninsured deposits.

Jacqueline Arellano hikes through a wash she suspects migrants move though on their way north after crossing the border. She volunteers with Border Kindness , a group that is extending its services to desert areas around Yuma, Ariz., to assist lost or hurt migrants.

Desperate migrants are choosing to cross the border through dangerous U.S. desert

The humanitarian aid group Border Kindness leaves water and other aid in areas along the U.S.-Mexico border. They say people are ill-prepared for conditions on uncharted trails.

A person stands in front of a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. on March 7.

Facebook parent Meta slashes 10,000 jobs in its 'Year of Efficiency'

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company is cutting another 10,000 jobs after it laid off 11,000 workers late last year.

President Biden announced new details of a nuclear submarine deal with Australia and the United Kingdom at a U.S. naval base in in San Diego, California.

Biden is selling U.S. nuclear submarines to Australia to counter China

President Biden and the prime ministers of Australia and the United Kingdom met at a U.S. naval base in San Diego to map out their strategy for the Pacific.

Mourners sit at The Rock on the grounds of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Alexandria Verner, Brian Fraser and Arielle Anderson were killed and several other students remain in critical condition after a gunman opened fire on the campus of Michigan State University Monday night.

Michigan State University is enhancing safety protocols weeks after a campus shooting

Public access to most buildings at Michigan State University will be restricted at night, school officials said a little more than two weeks after a gunman killed three students and injured five.

This aerial photograph shows a car and market shop in floodwaters in Pajaro, Calif., on Saturday. More rain and snow is expected in the state this week.

California, hit by a 2nd atmospheric river, is hit again by floods

The National Weather Service posted dozens of flood watches, warnings and advisories across the state.

Hospice provides vital end-of-life support and palliative care to terminally ill patients. But it's costing Medicare billions. A new approach would eliminate waste in the program.

Medicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it

The end-of-life benefit costs billions a year. A new approach aims to eliminate waste and weed out bad actors, while making the care more inviting to those who most need it.

Donna Summer: The 'Fresh Air' interview

Summer, who died in 2012, is the subject of a new HBO documentary, Love to Love You. In 2003, she spoke to Fresh Air about the origins of the hit song from which the documentary takes its name.

Damage is seen at Brazil's Congress one day after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília. The attack was planned by far-right groups on social media, according to Brazilian media and analysts.

The attack on Brazil's Congress was stoked by social media — and by Trump allies

The similarities are deep: In addition to aiming to subvert an election, some of the same U.S. voices that amplify former President Donald Trump are echoing Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

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