President Joe Biden met with the families of Onondaga County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock and Syracuse police officer Michael Jensen who were killed in the line of duty earlier this month.

President Joe Biden announced Thursday in downtown Syracuse the $6.1 billion dollars in federal CHIPS and Science Funding which will help make Micron's $100 billion megafab project in Clay a reality.

The president spoke Thursday at the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse to announce a package of grants totaling $6.1 billion for Micron to build a megafab complex in the Town of Clay.

President Joe Biden will visit Syracuse on Thursday to formally announce the preliminary agreement between the Department of Commerce and Micron providing Micron with up to $6.14 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act.

North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is leading the push to get the president of Columbia University to resign.

Pedro Noguera led anti-apartheid protests as a student at UC Berkeley. Forty years later, he offers his thoughts on the ongoing protests at the University of Southern California over the war in Gaza.

On Friday, China launched it's Chang'e-6 mission carrying a probe to the far side of the moon to gather samples and bring them back to Earth. If successful, it would be a first, for ANY country. The race to get astronauts back on the moon is in full swing. The US has serious competition. China wants to put astronauts on the moon by 2030. Other countries are in the race, too. If the U.S. stays on schedule it will get humans back on the moon before anyone else, as part of NASA's Artemis program. That's a big if. But NASA is making progress. The space agency's making a bit of a bet, and mostly relying on private companies, mainly Elon Musk's SpaceX . With limited resources and facing a more crowded field, it's unclear if the U.S. will dominate space as it once did. Host Scott Detrow talks to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson about what he is doing to try to keep the U.S. at the front of the race back to the moon. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Videos of Thursday's incident at the school were shared on social media showing heated confrontations between pro-Palestinian protesters and a larger group of counterprotesters.

José Raúl Mulino was set to become the new leader of the Central American nation as authorities unofficially called the race Sunday night after his three nearest rivals conceded.

Massive floods in Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities said Sunday.

It's not unusual for siblings to quibble over ownership of something — a cherished toy, a coveted seat in the car — or whose fault something is. If you're Mercedes Sheen, you not only spent your childhood squabbling with your sister over your memories, you then turn it into your research career. Mercedes studies disputed memories, where it's unclear who an event happened to. It turns out these memories can tell us a lot about people — they tend to be self-aggrandizing — and how the human brain remembers things. Check out more of NPR's series on the Science of Siblings.Curious about more science about memories? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.

A father and daughter discovered fossil remnants of a giant ichthyosaur that scientists say may have been the largest-known marine reptile to ever swim the seas.

With decades clocked behind the piano and a strong catalog, Kiefer Shackelford is primed for this moment.

Tens of thousands of people earn a living on TikTok. But as creators face down the real possibility of TikTok going away, many are trying to switch to new platforms to save their livlihoods.

Some doctors are promoting propellant-free inhalers over puff inhalers that emit greenhouse gases. Climate change can exacerbate respiratory ills because of more fires, air pollution and allergens.