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Trump hints at an end to military action in Iran, saying U.S. will leave in 2-3 weeks

Trump's remarks came in response to a question about rising gas prices. He said they would fall once the U.S. leaves Iran, claiming that would happen in "maybe two weeks, maybe three."

Brian Fennessy, pictured here when he was still serving as the Orange County Fire Authority's chief, is the inaugural head of the Department of Interior's U.S. Wildland Fire Service.

As potentially significant season kicks off, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service's first chief shares priorities

"Suppression is always going to be there," Chief Brian Fennessy told the Mountain West News Bureau. "But we're not going to suppress our way out of this situation."

rajeshwari, 44, grades the chile's she has picked in the fields. Her sharp eyes spot the pale white pods from the sea of red. "We sort and grade these chillies by hand," she says. "The ones with the rich red color are the best, but even though the paler ones are of poorer quality, we can still sell these at the market."

Why nearly every farmer who grows these chile peppers is a woman

Chile peppers are a traditional part of Indian cuisine — and a key crop for women farmers. They say it's too demanding for men. "In spite of the challenges," says one, "we've found freedom."

Alex Horne and Greg Davies talk about the U.S. tour of their British show, 'Taskmaster'

NPR's Scott Simon asks Alex Horne and Greg Davies about the U.S. tour of their British show "Taskmaster," where comedians are assigned silly or pointless tasks.

Inside a bug-making factory in Rio de Janeiro, a team of workers transfer loads of mosquito larvae to cleaner water. These mosquitoes are special — they've been engineered to shut down the transmission of the very diseases they usually spread.

Get ready, Brazil. The 'good mosquitoes' are coming

Scientists are driving around in white Chevys, releasing thousands of specially engineered mosquitoes from tubes — part of a pioneering project to reduce the spread of dengue, a terrible disease.

A water tower is seen on July 30 in Plymouth, Minn. A cyberattack targeted the operating technology at over 30 water systems in Minnesota, including Plymouth's late last month, state officials said.

Are hacks of U.S. water facilities a new front in the Iran war?

A recent series of cyberattacks on U.S. water systems has exposed vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure during the Iran war.

'Dreamgirl' Jennifer Holliday Shares Wisdom On Getting Through Tough Times

Jennifer Holliday won a Tony for her performance in 'Dreamgirls.' But the singer's life wasn't always glamorous. She talks with host Michel Martin about battling depression and her latest album.

Dancer Calvin "Cal" Hunt during rehearsals for Tyshawn Sorey's <em>Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)</em> at the Park Avenue Armory on Sept. 24, 2022.

A composer's meditation on the moment, blown up to immersive proportions

Seven months after it debuted at the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Tyshawn Sorey relaunches his work Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) on a monumental new scale in New York's Park Avenue Armory.

Roundtable: Haiti Kidnappings, Iraq Veterans, Live 8

Topics on Tuesday's roundtable include kidnappings in Haiti, soldiers returning from Iraq who have trouble finding work and criticism of the scheduled Live 8 concerts benefiting Africa as being "too white." Guests: Debra Dickerson, author of The End of Blackness and An American Story; Roland Martin, executive editor of The Chicago Defender; and Nat Irvin, professor at Wake Forest University.

Greeting Card Emergency: Unhappy Holidays

In a year that saw record foreclosures, tanking markets and soaring unemployment, it's hard to find a holiday card that quite expresses the vicissitudes of the year. Don't worry. Greeting card emergency solver David Dickerson is back to solve your holiday card dilemmas.

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