The Latest Movies Why a classic wide-screen movie format from the 1950s is making a comeback VistaVision is back in style, resurfacing in a string of high-profile films from One Battle After Another and Bugonia to last year's The Brutalist. Mandalit del Barco National Afghan 'Zero Unit' fighters in the U.S. faced despair before National Guard attack Many Afghan "Zero Unit" fighters who served under the CIA now feel they are being abandoned after seeking asylum in the U.S. They've faced despair and isolation - and some have taken their own lives. Brian Mann Health Care HIPAA protects patient privacy, but some say it shuts out caregivers The federal HIPAA law protects patient privacy, but some say it can shut out family members trying to help relatives who are experiencing mental health crises. Maxwell David Howard Economy A divided Fed cuts interest rates for third straight time The Federal Reserve voted to cut its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday. This was the Fed's third rate cut since September, but policymakers signaled they expect to make fewer rate cuts next year. Scott Horsley Politics Trump's redistricting push finds resistance in Indiana Republican-led states have raced to redraw congressional lines to advantage their own party. But the effort hit unexpected pushback in Indiana. Sam Gringlas Science Oldest evidence of human fire-making unearthed in Britain A new study suggests humans were deliberately starting and using fires more than 400,000 years ago. Nathan Rott Business Why news organizations are suing AI companies, and what they hope to win The New York Times and Chicago Tribune sued Perplexity last week, the latest in a series of publishers suing AI companies in a bid to set boundaries around a new technology powered by information. John Ruwitch Politics New Miami mayor-elect on 'trickle-down hatred' of federal immigration policy NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins, who will be the city's first female mayor and the first Democrat in decades to hold the seat. Patrick Jarenwattananon Politics This strategy is creating some tension within the Republican party As the GOP looks at 2025 election results, it's sounding a proverbial alarm ahead of the midterms on messaging, particularly on the economy as President Trump shies away from the term "affordability." Stephen Fowler National An annual race in frigid temperatures helps revitalize a small Maine town Every December, thousands of runners gather in a small northern Maine town to run a marathon through the frigid woods. The race started as an unlikely way to stoke the town's economy. Grace Benninghoff Prev 45 of 1650 Next Sponsored
Movies Why a classic wide-screen movie format from the 1950s is making a comeback VistaVision is back in style, resurfacing in a string of high-profile films from One Battle After Another and Bugonia to last year's The Brutalist. Mandalit del Barco
National Afghan 'Zero Unit' fighters in the U.S. faced despair before National Guard attack Many Afghan "Zero Unit" fighters who served under the CIA now feel they are being abandoned after seeking asylum in the U.S. They've faced despair and isolation - and some have taken their own lives. Brian Mann
Health Care HIPAA protects patient privacy, but some say it shuts out caregivers The federal HIPAA law protects patient privacy, but some say it can shut out family members trying to help relatives who are experiencing mental health crises. Maxwell David Howard
Economy A divided Fed cuts interest rates for third straight time The Federal Reserve voted to cut its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday. This was the Fed's third rate cut since September, but policymakers signaled they expect to make fewer rate cuts next year. Scott Horsley
Politics Trump's redistricting push finds resistance in Indiana Republican-led states have raced to redraw congressional lines to advantage their own party. But the effort hit unexpected pushback in Indiana. Sam Gringlas
Science Oldest evidence of human fire-making unearthed in Britain A new study suggests humans were deliberately starting and using fires more than 400,000 years ago. Nathan Rott
Business Why news organizations are suing AI companies, and what they hope to win The New York Times and Chicago Tribune sued Perplexity last week, the latest in a series of publishers suing AI companies in a bid to set boundaries around a new technology powered by information. John Ruwitch
Politics New Miami mayor-elect on 'trickle-down hatred' of federal immigration policy NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins, who will be the city's first female mayor and the first Democrat in decades to hold the seat. Patrick Jarenwattananon
Politics This strategy is creating some tension within the Republican party As the GOP looks at 2025 election results, it's sounding a proverbial alarm ahead of the midterms on messaging, particularly on the economy as President Trump shies away from the term "affordability." Stephen Fowler
National An annual race in frigid temperatures helps revitalize a small Maine town Every December, thousands of runners gather in a small northern Maine town to run a marathon through the frigid woods. The race started as an unlikely way to stoke the town's economy. Grace Benninghoff