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NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, MARCH 17: Carelo Talavera (left) and Francis Villa Famania (right) chat with their friends during the lunch program at Casa Otoñal — where seniors are served Latin-inspired food every weekday in New Haven, Conn. “It’s more than just a meal,” said Elmer Rivera Bello, Casa Otoñal’s CEO, who says the lunch program gives residents an opportunity to connect with others and avoid social isolation, and for employees there to identify needs within the community. (Ryan Caron King/Connecticut Public)

Envejecer en la diáspora: el modelo de vivienda independiente en Connecticut que plantea preguntas para Puerto Rico

Cerca del 85% de los residentes en el complejo Casa Otoñal, en New Haven, son boricuas y participan de una red que integra diversos servicios comunitarios

English composer and impresario of musical theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber is pictured on May 30, 2026 addressing an audience of theater patrons at the New Haven Lawn Club. He was in Connecticut to receive the Goodspeed Musicals Award for Outstanding Contributions to Musical Theater.

Andrew Lloyd Webber praises CT’s Goodspeed Musicals

Lloyd Webber was in Connecticut on May 30 to accept the Goodspeed Musicals Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre at the Goodspeed Musicals Gala & Auction. The award recognizes individuals with extraordinary talent and impact on the art form.

Who will face Karen Bass? LA voters still waiting to find out

Results are still coming in from the mayoral primary in Los Angeles. LAist reporter Frank Stoltze discusses who may emerge to face Karen Bass in November.

Wildfire and smoke maps like this one on the federal government's fire.airnow.gov website were developed, in part, from research funded by the U.S. Forest Service.

Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn

The president is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.

Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan greets fans who show support for him, after he was denied entry into the United States where he had traveled to take part in the World Cup and was forced to return to his country, in Mogadishu, Somalia on June 10, 2026.

Somali World Cup referee denied U.S. entry, hailed as hero at home

A World Cup dream denied — Somali referee Omar Artan receives a hero's welcome at home after being blocked from entering the United States and taking part in the World Cup.

China re-centers North Korea ties as nuclear silence reshapes balance

North Korea's Kim Jong Un rebalances ties between China and Russia, and gets fresh pledges of support from Beijing, while keeping his nuclear weapons off the agenda.

Why Netanyahu may want to keep fighting Iran

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Daniel Shapiro, former U.S. ambassador to Israel, about the political incentives for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to continue fighting with Iran.

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, front right, visits a new facility to produce nuclear bomb fuels at an undisclosed place in North Korea Wednesday, June 3, 2026.

North Korea unveils a new plant to produce fuel for nuclear weapons

State media photos on the place showed it is likely a plant to produce weapons-grade uranium.

People walk past damage from Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Federal forecasters predict 8 to 14 named storms, including tropical storms and hurricanes, will form in the Atlantic in 2026.

Forecasters expect slightly fewer hurricanes than usual this year, but the risk of destructive storms is still high

Forecasters expect 8 to 14 storms will form in the Atlantic between June 1 and November 30. But the danger is more serious than the numbers suggest.

A television shows the meeting between Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, at a restaurant in Taipei on April 10, 2026.

Taiwan opposition leader says Xi meeting avoided 'reunification' talk

Cheng's comments come as Taiwan awaits approval on a $14 billion arms package from the U.S., and as uncertainty lingers over Washington's long-term commitment to the island's defense.

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