• Silvio Berlusconi, tarnished leader who transformed Italian politics, dies at 86

    Silvio Berlusconi, tarnished leader who transformed Italian politics, dies at 86

    Jun 12, 2023 01:48 PM EDT

    ... Italy.” With no groomed successor in sight, voters started to desert it. Berlusconi’s party was eclipsed as the dominant force on Italy’s political right — first by the League, led by anti-migrant populist Matteo Salvini, then by Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, with its roots in neo ...

  • The real-world influence of Nintendo’s newest hit ‘Legend of Zelda’ game

    The real-world influence of Nintendo’s newest hit ‘Legend of Zelda’ game

    Jun 04, 2023 09:35 PM EDT

    ... crossover impacts in how gamers approach their real lives? Casey Kuhn: Yes, so one of the gaming developers, Shigeru Miyamoto, who also created Super Mario Brothers, like you said, he was inspired by his childhood in Kyoto, Japan, exploring the forests to create this sort of game. And if you ...

  • Here's what would happen to the global economy if the U.S. defaults on its debt

    Here's what would happen to the global economy if the U.S. defaults on its debt

    May 22, 2023 09:47 PM EDT

    ... happened in late 2008, when the collapse of the U.S. real estate market toppled hundreds of banks and financial firms, including once-mighty Lehman Brothers: The dollar's value shot up. “Even though we were the problem — we, the United States — there was still a flight to quality,’’ said ...

  • What’s behind a severe decline in Florida’s citrus harvest

    What’s behind a severe decline in Florida’s citrus harvest

    May 13, 2023 09:35 PM EDT

    William Brangham:  For the Hunt Brothers business, it's had a devastating impact. So this would have been loaded with oranges. Frank Hunt:  Full conveyor. William Brangham:  Climbing up the road, Frank Hunt:  Full conveyor. William Brangham:  Millions of oranges were once processed, sorted, and shipped from this packing house ...

  • Analysis: Why the American front door can be a perilous border between public and private space

    Analysis: Why the American front door can be a perilous border between public and private space

    Apr 23, 2023 10:24 PM EDT

    ... opened fire at the teenager who stood outside the door of what he believed was the house where he was picking up his two younger brothers. Lester, who has pleaded not guilty, said he was terrified when he opened the door. It was one of several recent shootings, many of ...

  • KC man charged in shooting of Black teenager who went to wrong house released on bond

    KC man charged in shooting of Black teenager who went to wrong house released on bond

    Apr 18, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    I think any other principles of self-defense are likely. The concern that I have is that, because we have expanded so many of these self-defense laws, so not only do you just have the right to protect yourself in your home, which has been around for a while ...

  • Remembering the victims of the Dadeville shooting

    Remembering the victims of the Dadeville shooting

    Apr 18, 2023 08:04 PM EDT

    ... over, I was holding him," Alexis Dowdell said, recalling the moment she found her brother with the life ebbing out of him. She tapped her brother's face as he drifted in an out of consciousness, begging him to, “stay with me, stay with me.” She recalled: “I wasn’t ...

  • How Hollywood is turning video games into hit films and TV shows

    How Hollywood is turning video games into hit films and TV shows

    Apr 09, 2023 09:30 PM EDT

    ... the end of the day. William Brangham: I mean, on the flip side of that, then how do you explain the success of Super Mario Brothers because that unlike The Last of Us, doesn't necessarily have such obvious human characters. Doesn't have an obvious built in plotline. There ...

  • WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as demonstrators hold ‘Day of Disruption’ in Israel

    WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as demonstrators hold ‘Day of Disruption’ in Israel

    Mar 01, 2023 05:36 PM EDT

    ... with five elections in four years — culminated in Netanyahu returning to power late last year, with ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox partners in the current far-right government. Those allies secured top portfolios in Netanyahu’s government. Ben-Gvir, who before entering politics was arrested dozens of times and was once ...

  • Israel sends more troops into occupied West Bank after latest wave of violence

    Israel sends more troops into occupied West Bank after latest wave of violence

    Feb 27, 2023 02:58 PM EDT

    ... town, torching homes and vehicles in the worst such violence in decades. The responses to the rampage laid bare some rifts in Israel's new right-wing government, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealing for calm while a member of his ruling coalition praised the rampage as deterrence against Palestinian ...