One man's mission to clean up South Florida's mangrove forests

NPR | By Catherine Welch

Published April 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM CDT

Picking up trash in Mangrove forests has become a calling for one Florida man.

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Spotty insurance coverage for GLP-1 drugs gets worse

Sydney Lupkin

Insurance coverage of blockbuster obesity drugs has been spotty at best over the years, and it looks like things are getting worse, not better. Plans are dropping coverage or restricting it further.
The authority of age vs. the buzziness of youth, in 'The Take'

Ailsa Chang, Kathryn Fink, Patrick Jarenwattananon, Courtney Dorning

In The Take, an older woman and a younger woman agree to exchange 10 years of their lives through a blood transfusion. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with author Kelly Yang.
Abandoned allies: Syria's Kurds face an uncertain future

Jane Arraf

Syrian Kurds ran their own region for 12 years after breaking away from Assad control. Now they are forced to give up autonomy. NPR visited the changing region.
One week after Israel's deadly strikes in Beirut, a family searches for their daughter

Kat Lonsdorf

A week after Israel struck more than 100 times in 10 minutes across Lebanon, killing over 350 people, we spend time with a family still searching for their daughter in the rubble in central Beirut.
Jet fuel supplies are sharply affected by the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz

Camila Domonoske

The reduction in ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has had an outsize impact on global jet fuel supplies. Prices have doubled.