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An estimated 2 million Americans use wheelchairs or motorized scooters. For some, obstacles such as stairs, elevated curbs and rocky terrain may no longer pose such a steep challenge. The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the iBOT, a wheelchair that climbs stairs and bounds over curbs. NPR's Joe Shapiro reports.

As word of the massive power outage affecting U.S. cities reaches Baghdad, many Iraqis find the news cause for merriment. Some hope the blackout will help Americans better understand the plight of Iraqis, who have been living without regular power for months. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

The city will require masks in schools, businesses, government buildings and restaurants starting April 18.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist, commentator and filmmaker, about the fight against American-style "woke-ism" in France.

A new look at some fossilized footprints shows that more than one species of human was walking upright around 3.6 million years ago. (This story originally aired on ATC on Dec. 2, 2021.)

With the latest announcement from the Biden administration, here's a look at what so-called "ghost guns" are and what the government's new rule does.

As President Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen campaign for the April 24 run-off election, analysts say the vote results will have deep consequences in France and on the world stage.

Ali Kushayb has pleaded not guilty to 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection to atrocities committed in the Darfur region of Sudan.

The self-driving vehicle was caught on video speeding away from police during a traffic stop. It was stopped again down the road. The company says the robocab was looking for a safe place to stop.

U.S. combat veteran Bryan Stern runs a nonprofit called Project Dynamo that extracts people from hostile places. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the organization has rescued more than 400 people.