Leila Fadel
Stories
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Israel mulls its next steps after killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Israel’s military campaign is expanding. After assassinating Hezbollah’s leader, Israel’s air force bombed more targets in Lebanon, and stuck Houthi targets in Yemen.
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Academy Award-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89
Smith's seven-decade stage and screen career included many beloved roles, from "Harry Potter" Professor Minerva McGonagall, to Dowager Countess Violet Crawley in "Downton Abbey."
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Hurricane Helene is downgraded to a tropical storm but it will still cause problems
The eye of Helene crashed into Florida's Big Bend region as a major hurricane. It brought punishing winds, a worrying storm surge and concern for those far inland as the storm moves north.
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Technology
LinkedIn is rolling back its use of artificial intelligence
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Christopher Zara of Fast Company, who has been following the company's forays into artificial intelligence.
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World
Morning news brief
Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in Florida. Israel's prime minister to address the U.N. General Assembly. Sudan's army launches an offensive in Khartoum in a bid to regain the capital.
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Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah puts Jordan in an uncomfortable spot
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Ayman Safadi, Jordan's deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister, about the risk of an all-out war in Lebanon. Jordan has ties to Israel, Lebanon and the U.S.
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Education
A government watchdog sheds light on FAFSA fiasco
The Government Accountability Office has released a pair of reports that shed new light on the troubled rollout earlier this year of the revamped Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
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Fears of all-out Mideast war grow as world leaders gather for U.N. General Assembly
NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Matt Duss, the executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, about Israel's strategy in the conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Zelda is her own hero in the series' latest: 'The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom'
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Amanda Cote of Michigan State University about Princess Zelda being cast as the protagonist for the first time in a main "Legend of Zelda" game.
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The arrival of refugees from Sudan add to the food strains in eastern Chad
Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese, fleeing civil war, arrive in Chad hoping for safety and food. What they find, however, is there just isn't much food. Many refugees are suffering from malnutrition.