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We meet a Kansas City man who has a massive collection of Star Wars toys, as The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures opens a show with that theme on May 4th. May the fourth be with you!

Voters in an unincorporated area of Boca in Cameron County — next to Elon Musk's SpaceX complex in South Texas — are voting to make Starbase a city. That will give SpaceX more power over a public beach and state highway.

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on May 2, 2025.)

"The Surfer" is a revenge thriller starring Nicholas Cage. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to director Lorcan Finnegan about the story of an man trying to regain things he's lost.

Israel said it would retaliate after four people were injured and flights temporarily suspended.

We look ahead to President Trump's meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, as well as comments he made in an interview with NBC News regarding a potential recession.

Lady Gaga fans are gathering in Rio as the singer prepares to play what promises to be the biggest concert of her career at the iconic Copacabana beach.

The Trump administration has sent migrants it calls terrorists to an overseas prison for indefinite detention. To some, it echoes the U.S.'s detainment of "unlawful enemy combatants" after 9/11.

Radio Free Asia is laying off about 90 percent of its staff. It says it can no longer pay people after its funding was cut off by the Trump administration.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's center-left Labor Party is seeking a second term. His opponent, conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton, wants to become the first political leader to oust a first-term government since 1931.

An Illinois landlord who killed a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy's mother in a brutal hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced to 53 years in prison.

Harrods, the iconic luxury department store, has become the latest British retailer to fall victim to a cyberattack.

EPA announced plans to reorganize the agency, moving science-focused staff into different roles and reducing the overall number of employees.

NPR reporter Lisa Hagen and sociologist Karen Guzzo discuss the movement to boost the birth rate. Justin Chang reviews The Shrouds. Burke looks back on a difficult childhood in Of My Own Making.

A lot happened this week, and NPR has you covered. Catch up on the big news and culture moments you might have missed.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell is the first to permanently block an executive order issued by President Trump punishing a law firm for representing clients or causes he dislikes.

NPR has for months been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, has revealed more than 200 detentions this year at the bridge, including American citizen children.

Billy McFarland says he will sell the brand "to an operator that can fully realize its vision." The news comes days after the postponement of Fyre Festival 2, which was scheduled for late May.

The pre-dawn sky will feature a glowing crescent moon, joined by planets Mercury, Venus and Saturn.

The judge overseeing the rewriting of college sports rules threw a potentially deal-wrecking roadblock into the mix Wednesday, insisting parties in the $2.8 billion suit redo the part of the proposed deal.