NPR's staff traveled a lot in 2025. From a Mardi Gras workshop to a festival celebrating the mythical Mothman, here are some places and events we thought you might want to check out, too.

Spielberg has long been known for his love of alien-related material. That's why he produced the abduction-based Taken ...

Nigerians have welcomed back 130 children and teachers who were released after being seized in one of the largest mass abductions in the country’s history.

DALLAS (KDAF) — If you’re looking to get abducted by aliens, then Texas might be the place to be. Ahead of National Alien ...

People who believe they've been abducted by aliens have always resided at the farthest fringes of science, and the recent claim by a UFO cult known as the Raelians that they had cloned a human being ...

While there have been a lot of personnel changes over the past two decades, including Weatherly’s 2016 exit and Harmon’s 2021 departure, NCIS has remained a gift of a show — one that keeps on giving, ...

KNCHR during the release of the State of Human Rights Report for December 2024 to December 2025 in Nairobi, on December 9, 2025. [Juliet Omelo, Standard] At least 661 complaints of rights violations ...

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025, themed "Generative Renaissance," has successfully come to a close at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Over 6,000 attendees from 60 countries gathered to explore the ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has been rocked by two mass abductions from schools in the past week, with over 300 children taken by armed gangs in the conflict-battered north. A tally by The ...