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A box of assorted soups from the Food Bank of Central New York sits in a storage room at the Canton Neighborhood Center.

Food assistance recipients will see benefits drop by $95 or more this month

This month, households that receive government benefits to help pay for groceries will see their food budgets decrease by at least $95 per person.

Hippos float in the lake in 2021 at Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia. He imported three female hippos and one male hippo decades ago. It's believed that there are now more than 100 in the area, and that they pose a threat to the local ecosystem.

Who can house a hippo? Colombia hopes export part of Pablo Escobar's bloat

Dozens of the invasive behemoths, descended from 4 imported by the 1980s drug lord, are thriving in the region around his former ranch. Colombia wants to ship some of them to Mexico and India.

Attorney General Merrick Garland attends the United for Justice International Conference in Lviv, Ukraine on Friday.

Garland supports effort to hold Russia accountable for war crimes

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to "stand shoulder to shoulder" with war crimes prosecutors in Ukraine as he made an unannounced visit to the country.

Census Bureau Director Barbara Bryant (center) participates in a press conference about the 1990 census in Denver with the city's mayor, Federico Peña (right), and William Adams, a regional director for the bureau.

Barbara Bryant, the first woman to head the U.S. census, has died at 96

Barbara Bryant, the first woman to ever head the U.S. census, has died at age 96. A market researcher, she oversaw the 1990 count as an appointee of former President George H.W. Bush's administration.

Mohammad Jan Azad (left) and Hamidullah Hussaini (right), hold a poster with faces of the girls killed in a suicide attack at the Kaaj Learning Center in an ethnic Hazara section of Kabul. I recognized the two young women in the upper left corner. A week before, I'd edited the photos for an NPR story about Marzia Mohammadi (left) and her cousin, Hajar Mohammadi. Hussaini was their math teacher.

'I was their teacher': A chance encounter as Afghans protest after a suicide bombing

Pierre Kattar edited the pictures for an NPR story about two of the teenagers killed in the Sept. 30 attack. On Oct. 10, he went to a demonstration in Rome and made an unexpected connection.

The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Challenge: Life After An Earthquake

Aid workers have not been able to reach some of the remote parts of Nepal. So it's up to the villagers to rebuild their homes and their lives. And the clock is ticking as monsoon season nears.

VIDEO: See A Controversial Swarm Of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In A Lab In Italy

NPR was the only news organization allowed into the lab to witness the moment the releases began this year. The goal is to create a powerful new weapon in the fight against malaria.

<p>Mariana's bills itself as the Hispanic supermarket for Las Vegas. It's in a working-class neighborhood where President Obama did well with Latino voters in 2008. Most of them still support him.</p>

Republicans Struggle To Sway Latino Voters In Nevada

Recent polls have shown that while most Latinos still support President Obama's re-election, that support is waning. But while Republicans in Las Vegas see an opening to persuade Nevada Latinos to their party, they're having trouble exploiting it.

Review: Jeff Beck, 'Loud Hailer'

More than 50 years into his career, the guitar legend once again demonstrates his mastery of tone, while still balancing his trademark sound with powerful lead vocals.

Dr. Delia Santiago-Materese answers how food gets to space

Dr. Delia Santiago-Materese answers local student question how food gets to space

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