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.

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.

The leader of a conspiracy to kidnap, torture and rob people in the Baltimore area while posing as police was sentenced to 40 ...

DALLAS (KDAF) — If you’re looking to get abducted by aliens, then Texas might be the place to be. Ahead of National Alien Abduction Day on March 20 (who knew that was even a thing?), a new study ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is there an Outer SpaceX? With 3I/ATLAS set to fly by Earth in just over a week, experts continue to speculate over its origins. Harvard Scientist Avi Loeb believes that if aliens, the comet wouldn’t ...

Dec 9, 2025 Dec 9, 2025 Updated Dec 10, 2025 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 40-year-old Louisville missing persons case was solved after a girl missing since she was 3 was found alive. The Jefferson ...