Chelsea Gray leads the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title
Chelsea Gray scored 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title in a 78-71 road win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4 on Sunday.
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All of Puerto Rico is without electricity as Hurricane Fiona pummels the island
The storm is wreaking havoc on the island's already fragile power grid. Flash flood warnings continue in many areas, leading to overflowing rivers.
Flying migrants to Massachusetts was political, critics say. But was it legal?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is running for reelection, said the flights from Texas were voluntary. But if migrants were lured, some argue they could now be victims of a crime.
A North Carolina trial could change jury selection in death penalty trials
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Henderson Hill, senior counsel at the ACLU, about his motion against the use of "death qualification" to disqualify opponents of capital punishment.
Hurricane Fiona is moving over Puerto Rico, which has lost all of its electricity
The National Hurricane Center says the eye of Hurricane Fiona has officially made landfall in Puerto Rico. It lands just after the entire island lost power due to the storm.
A recent skirmish over free speech involved high school students and their adviser
NPR's Michel Martins speaks with attorney Hadar Harris of the Student Law Press Center about a high school adviser who refused to censor her student's published work.
Rep. Jackie Walorski's driver was at fault in the fatal crash, police say
Investigators used evidence from reconstruction and information from the airbag control module (also referred to as the car's "black box").
Virginia has moved to restrict the rights of trans students in its public schools
The revamped rules explicitly state that students must only use bathrooms and locker rooms associated with the sex assigned to them at birth. Similar restrictions apply to sports and other activities.
Three people were killed after two small planes collided in the sky near Denver
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. The NTSB said a preliminary report would be released in about 15 days.
What it's like helping newly arrived Venezuelan migrants in Florida
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet, executive director of HOPE Community Center near Orlando, which helps newly arrived migrants in Florida.