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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with artistic swimmer Bill May about competing in the World Aquatics Championships and the Olympics, both of which are now allowing male artistic swimmers to participate.

The NFL starts the 2024-25 regular season Thursday with a game between the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens. Will the Chiefs be the first ever to win three titles in a row?

In 2010, the southern Afghan town of Marjah was a haven for the Taliban and drug traffickers. Today, after a massive effort by the U.S. Marines, the Taliban have fled and the area is relatively peaceful. But many are concerned about Marjah's future once American combat forces leave the area.

Simon Hankinson, senior research fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about federal efforts to enforce immigration law.

Ryan Routh was arrested after a Secret Service agent spotted him holding a gun and fired on him when Trump was golfing at his West Palm Beach golf club in September. He faces up to life in prison.

Elon Musk could become the world's first trillionaire if Tesla's new compensation package gets approved. Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Darrell West talks about the implications of the offer.

In April 2025, NPR looked at the impact of President Trump's cuts to foreign aid on HIV positive individuals in Zambia. Many were falling sick without access to their HIV medications. We returned to those people, as well as others who keep close tabs on the HIV/AIDS situation, to see where things stand now.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks more new vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, days before a two-day meeting to consider COVID and hepatitis B shots.

The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.

The foundation started by billionaire George Soros, long a target of conspiracy theories, could soon be under investigation. Its president says it is "ready for whatever comes."