Unpacking the $10 billion sale of the LA Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers announced that the team will be sold for $10 billion. Author and historian Jeff Pearlman explains what this means for the franchise and the sport of basketball.
Democrat senators kick off weekend debate over climate, tax and health bill
The Senate is starting debate on a major Democratic bill to address climate change, drug prices, the deficit and more. It would be a major win for President Biden to carry into the midterms.
Experts widely condemn Amnesty International report alleging Ukrainian war crimes
Ukrainian and international experts and commentators have responded critically to an Amnesty International report implicating Ukrainian troops in potential war crimes.
A conversation with 'A League of Their Own' star Abbi Jacobson
NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with comedian and actor Abbi Jacobson about her new series A League of Their Own, based on the hit movie. The show premieres Aug. 12.
Alex Jones is ordered to pay $45.2 million for lying about Sandy Hook school shooting
Jurors in the Alex Jones defamation trial reached a verdict on punitive damages. They have ordered the InfoWars host to pay $45.2 million to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook attack.
How to talk about monkeypox effectively, without stigmatizing gay men
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gregg Gonsalves of the Yale School of Public health about the public messaging challenges around monkeypox, which is primarily affecting men who have sex with men.
Fighting rats involves high-tech traps and carbon monoxide poisoning for some cities
Cities across the northeast are seeing a spike in complaints about rats. With high-tech traps and carbon monoxide gas, the Boston area is taking on its growing problem.
Pakistan's beloved mangoes are at risk as climate change shrinks harvest
Pakistanis proudly call their sweet mangoes "the king of fruit," and the country even practices "mango diplomacy." But can it survive climate change?
Encore: Binders, backpacks and inflation are on 2022's back-to-school shopping list
This year's back-to-school shopping season lands as the U.S. sees the highest inflation in four decades. How will high prices affect spending?
The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, matching its lowest level in the last 50 years
U.S. employers added more than half a million jobs in July: more than twice as many as forecasters had expected. The unemployment rate fell to just 3.5%, matching the level before the COVID pandemic.
Deep sea mining could provide materials to help us quit fossil fuels — but at a cost
Building everything necessary for fighting climate change is going require metal. There's plenty on the ocean floor. But extracting it is controversial because it involves deep sea mining.
Former Republicans and Democrats form a new 3rd political party
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, two of the co-chairs of the new national political third party, called "Forward."