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Basketball star Candace Parker's high school coach discusses her WNBA retirement
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Andy Nussbaum, who coached legendary basketball player Candace Parker when she played in high school. Parker recently said she is retiring from the WNBA after 16 years.
Two halves of a 17th-century family portrait have been reunited
Art history sleuths in Europe have determined that two separate portraits by a 17th-century Flemish artist actually belong together — and the two works of art have been reunited in a Danish museum.
After this week's bank failures, some encouraging signs, but worries persist
A look back on the past week in banking news, explained.
What to watch for after a volatile week on Wall Street
by David Gura
Markets have been volatile since Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, amid fears of wider problems with the banking system. Days away from a critical Federal Reserve meeting, they're even more on edge.
Get your bracket cards ready — March Madness tips off today
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Nicole Auerbach, senior writer for The Athletic, about this year's NCAA Men's and Women's 68-team tournaments.
6 early entries we love from the 2023 NPR Student Podcast Challenge
by Janet W. Lee
Here are six early entries we love, selected from student podcasts submitted on or before March 3.
'Chang Can Dunk' is the coming-of-age sports film Jingyi Shao wished for as a kid
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Jingyi Shao about Chang Can Dunk, a coming-of-age sports film about an Asian American teen's quest to reinvent himself — by learning to dunk.
This Girl Scout is a vocal critic of the Girl Scout cookies and is making her own
by Todd Bookman
A Girl Scout, distressed that the cookies she was selling contained palm oil, went rogue and baked her own to raise money for her troop.
Activists spread misleading information to fight solar
by Michael Copley
Citizens for Responsible Solar is part of a growing backlash against renewable energy in rural communities across the United States.
Markey calls Biden's decision to back the Willow Project 'an environmental injustice'
The Biden administration approved a major oil extraction project in Alaska, a decision that has divided Democrats. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Sen. Ed Markey, who opposes the project.
China's younger citizens grow wary of strained supports for the aging
by Emily Feng
China's society is aging quickly, straining public welfare and healthcare systems. Fearing the state may not be able to help them when they grow older, more young Chinese are turning to private pension funds.
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates on re-imagining public diplomacy
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Robert Gates, former defense secretary and founder of the Gates Global Policy Center, about the center's new report focused on re-imagining public diplomacy.
California storms are taking a toll on farmworkers like those in the town of Pajaro
by Farida Jhabvala Romero
In the area, berry fields have become small lakes, leaving workers without jobs, food and, in some cases, housing.