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National

Unpacking the $10 billion sale of the LA Lakers

4:21pm June 19, 2025

by John Ketchum

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.

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Residents visit the tomb of a loved one at the New Kerbala cemetery in the holy city of Kerbala, Iraq, in 2007.

World News

Face To Face With Death In Iraq

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Florida Pitches New Facilities To Clinch Spring Training

by Greg Allen

Over the next four years, five major league teams will be renegotiating their spring training leases in Florida. With millions in economic benefits at stake, local communities and the Sunshine State are looking to upgraded facilities in hopes of keeping teams from moving to other locations in Florida and Arizona.

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Kacey Musgraves' major-label debut is titled Same Trailer Different Park.

Music & Culture

Kacey Musgraves: A Millennial Musician Reframes Country

by Will Hermes

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Vice President Biden at a December 2012 meeting of police chiefs on gun control, held in Washington, D.C.

Administration Still Fighting For Assault Weapons Ban, Biden Says

by Frank James

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Detective Dave Wells plugs his laptop into a car's event data recorder. A large portion of new cars are equipped with the device, and the government is considering making them mandatory in all vehicles. But some say there should be an "off" option.

National

Yes, Your New Car Has A 'Black Box.' Where's The Off Switch?

by Martin Kaste

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Craft beers for sale in Chicago. Craft beer has about a 6 percent market share in the U.S. beer market, which is dominated by Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors.

Craft Brews Slowly Chipping Away At Big Beer's Dominance

by NPR Staff

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Books

Book Review: 'Where Tigers Are At Home'

by Alan Cheuse

Alan Cheuse reviews Where Tigers Are At Home by Jean-Marie Blas de Robles.

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The New York Post is notorious for topping its stories of scandal and gossip with brazen and pun-laden headlines.

National

With Headline Bus Tour, 'New York Post' Takes Manhattan

by David Folkenflik

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke during a Senate hearing last month. Senators from both ends of the political spectrum argue that financial reforms are insufficient to protect taxpayers from potential r

Odd Political Bedfellows Agree: Banks Still Too Big To Fail

by John Ydstie

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Is your family budget really like the federal budget?

How The Federal Budget Is Just Like Your Family Budget (Or Not)

by Tamara Keith

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People stand in line outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

National

Supreme Court OKs Discounted Resale Of 'Gray Market' Goods

by Nina Totenberg

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Ali Hamdani was a doctor in Iraq before becoming a translator for NPR. He now lives in North Carolina.

'We Survived Iraq': An Iraqi Makes A New Home In North Carolina

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

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