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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, seen here on April 26, will join other top congressional leaders to discuss the debt ceiling with President Biden at the White House on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

President Biden hosts top congressional leaders at White House to talk debt limit

12:37pm May 09, 2023

by Barbara Sprunt

It's unlikely that Tuesday afternoon's meeting will yield drastically different responses from any of the players. Still, the June 1 deadline — when the government could run short of money — looms.

Music & Culture

Members of the band Sum 41 say they are breaking up after 27 years together

12:03pm May 09, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Sum 41 is behind 2000s hits such as "Fat Lip" and "In Too Deep." The band said it will finish a U.S. and international tour and release an album before officially disbanding.

There's growing evidence that social media use can contribute to mental health issues among teens. A new health advisory suggests ways to protect them.

Health & Safety

Major psychologists' group warns of social media's potential harm to kids

11:31am May 09, 2023

by Michaeleen Doucleff

At a time of rising rates of depression and anxiety among teens, the American Psychological Association warns parents that their children need more protection when they are online.

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Trailblazing opera star Grace Bumbry dies at age 86

9:20am May 09, 2023

by Brandon Gates

The celebrated singer, who led an illustrious, jet-setting career, broke the color barrier as the first Black artist to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival.

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Beach patrol personnel monitor conditions in July 2014 in Nags Head, N.C.

National

A 17-year-old died in the Outer Banks after a sand dune collapsed on top of him

8:08am May 09, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The teenager's friends and family had been looking for him. He was found buried underneath several feet of sand.

This 1976 file photo shows Oakland A's Vida Blue, the hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball's biggest draws in the early 1970's and helped lead brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles. Blue has died. He was 73. The A's said Blue died Saturday, May 6, 2023 but did not give a cause of death.

Sports

Vida Blue, who won 3 World Series in a row with the Oakland Athletics, dies at 73

10:21pm May 08, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Blue was drafted in the second round of the 1967 MLB Draft to the Athletics. He spent nine seasons with the team, and was ultimately selected to six All-Star teams throughout his 17-year career.

Bryan Robinson, author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World.

Books
Arts

Advice from a recovering workaholic: break free

7:45pm May 08, 2023

by Reena Advani

How to achieve that hard-to-hit goal of work/life balance? NPR's A Martinez asks Bryan Robinson, author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World.

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Elon Musk speaking to journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at a conference in 2016. Musk's lawyers recently tried to argue in court that comments he made at that event could have been altered.

People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes. The courts are not amused

4:12pm May 08, 2023

by Shannon Bond

The unleashing of powerful, generative AI on the public is raising concerns that as the technology becomes more prevalent, it will become easier to claim that anything is fake.

Nazanin Nour (left) and Narges Kalogli in English.

Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

4:09pm May 08, 2023

The Associated Press won two awards for its Ukraine coverage, including the prestigious Public Service award. The prize for fiction went to two books: Demon Copperhead and Trust.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen leaves a meeting on April 21. She warns that economic chaos will ensue if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling in the coming weeks.

Yellen warns of 'calamity' unless Congress raises the debt limit. What's the holdup?

3:40pm May 08, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The treasury secretary warns that the U.S. could default on its debt by June 1, with disastrous economic consequences. GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson explains why Republicans insist on adding conditions.

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