News

Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin is examined during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday in Cincinnati.

Sports

Monday Night Football game postponed after player collapses on the field

11:10pm January 02, 2023

The Monday night game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was suspended after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field. Hamlin was in critical condition, the NFL said.

This photo shows the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) firing during exercises in the Philippines. Russia accused Ukraine of using the same weapons to carry out the attack.

World News

Russia says 63 soldiers were killed in a Ukrainian attack

8:07pm January 02, 2023

by Julian Hayda

The attack was one of the deadliest strikes on the Kremlin's forces since the start of the war 10 months ago. Ukraine claimed to have killed hundreds of Russian conscripts, but details are murky.

Music & Culture

Fred White, drummer for the band Earth, Wind & Fire, has died

5:13pm January 02, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

White, the younger brother of the band's founder and principal songwriter Maurice White, joined the group in the mid-1970s and went on to lay the backbone for hits like "September" and "Shining Star."

Prison inmates make one of their daily allotment of six phone calls at the York Community Reintegration Center.

A bill to fight expensive prison phone call costs heads to Biden's desk

4:26pm January 02, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Congress recently passed legislation that will give federal regulators greater authority to limit the costs of prison phone calls.

Much of California is facing the threat of more heavy rain and strong winds, as an atmospheric river approaches. In this image released by California Highway Patrol Truckee, vehicles are seen on New Year's Eve, stranded along Interstate 80 at the Nevada state line and Colfax, Calif.

National

A third atmospheric river storm is set to add to misery in California's flooded areas

4:03pm January 02, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Parts of California were still under flash flood warnings Monday, with yet another deluge of rainfall set to arrive midweek.

The start of 2023 is the perfect time to revisit experts' century-old predictions about the world.

National

Here's what 2023 has in store, as predicted by experts in 1923

2:46pm January 02, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

A researcher collected century-old newspaper clippings with predictions in fields ranging from public health to beauty to transportation. Some have proven more accurate than others.

Martina Navratilova looks on after the Women's Singles Final match during the 2022 U.S. Open in New York.

Sports

Tennis great Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer

2:45pm January 02, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

The 66-year-old tennis legend has been diagnosed with early stages of throat and breast cancer. "The prognosis is good," her agent told NPR.

Boise State University students, along with people who knew the four University of Idaho students who were found killed in Moscow, Idaho, in November, pay their respects at a vigil on November 17.

National

The family of the Idaho slaying suspect expresses sympathy, support

1:36pm January 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

Relatives of a man arrested in Pennsylvania in the slayings of four University of Idaho students expressed sympathy for the victims' families but also vowed to support him.

Photo prints of the late Guru Jagat for sale at the RA MA Santa Monica yoga studio.

She was a popular yoga guru. Then she embraced QAnon conspiracy theories

12:24pm January 02, 2023

by Emily Guerin

Themes like everything is connected, nothing happens without a purpose, and nothing is what it seems are central to both yoga philosophy and conspiratorial thinking.

An investigation of records from 25 county jails across Pennsylvania shows that nearly 1 in 3 "use of force" incidents by guards involved a prisoner who was having a psychiatric crisis or who had a known mental illness. Guards used weapons like stun guns or pepper spray to subdue prisoners who may have been unable to understand what was going on.

Health & Safety

In county jails, guards use pepper spray and stun guns to subdue people in mental crisis

7:01am January 02, 2023

by Brett Sholtis

An investigation finds that corrections officers in Pennsylvania use physical force on people who may be unable to comply with orders due to a mental health condition.