The Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder will meet in the NBA Finals
It would be the first NBA title for either of the two energetic fan bases and their exciting young teams. The Thunder, led by newly minted league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, is the early favorite.
Skulls once subject to racist study in Germany are laid to rest in New Orleans
A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.
Sen. Ernst doubles down on bleak response to Medicaid grilling
The Republican senator offered a glib response to constituent questions at a town hall regarding cuts to Medicaid under the Trump-endorsed One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
An immigration raid at a San Diego restaurant leads to a chaotic scene
Videos show armed agents in tactical gear, a crowd of locals and what appear to be smoke devices deployed.
Trump pardons drug kingpins even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric
President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also pardoned more than 20 people serving time for serious drug crimes, some involving violence.
What’s behind Trump’s crackdown on universities — and why it matters
The Trump administration has thrown so many curveballs at colleges and universities, it can be hard to keep track. But there’s logic behind the many efforts, from cutting research grants to detaining international students involved in activism.
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben and education correspondent Elissa Nadworny about what’s at stake in the federal government’s multi-pronged assault on higher education and what the administration hopes to accomplish.
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Billowing smoke from Canadian wildfires wafts into the U.S.
The Manitoba wildfires have forced 17,000 people to flee the province. Plumes of heavy smoke are expected to drift into the United States over Friday and Saturday, affecting millions of Americans.
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end humanitarian status for some migrants
The move to grant a stay in the case means that the Cubans, Haitian, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who were granted temporary parole under the program known as CHNV would lose their temporary legal status to be in the U.S.
President Trump visits Pittsburgh to celebrate U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel deal
President Trump travels to Pittsburgh Friday to celebrate a deal between U.S. Steel and the Japanese company Nippon Steel — a deal he helped broker after campaigning that he would block it.
Trump announces plan to double tariffs on imported steel to 50%
Trump made the announcement as he celebrated a multi-billion dollar deal between the iconic American steelmaker U.S. Steel and the Japanese company Nippon Steel.
Oil companies face a wrongful death suit tied to climate change
Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city’s history. A lawsuit claims she was a victim of oil companies’ “misrepresentations” about climate change.
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