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The NBA is reeling from a pair of gambling and sports betting scandals. Federal authorities allege an NBA player, ex-player, current coach, and others were involved in a years-long gambling scheme.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Jonathan Cohen, author of "Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling."

A youth orchestra in the Kyiv region composes a symphonic poem recreating the sound of wartime nights in Ukraine.

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.

On this day in 1901, Annie Edson Taylor, a widowed schoolteacher from Bay City, Michigan, made history by becoming the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel on her 63rd birthday. Desperate for work, she hoped the stunt would lead to speaking engagements, but it didn’t pan out as planned. Despite facing many challenges, including a manager who stole her barrel, she remains forever known as the "Heroine of Niagara."

The lawmakers argue morale is down across the agency and that Col. James Grady and his second in command have both lost the confidence of rank-and-file troopers.

The Michigan House Regulatory Reform Committee opened hearings Thursday on a bill to outlaw medical research and testing on dogs if it could cause “pain or distress.”

Ticketmaster's CEO made waves with a recent comment that event tickets are underpriced. Economics 101 backs him up. So why do ticket prices seem so out of control?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with European Union leaders as they prepare massive new financing for Kyiv's war effort.

More than 25 years ago, Philip Pullman's first novel, The Golden Compass, introduced readers to heroine Lyra Belacqua. Now, more than 25 years later, her story comes to a close in The Rose Field.