The scoring records of two Black American college basketball stars from the 1970s and 1980s are overlooked by the NCAA as Caitlin Clark takes the mantle as women’s scoring champion.
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A birthday party for a dying father chronicles childhood before loss in ‘Tótem’
Director Lila Avilés’ film is a celebration of family and spirituality in contemporary Mexican society. And it’s a beacon of how women filmmakers are becoming the new face of Mexican cinema.
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Murders of women in Kenya lead to a public outcry for a law on femicide
A brutally violent series of murders of women has been documented. Thousands of Kenyans are protesting to demand government action on gender-based violence.
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Navalny’s legacy: His ceaseless crusade against Putin and corruption
In a sign of Navalny’s ability to inspire the public, in 2017 his followers chanted words in Putin’s hometown that are among the most dangerous to utter in their country: “Russia without Putin.”
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Jake Sullivan says the U.S. is engaging with allies, and Russia, on the space threat
National security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke to NPR’s Morning Edition about Alexei Navalny dying in prison — and his briefing of U.S. congressional leaders on new Russian “anti-satellite capability.”
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Alexei Navalny, Russian politician who opposed Putin to the end, has died in prison
The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness. The politician’s team says it has received no confirmation of his death so far.
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Jennifer Lopez: Then and now
Jennifer Lopez offers a companion to her 2002 album This Is Me…Then. On This Is Me…Now she is once again inspired by falling in love with Ben Affleck.
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A Liberian woman with a mysterious past dwells in limbo in ‘Drift’
Cynthia Erivo stars as Jacqueline, a refugee who retreats from the world after experiencing tragedy at home. She befriends an American tour guide (Alia Shawkat) on the shore of an unnamed Greek isle.
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More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help?
The surge in overdose deaths among teens is opening a new path to treatment: pediatricians. A doctor in Massachusetts shows how it works with a 17-year-old patient.
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Toby Keith’s ‘Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue’ lives on in MAGA country
Keith’s death shined a new spotlight on his music, particularly political anthem “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue,” best known for its lyric: “We’ll put a boot in your ass, it’s the American way.”
