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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Major League Baseball and a presidential push to reverse time.
This year's Tour de France goes through Paris' fabled Montmartre district, mimicking the route employed for last year's Olympic Games.
Get to know Ayrshire, the Scottish coastal county hosting President Trump this weekend.
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Julia Riew about her book, "The Last Tiger." It's a fantasy inspired by her grandparents' lives during a dark period in Korea's history.
Detainees at an ICE facility in the Florida Everglades referred to Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishments from guards.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with entomologist Edwin Burgess about a plan to combat flash-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock. It involves breeding billions of flies and dropping them from planes.
NPR's Scott Simon asks the Norwegian Refugee Council's Shaina Low about conditions in Gaza and calls for Israel to end its blockade there.
There is no clear choice for this year's Song of the Summer in the same way Beyonce's "Break My Soul" dominated the summer of 2022.
Taiwan will vote Saturday on a measure to remove more than two dozen lawmakers accused of being too close to China.
The Trump administration often prevails in cases on the Supreme Court's emergency docket. The opinion-less decisions in these "shadow docket" cases create questions about the resulting policy.
Illegal fishing has plagued oceans worldwide, and new technology is providing a view of its extent. New studies show that while it still happens, protected areas where fishing is banned are thriving.
As a new Postmaster General with ties to FedEx assumes control of the agency, rural customers and postal workers worry about privatization or downsizing of the agency.