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The docket this year has nothing quite as riveting as last year's same-sex marriage cases, or the challenge to President Obama's health care overhaul from the term before. But once again, the court is facing hot-button social issues and questions of presidential and congressional power.

A growing number of teenage girls are incarcerated each year. Many have injuries consistent with sexual assault, and up to a third are or have been pregnant. But the care provided in detention is often inadequate for girls because the assessment of their needs misses the mark.

In a test of the Obama administration's ability to smoothly implement the sweeping health care overhaul law, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services have just 90 days to launch an insurance program for people who can't get private coverage because of health problems.

Obama administration officials and wonks call them "early deliverables." They're the benefits of the health legislation that would kick in this election year.

PacWest and Western Alliance were among the smaller lenders that saw shares tumble even as the banks sought to reassure their customers and investors..

NPR's A Martinez talks to Jude Blanchette, a China expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to Beijing.

The president's son agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax offenses. He's also charged with a felony firearm offense, for which he agreed to enter a pretrial diversion agreement.

Each year in northern Pennsylvania, hundreds of stargazers attend gatherings under increasingly rare dark skies to look for faint galaxies, star clusters and nebulae.

After layoffs at Turner Classic Movies, many movie fans and hollywood legends are concerned about the future of the company. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Deadline editor Dade Hayes about the turmoil.

Strict protocols have paid off for the U.S. military during the pandemic. To date, the Pentagon has reported one death from COVID-19 out of 1.3 million active-duty troops.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Jared Bernstein, recently confirmed chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, about President Biden's "Bidenomics" pitch for the economy.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace talks about the centers of power in Russia, and how they could pose a threat to Russian President Putin.

More than half a million children born in the U.S. have ended up in Mexico because their parents were deported.

Growing up in the shadow of World War II, the Japanese architect became fascinated with how people rebuild. Now, after decades of restless reinvention, he has won architecture's highest honor.

On his bilingual food blog, Esteban Castillo shares traditional and fusion Mexican recipes. The blog has a stunning, minimalist aesthetic meant to challenge the way people see Mexican food.

The Commissioner of the National Hockey League tackles the league's efforts to increase diversity, hockey's culture of fighting and potential links between the game and the brain disease CTE.

The House plans to vote on its debt ceiling bill this week. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R.-S.D., calls it an "opening negotiation position" as the risk of a default looms.

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley announced his endorsement of Bernie Sanders for president Wednesday in The New York Times. He is the first U.S. senator to endorse Sanders.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Gene Sperling, coordinator for the American Rescue Plan, about Republicans' debt ceiling bill that would slash federal spending and undo some of Biden's domestic agenda.

NPR previews the hotly anticipated follow-up to Breath of the Wild. Here's what to know about the new abilities and Zonai devices.

Mad Magazine's ageless wise guy delighted millions of readers with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." Al Jaffee had retired at age 99.

The navy is renaming the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory. It will now be the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the South by stealing a Confederate ship.

Rao has been nominated for a spot on that prestigious court opened by the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. She has drawn criticism for an argument she aired as an undergraduate decades ago.

The Navy has renamed the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory, to the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the South by stealing a Confederate steamship.

The controversial vote on Tuesday would grant the consultant access to a range of district policies, practices and textbooks, and includes in-person visits to three schools.