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NPR's A Martinez asks Sports Illustrated writer Emma Baccellieri about the new Women's Pro Baseball League, which held its inaugural draft Thursday night.

While not choosing between building a Rays ballpark and modernizing the Bucs' facility, a letter from the board to Hillsborough officials urges officials to keep the aging 65,000-seat stadium in money-making form.

Antony Blinken is meeting with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv as part of his Mideast visit aimed at containing the war in Gaza, and preventing a wider conflict.

Last night, the college football world was transfixed on Houston as the #1 Michigan Wolverines squared off with the #2 Washington Huskies in the 4-team college football playoff finale.

Tariffs have already affected trade in the battleground state of North Carolina. Now former President Trump is proposing new ones.

One family in Gaza struggles to save their severely ill baby daughter amidst evacuation orders by Israel's military.

In western North Carolina, officials are struggling to rescue people following Tropical Storm Helene. Many are without power, water systems are offline and cell service is down.

NPR's David Folkenflik talks with Catherine Sharkey about the 30th anniversary of the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit decision and its legacy.

Michelle Obama urged Democrats to do all they can to win. Barack Obama asked delegates to “listen” to voters who aren’t ready yet. VP nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz addresses the DNC Wednesday night.

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Anna Edney, health care reporter with Bloomberg, about her reporting on how some generic versions of cold medicine contain a cancer-causing chemical.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Aneri Pattani of KFF Health News about guidelines for spending opioid settlement money issued by nearly 200 harm reduction and recovery organizations.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was passed over in the Harris campaign veepstakes. How has the billionaire navigated the party and what might he win or lose at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago?

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun got grilled by senators on Capitol Hill. It was his first public testimony since a door plug panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max jet in midair in January.

The 12 teams playing in the college football playoff are set. We discuss the highlights, lowlights and surprises.

The Fowler Avenue Collective encouraged supporters to redirect donations to the Bulls Club, the university’s official athletic booster group, a shift that aligns with a broader move toward school-managed compensation.

An upcoming primary election in Maine and last week's primary elections in California mean campaign season is well underway.

Texas officials announced they have detected the New World screwworm in livestock, the first evidence of the parasite in that state in decades.

It's camp. It's drag. A Stormaganza is coming and the Glamazonian Express is in trouble!

Results are still coming in from the mayoral primary in Los Angeles. LAist reporter Frank Stoltze discusses who may emerge to face Karen Bass in November.

Floods have taken lives and buried towns in eastern Europe, Nigeria and Shanghai this week. Scientists say intense precipitation is becoming more possible with human-driven climate change.

Western states have some of America's lowest fertility rates. The rapidly rising cost of housing is playing a role.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rajan Menon, director at Defense Priorities and scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about Russia and India's foreign ministers' meeting.

The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va. is being melted down into an inclusive art display. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on October 26, 2023.)

The bipartisan tax package that passed the House on Wednesday only made it through because Speaker Mike Johnson used a power that let him work around members of his own party — and rely on Democrats.

Uthmeier filed a civil lawsuit against TikTok, asking a state trial court to declare the company a public nuisance for not complying with state law that requires parental consent for teens to use social media apps.