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President Trump's pardon this week of boxer Jack Johnson is his latest grant of clemency to a prominent figure. It's an example of his hands-on approach to pardons.

Ahead of the NBA Finals tip-off, Grant Hill, Naismith Hall of Famer and minority owner of the Atlanta Hawks, talks about the identities of the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks and who has the edge.

What's the secret to making a fluffy omelet or the perfect pie dough? Jack Bishop, chef and editorial director at America's Test Kitchen, stops by to debunk cooking myths and highlight some of the surprising finds from the show's new cookbook, The Science of Good Cooking.

This weekend, people in Washington, D.C., have been adapting to their police department being under federal control as the Trump administration has taken over policing.

President Trump's initiative to start peace negotiations between Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is expected to dominate the discussions at the Munich Security Conference.

The Tennessee Legislature passed a series of anti-immigration measures including a law making it a crime for local officials to vote for sanctuary policies. The move comes as other Republican-led states are looking at similar ideas.

Demand for electricity in Texas continues to break records. It comes as the power grid strains under increased demand due to data centers and cryptocurrency mining.

Australia has passed a law requiring major tech platforms such as Google and Meta to strike deals with Australian news publishers or pay a levy on their advertising revenue.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says the U.S. wants to put Ukraine in the best position to end the war, but he declined to say if battlefield victories or diplomacy were the shared end goal.

Britain's prime minister called a special gathering of Parliament to argue forcefully for military intervention in Syria in response to the apparent chemical strike that he said killed hundreds there. He met with opposition among legislators who don't want to rush to war.

Sportswriter Ray Ratto believes you're hating the New England Patriots for all the wrong reasons. NPR's Ari Shapiro chats with Ratto ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl.

Most children returned to school in Newtown, Conn., on Monday as some families buried victims of the last week's shootings.

Monoclonal antibodies to prevent severe COVID-19 aren't being used as widely as expected. Medical staff shortages and patient transportation problems are two of the reasons.

Produced by Brandi Carlile, the eponymous 11-song collection offers snapshots of Brandy Clark the person, not Brandy Clark the pen-for-hire.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Univ. of Michigan law professor Leah Litman about the implications of a ruling that restricts the Biden administration's ability to fight disinformation on social media.

WMFE examines the devastation Hurricanes Ian and Nicole brought on Central Florida, and how some areas rebuild in an area that's known to flood as storms become more intense due to a changing climate.

No matter how much order, sense, or predictability we try to bring to our lives, uncertainty and the anxiety it can create are always there. But new thinking on uncertainty shows us how it can be a good thing.

Chocolate is increasingly popular and under assault from diseases that infect cocoa plants. Scientists are working to find varieties that will resist diseases and keep the world's sweet tooth happy.

Fighting has escalated at the Israeli-Lebanese border. Israeli strikes killed nearly 500 people largely in southern Lebanon on Monday, according to Lebanese health officials.

Craig has cooked in a high-end restaurant — and for 7,800 prisoners in jail. He writes about cooking, his struggle with addiction and his Native American heritage in the memoir Our Knives Will Save Us.

The NCAA fined University of Michigan football millions of dollars for a scheme to figure out the signs other teams use in games. NPR speaks with Larry Lage, sports reporter for the Associated Press.

Tony and Maria, Sharks and Jets — Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner take a fresh look at the musical theater classic West Side Story.

From the birthplace of Stax and Sun Records, and the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, the pair of rapper-producers snatched soul music and put it to work for a new generation.

Six months after the election, a federal judge has ordered that a contest for the North Carolina should finally be over, in a case that targeted thousands of votes on technical grounds.

It's the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015. More than 130 people in west Texas and New Mexico have been sickened in the outbreak so far.