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Baseball's official historian, John Thorn, sets the record straight on the game's earliest days ... in the 1700s. Yes, that's right, baseball started decades before Abner Doubleday supposedly created the game at Cooperstown — and it only became popular when professional gamblers took an interest.

While researching his book, Breath, James Nestor participated in a study in which his nose was completely plugged for 10 days, forcing him to breathe solely through his mouth. "I felt awful," he says.

But for thousands of Somali refugees, the camp in Dadaab, Kenya, is the only home they've ever known.

Mail-in voting might keep election night from being results night. Supreme Court takes up Indian Child Welfare Act and adoption. Italy's new government is taking a hard line on Mediterranean migrants.

Melissa Groo's observations while researching elephants.

Former President Trump's influence is growing — with fringe candidates who refuse to admit defeat even after they've been trounced.

René Auberjonois stars in Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid playing at The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington. The Tony Award winner describes playing the role of Argan, a rich hypochondriac who wants his daughter to marry a physician.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with author Aaliyah Bilal about her new book Temple Folk, which tells the stories of dozens of Black Muslims over the course of several decades.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with author Aaliyah Bilal about her new book Temple Folk, which tells the stories of dozens of Black Muslims over the course of several decades.

NPR's A Martinez talks to John Zavitsanos, a partner at the Houston law firm AZA, about his office making it mandatory for all employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Emmy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning, and perennial favorite HBO again garnered the most nominations with 93. Madeleine Brand talks with Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein about the nominees and the front-runners to win the broadcast industry's most esteemed accolade.

Rapid tests for COVID-19 are proving difficult to find both for local governments and individuals. The Biden administration says relief is on the way. But what's behind the supply challenges?

With details of the conversation between President Trump and the Ukrainian president released, House Democrats are charting next steps in their impeachment inquiry.

Joe Kahn, the incoming executive editor at The New York Times, is replacing a newspaper legend — while facing challenges to traditional hierarchies from a younger generation of journalists.

The recent election in the United Kingdom saw the Labour Party resoundingly defeated by a populist Conservative incumbent. Some are wondering if there might be lessons for the U.S. Democratic Party.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has apparently suffered a stroke, according to U.S. intelligence officials. Kim didn't appear Tuesday at a military parade in Pyongyang on the 60th anniversary of North Korea's founding.

President Obama is taking his argument for a health care overhaul to the American people this week. Obama hosted Thursday a town hall-style meeting in Cleveland. In Washington, however, the fate of an overhaul is uncertain. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said there will not be a vote on health care before the August recess.

Medicaid is required to cover almost all drugs, but Congress specifically excluded those for weight loss. Even so, 16 states now cover Wegovy. Others are considering it, but it could strain budgets.

The Israeli military said Monday it was still battling Hamas militants in several locations inside Israel's borders — on the third day after the attack from Gaza by hundreds of Hamas fighters.

PolitiFact did not find any government reports or news stories that show Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recruited Chinese companies to the state in the last six months, despite claims made by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

When Kabul fell to the Taliban on Aug. 15, the president of Afghanistan fled. It was so fast, the group didn't seem to have a plan to run the country. Tuesday, they announced an interim government.

Alex Chadwick talks with Slate political correspondent John Dickerson about why Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been willing to appear in public with President Bush at a time when other Republicans have been avoiding the president because of recent White House scandals and the public's declining support for the war in Iraq.

President Biden is on his biggest midterm campaign outing yet, a trip that is taking him to Colorado, California and Oregon. But compared to past presidents, he hasn't been on the road that much.\

To practice law, many states require a character and fitness evaluation, which digs into encounters with law enforcement and mental health. In New York, there's a push to ban the inquiry.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Seattle Children's pediatrician Dr. Shaquita Bell about the respiratory syncytial virus surge across the U.S. and what families can do to stay healthy for the holidays.