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This year started out with hype for driverless car companies, but it's ending with trouble — especially at GM's Cruise.

The headaches over weather concerns in the outdoors show, the logistics of construction of the cage and staging events at federal landmarks and the soaring cost made Freedom 250 a one-off.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Cassandra Nagley, who covers women's basketball for Yahoo Sports, about the WNBA season kickoff.

A gunman opened fire on a moving car carrying a Sikh separatist, fueling suspicion the shooting may have been targeting his activism.

American intelligence officials briefed former President Donald Trump on threats from Iran to assassinate him. A Trump campaign spokesman says the focus was on real and specific threats.

As Republican presidential hopefuls leave Iowa, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Neil Levesque at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College about the next contest.

Now that the FIFA World Cup is underway in Mexico, Canada and the U.S., the drama has shifted to the fields, where there have been several surprising results heading into the first full week.

Paris, the most densely populated European city, faces catastrophic heat because of global warming. Cool places such as underground parking lots could be where vulnerable populations could cool off.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former Congresswoman Jane Harman, who was a longtime friend and colleague to Diane Feinstein, about the late senator's life and legacy.

March Madness is coming to a close. UCLA secured the first NCAA women's basketball national championship in the school's history. UConn and Michigan will face off Monday for the men's title.

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Martenzie Johnson of ESPN's Andscape about the storylines we should be watching as the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks for Super Bowl LX.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Dana Stroul, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East, what Iran's current military capabilities are and whether it's retaliating with full force.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Matt Slater with The Athletic UK, about why European soccer leagues and the players' union have filed a complaint against FIFA over calendar congestion.

Pakistan says it targeted militant hideouts along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to militant attacks across Pakistan. Afghanistan condemned the strikes as acts of aggression.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Joan Kautz of Ironstone Vineyards, a winery in California, about the impact of Canadian tariffs on the U.S. alcohol industry.

We look at recent upheaval in Nepal, where Gen Z protesters toppled the government, and put the country's first female prime minister in power.

The volcanologist on the island of Vanuatu who walks barefoot over cooled lava fields tells NPR's Don Gonyea how to see nature at its most primeval.

The FIFA World Cup is thought to bring an economic windfall to the cities and regions where games will be played during four weeks this summer. How true is that?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be facing a huge leadership vacuum, as Director Susan Monarez is forced out by RFK Jr. and the Trump administration.

NASA wants to land Artemis astronauts on the moon in 2027, but the scientific instruments they'll bring must be tested on Earth. The best place to do that is a mile-wide meteorite crater in Arizona.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows about her run to replace Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race.

Next week's primary in California includes a closely watched race between two Democrats in the state's Central Valley competing to unseat GOP Rep. David Valadao.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington about the administration's Iran war objectives following the testimony of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Democrats vying in a redrawn District 12 are Darren McAuley, a physician who serves in the Florida Air National Guard, and Kimberly Overman, a former Hillsborough County commissioner.