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The NBA season tips off Tuesday with a doubleheader. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with NBA hall of famer Grant Hill about the season's key storylines and the return of NBC as official broadcast partner.

"He had an underground kind of appeal that built on itself," says author Mark Ribowsky, whose book Dreams to Remember traces Redding's unlikely pivot into national stardom.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks retired U.S. naval officer Peter Rybski why the Coast Guard has fallen behind on producing icebreakers and what that means for U.S. influence in the Arctic.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Gabriel Sterling, of the Georgia Secretary of State's Office, about President Trump's claims about election security.

The ice hockey legend marks the 99th anniversary of the NHL with his new book 99: Stories of the Game. Never mind the sport's tough guy reputation; "the game of hockey is an art," Gretzky says.

A landmark court case could mean changes in the NCAA, and a woman takes her place in history on the NBA bench. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about the week in sports.

Rebecca Musser was raised in an extremist, polygamist church. She tells the harrowing story of her childhood, her first marriage, and her escape in her autobiography.

Summer electric bills are expected to be nearly 8% higher this year than they were last year. Higher-than-usual temperatures will keep air conditioners working overtime.

Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty means that an attack on one member state is determined to be an attack on all. Ukraine is not part of the alliance — but some of its neighbors are.

Organizers behind No Kings, a network of progressive groups, say millions turned out in cities and towns across the country and abroad to speak out against the Trump administration's actions.

Peloton has hit the skids. The pandemic breakout brand will lay off 2,800 workers and replace its co-founder CEO John Foley. The company has faced takeover rumors by Amazon, Nike or Apple.

The co-founder of the iconic punk rock band talks about the message it tried to get across, his influence as a composer and other topics ahead of Devo's Thursday concert in Clearwater.

Politics is never far from controversy — be it Supreme Court rulings, guns or terrorist attacks, like the one in Paris. President Obama — and the candidates trying to replace him — all weighed in.

Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) is one of the Republican Party's strongest and most conservative voices. He talks about his new book, It Takes a Family, where he discusses the politics of intelligent design, and what he'd like to hear from Supreme Court nominee John Roberts.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karim Khan, the lead prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, about the pager explosions and conflict in the Middle East.

NPR's A Martínez talks with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California about the various deadlines lawmakers face — including the midnight deadline to fund government operations.

Well before the Supreme Court struck down many of President Trump's tariffs, Wall Street had been literally betting on it. Firms created a market to sell companies' claims on refunds, if they happen.

The composer Mark Snow has died at 78 years old. He did the music for many TV shows, including The X-Files, Smallville and Blue Bloods.

Writer Mitchell S. Jackson says loving America means telling the truth about its past, even when its uncomfortable. He reflects on the country's 250th birthday.

After worries about cuts earlier in the year, $13 million is being added to the state’s Early Steps program, which serves babies and toddlers with...

When he retired from his job as a war correspondent, P.J. O'Rourke decided to take on a new kind of globe-trotting challenge: traveling for fun. In Holidays in Heck, he explains how touring the Galapagos Islands and horseback riding in Kyrgyzstan left him questioning the merits of recreational travel.

The latest obsessions in America's wellness craze are rooted in South Asian practices. Industry leaders who grew up with those rituals are caught between joy and a battle against cultural erasure.

Complex computer systems that decide whether people get Medicaid benefits have a history of errors. Now, changes to comply with Trump's tax and domestic policy law are inundating those systems.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Jennifer Weiner about why writing books centering plus-size women has always been an important part of her career.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to reporter Maria Godoy about how parents can wade through the noise and opinions to find information to help keep their kids healthy.