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It would be the first NBA title for either of the two energetic fan bases and their exciting young teams. The Thunder, led by newly minted league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, is the early favorite. (Image credit: Gregory Shamus) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/MFVjAbU

A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s. (Image credit: Jacob Cochran) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/IbEvXgw

What's it like to anchor NPR live special coverage? Two seasoned NPR hosts discuss. from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/nGoaKr1

The Republican senator offered a glib response to constituent questions at a town hall regarding cuts to Medicaid under the Trump-endorsed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/mWUGzg0

PBS and Lakeland PBS in rural Minnesota are suing President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the public television network. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images, Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/SA3rkmB

Russians remember the longtime artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, who died recently. Yuri Grigorovich held the position for the last three decades of the Soviet Union and staged productions that were wildly popular at home and projected soft power overseas. And in Nepal, people have complained of monkey's stealing food from their property for years. Now, the government is holding its first-ever monkey census to understand exactly how bad the problem is. from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/SEOYI9p

President Trump travels to Pittsburgh Friday to celebrate a deal between U.S. Steel and the Japanese company Nippon Steel — a deal he helped broker after campaigning that he would block it. (Image credit: DOMINIC GWINN) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/9k6S4P3

The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information. (Image credit: Jim Watson) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/lRJI21G

Germany's biggest opposition political party, the nationalist and anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party, has been designated "extremist" by the country's domestic intelligence agency. That means the German government can tap party members' phones and hire informants to monitor them, in a measure meant to ensure that the party is not a threat to democracy. U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have both criticized this move. But it is something the German constitution allows and that constitution was shaped by the United States. Our correspondent in Germany looks into how and why this came about. (Image credit: Hauke Schröder) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/BsTmF1A

These colorful snakes aren't just works of art. Erected for the World Health Assembly, they're meant to draw attention to an extremely neglected health issue: snakebite. (Image credit: Owen Davies/Getty Images) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/RXJQfg3

If the suspect in the recent D.C. case planned to kill people because of their Jewish faith, this would represent a major anomaly in lethal, antisemitic violence. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/4o3J6Hd

A Peruvian farmer has lost a decade-long legal climate case against Germany energy giant RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya claimed the company's emissions had contributed to glacial melt threatening his Andean hometown. (Image credit: LUKA GONZALES) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/mZ4Yx1T

Macron said that the video depicts the couple "joking" and dismissed it as part of a disinformation campaign. Experts say Russian accounts are trying to undermine his image as a strong advocate for the West. (Image credit: Hau Dinh) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/l6UnxNE

Sadio Mane will miss Senegal's friendly matches against the Republic of Ireland and England after asking to be excused for the games.

After two spectacular failures, SpaceX is hoping this test flight will go more smoothly for the behemoth rocket. (Image credit: Eric Gay) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/wx78C31

Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, says the bureau is refocusing on cases that pointed to "potential public corruption." (Image credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/6ClnYQH

It's a classic Washington power move — the late-on-Friday news dump. This past Friday, at 4:30pm, start of a long holiday weekend, about half the staff of the National Security Council got emails asking them to leave by 5pm. Dozens of people abruptly dismissed. The restructuring of the NSC as Secretary of State and National Security advisor Marco Rubio has characterized it — continues a trend in this second term for President Trump, of radical downsizing. The Trump administration plans to cut thousands of intelligence and national security jobs across the government. The US Government has long relied on scores of intelligence officials across the government to keep America safe. Trump wants many of them gone – what could that mean for security at home and abroad? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for C onsider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org . Email us at considerthis@npr.org . (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker) from NPR Topics: News ht...

England suffer a heartbreaking exit from the UEFA European Under-17 Championship on goal difference despite winning a six-goal thriller against Czechia.

Arsenal youngster Max Dowman scores a sensational individual goal to open the scoring for England against Czechia in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

Grant Hardin was the police chief of Gateway, Ark. for about four months in 2016. Corrections officials did not provide any details about how he escaped. (Image credit: AP) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/xtHUdXw

President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc. (Image credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/Ef945Sg

The 28-year-old rocketed past Andretti Global's Marcus Ericsson in the final laps of the contest and held onto the top position until the end. (Image credit: Michael Conroy) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/KqfrMcW

The bishop of Rome is one of many titles held by the pope. Duties related to the title are usually delegated to an auxiliary or assistant bishop, known as a vicar. (Image credit: Gregorio Borgia) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/bkpu1tq

A section of California's scenic Pacific Coast Highway that has been closed since January's deadly Palisades Fire reopens in time for holiday weekend traffic, to mixed emotions and high hopes for Malibu businesses. (Image credit: Liz Baker) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/y4ehsk5

The Pentagon restrictions on media covering the military follow a series of moves by the Trump administration to curtail press access. The changes overhaul historic access for the press. (Image credit: Evan Vucci) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/5wQi1oV

The singer canceled his summer tour dates and revealed he has a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus. It's treatable but tricky to diagnose, doctors say. (Image credit: Evan Agostini) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/65XMT8e

The Justice Department says it has reached an agreement in principle with Boeing to drop criminal charges over two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets, despite objections from some victims' family members. (Image credit: Shelby Tauber) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/eTiYv38

Lyon's Alejandro Gomez Rodriguez scores a brilliant solo goal for England against Italy at the U17 European Championships.

DOGE's push to cut some federal surveys conducted by the Census Bureau may be duplicating a White House agency's oversight work and weaken U.S. data infrastructure, experts warn. (Image credit: Etienne Laurent) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/zpKH568

International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful." (Image credit: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/WzrVQG6