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Natasha Cloud of the Chicago Sky looks on prior to the game against the Indiana Fever at Wintrust Arena on Aug. 23 in Chicago.

Why is one WNBA team calling in national security experts?

The WNBA's popularity has risen in recent years, but so have threats and abuse directed at its players. One team is taking a novel approach to this, by partnering with national security specialists.

Israeli Merkava tanks drive along a road past destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon, as seen from a position in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border, on June 17.

For Lebanon, a U.S.-Iran agreement raises questions beyond Hezbollah

Former Lebanese ambassador to Jordan, Tracy Chamoun, explains what the U.S.-Iran agreement means for Lebanon — and what a ceasefire would look like on the ground.

A customer shops for produce in an H-E-B grocery store on May 11 in Austin, Texas.

This is how close American households are to the financial edge

A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.

This photo released by Xinhua News Agency, shows a scene at the rescue site of the Liushenyu coal mine in Changzhi city, China's Shanxi Province, Saturday, May 23, 2026.

Deadliest coal mine explosion in China in years kills at least 82 people

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern province of Shanxi killed at least 82 people. Official news agency Xinhua said the accident happened on Friday evening. Around 247 workers were on duty at the time.

A medium-sized bird, perhaps a mockingbird or a grackle, perches atop a plant in a dense cotton field under a light blue sky.

Synthetic fabrics kneecapped American cotton. Industry leaders have a plan to revive it

Fewer people are buying cotton thanks to the rise of synthetic fibers like nylon and polyester. Now, the U.S. cotton industry wants to boost demand for American-grown cotton with tax credits and marketing campaigns.

The wellness world is eager for RFK Jr.'s promised move on peptides

A month ago, Health Secretary Kennedy said his agency would soon give compounding pharmacies the greenlight to make the products, which have exploded in popularity despite a lack of data.

The Lago family (left) and Zucchero family (right) exemplify a growing phenomenon in American families: parents who help financially support their adult children, due in part to a difficult economy.

Amid cost of living stress, many parents are supporting children well into adulthood

Polls show most Americans think young adults today have it harder financially than past generations. A majority of parents help their grown children with expenses, even if it hurts their own finances.

Chloe Veltman evaluates Nike's Project Amplify system on a steep incline at the LeBron James Innovation Center in Beaverton, Ore., on Jan. 14. She says that after "getting over the surprise" of initially wearing the Project Amplify shoes, "it kind of feels like my feet are being pushed more aggressively forward."

'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility

Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.

Betye Saar at Los Angeles County Museum of Art in November 2025.

Artist Betye Saar, who used repurposed objects to reclaim identity, has died at 99

Saar told NPR in 2006, "I'm the kind of person who recycles materials, but I also recycle emotions and feelings." She died days away from her 100th birthday.

State Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) says a new federal rule is good news because there’s nothing stopping people from buying guns in neighboring states with laxer gun laws and bringing them to Michigan.

McMorrow campaign proposes anti-surveillance pricing policies

Mallory McMorrow, a Democratic Michigan state senator running for U.S. Senate, wants the federal government to stop companies from using AI to set different prices for different customers.

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