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Two days after the Spurs throttled the Heat by nearly 40 points, Miami responded with a rout of its own in San Antonio to tie up the NBA Finals at two games apiece. Even better news for the defending champions? The Big Three, Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh, finally look like the Big Three again. Audie Cornish talks to sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about that and the scourge of flopping.

A search for two missing Oklahoma teenagers and a convicted sex offender ended within hours on Monday when police found seven bodies, including five teenagers, on a rural property.

A ProPublica investigation found the justice accepted luxury trips from a major GOP donor. The story is renewing Democrats' push for a code of ethics for justices of the Supreme Court.

Every year, the Librarian of Congress announces 25 sound recordings to be preserved for posterity. Picks for 2023 include music by Queen Latifah, Daddy Yankee, John Lennon, Mariah Carey and more.

The death toll from tornadoes that tore through the South continues to rise Wednesday, as authorities prepare to go door-to-door to search for victims. Fay Graves, who manages a McDonald's restaurant in Jackson, Tenn., describes the destruction.

The bipartisan Senate bill aimed at easing the nation's housing crisis includes billions of dollars in grants and loans for homebuyers. It also has tax breaks for builders and other businesses. Critics say the bill doesn't go far enough to help struggling homeowners.

The case was the first abortion-related decision faced by the new conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court after Justice Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in last year.

FBI Director Chris Wray gives an update on the investigation into the Capitol insurrection. He has described the threat of domestic terrorism in the U.S. as "metastasizing" across the country.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, chair of the Committee on Infectious Disease for the American Academy of Pediatrics, about the COVID-19 vaccine trials in children.

Research from New York University found that far-right accounts known for spreading misinformation drive engagement at higher rates than other news sources.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it's expanding a pandemic program into the summer to help families pay for meals their children won't get in school.

The Biden administration is trying to figure out how much student debt to forgive and how to go about doing it — through executive action or legislation.

The company had recently whittled down its list of would-be Martians to 100 names, after more than 202,000 people applied to leave the Earth for a one-way journey.

With the Dow swinging up and down hundreds of points in a day, investors are feeling queasy. One economist says uncertainty in the stock markets may mean turbulence will continue in the new year.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sarah Pierce, policy analyst with the Migration Policy Institute, about illegal immigration to the U.S. and how today's numbers compare to years past. Pierce says we're at a low point today.

Each day dozens of asylum seekers are released in border cities — with ankle monitors — to await immigration court proceedings. A network of volunteer organizations in San Diego has sprung up to help them.

The Mexican government, faced with thousands of destitute migrants on their side of the U.S.-Mexico border, is inviting them to apply for jobs in Tijuana.

Police in the French capital fired teargas at thousands of protesters marching on the Champs Elysees Saturday.

Harvard University researchers probed the way ADHD is assessed by taking advantage of a quirk found in many U.S. school systems that means some kids are a year younger their classmates.

Some antidepressants inhibit a liver enzyme that converts common opioids into their active form. The interaction may reduce the effectiveness of certain opioids for people taking both medicines.