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Big Brown will try to win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday — and if he does, he becomes the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis talks with Robert Siegel about the troubles related to health and steroids that have come up this horseracing season.

Sir Nicholas Winton died Wednesday at age 106. He organized the escape of 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia before WWII. NPR's Eric Westervelt speaks with an escapee, Alice Masters.

Israel announced the release of the two hostages, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan of Illinois, on Friday. The pair was captured during Hamas' attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

Science magazine's annual contest "Dance Your PhD" invites grad students to present their research through dance. This year's winner, Weliton Menário Costa, showcased his work on kangaroo behavior.

Gaza's borders are tightly controlled and most Palestinians can't escape. Some are managing to enter Egypt by paying thousands of dollars to a company with reported ties to Egyptian security services.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Sarah Isgur, senior editor at The Dispatch, who served as a Justice Department spokesperson under President Trump, about the ex-president's evolving position on abortion.

In just a week there have been two mass kidnappings in Nigeria. Hundreds of women and children have been kidnapped in recent days in Africa's most populous country.

Robinson was a widow and lifelong Chicago resident when she moved to the White House in 2009 to help care for granddaughters Malia and Sasha.

In his new Netflix comedy special, "What Had Happened Was," Jamie Foxx reveals he had a brain bleed and a stroke.

For President Biden's legacy, we should look to late President Jimmy Carter's history in Central America.