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A new WNBA season begins Friday without one of its biggest stars. Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner is still in custody in Russia following a drug smuggling allegation.

Sunny Choi is a New York corporate professional by day and a top-ranked, back-spinning, floor-flipping B-girl off the clock. She competes later today at the World Games in Birmingham, Al.

The European Union's top justice official says the EU will organize an anti-racism campaign during the World Cup which starts in Germany on Friday. EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini said the measure was meant to address growing concern across Europe that racism is spreading at soccer stadiums.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mark Cancian, a former Marine colonel and expert on military procurement, about Biden's request to Congress for billions of dollars to buy Javelin missiles to aid Ukraine.

The Justice Department announced multiple hate and firearms charges against the white man accused of killing 10 people at a Buffalo market in a predominantly Black neighborhood.

Most Americans favor sweeping government action to slow the spread of the coronavirus, including temporary limits on immigration, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll.

China's ruling party kicks off a national congress on Sunday in which Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term as party boss and chief of the military.

In Los Angeles, Black Lives Matter activists are taking energy from the streets to the ballot box to oppose the reelection of a district attorney who faces pressure over police accountability.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Andrew Schwartz of the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab about how record snowfall in western states could mean a less drought-ridden 2023.

The year has been filled with numerous political stories. How would you even go about ranking them? Our political team borrows the bracket idea from college basketball's tournament.