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The FIFA World Cup is thought to bring an economic windfall to the cities and regions where games will be played during four weeks this summer. How true is that?

NPR's A Martinez talks to Matt Slater with The Athletic UK, about why European soccer leagues and the players' union have filed a complaint against FIFA over calendar congestion.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in New York City to face criminal charges. There are now fears of a power vacuum in the country as President Trump says the U.S. will "run" the nation.

Chileans head to the polls on Sunday, and an arch-conservative pledging mass migrant expulsions is strongly favored over his leftist opponent.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Martenzie Johnson of ESPN's Andscape about the storylines we should be watching as the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks for Super Bowl LX.

Pakistan says it targeted militant hideouts along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to militant attacks across Pakistan. Afghanistan condemned the strikes as acts of aggression.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators met separately on Wednesday with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with "positive progress made," and they agreed to continue discussions, host Qatar said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be facing a huge leadership vacuum, as Director Susan Monarez is forced out by RFK Jr. and the Trump administration.

NASA wants to land Artemis astronauts on the moon in 2027, but the scientific instruments they'll bring must be tested on Earth. The best place to do that is a mile-wide meteorite crater in Arizona.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows about her run to replace Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington about the administration's Iran war objectives following the testimony of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

From a Top Gun sequel starring drones to Howard University's pick of Puff Daddy as its commencement speaker, the Barbershop guys weigh in on the week's news.

Kevin Roose's Young Money follows a group of new college graduates trying to make it on Wall Street in the era after the 2008 financial crash. What motivated them to give up their lives, to work 100-hour weeks and endure sneers when the reputation of big finance was at its lowest? And, most importantly, how did the experience change them?

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021 — making it Trump's third indictment. Here are some questions and answers about the indictment and what could come next.

The former representative says a second Trump presidency would be an "existential threat" to democracy: "There's simply no defense, no excuse for putting that power back in the hands of Donald Trump."

We tapped our network of political reporters and editors across the country to bring you an analysis of every one of the 36 gubernatorial races in 2018. Here's what they said.

Aides say the Senate will hear evidence "nobody has seen before" related to incitement of the Jan. 6 insurrection. The former president's defense, however, argues the trial should not happen at all.

'Cymbeline' closes out Thinking Cap Theatre's 15th Anniversary season

Stand-up comic JIMMY TINGLE. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/1/90)Filmmaker PAUL MAZURSKY. Mazursky's movies include "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice," "Enemies: A Love Story," "Down and Out In Beverly Hills" and "Scenes From a Mall." (REBROADCAST FROM 2/18/91)Author ROBB FORMAN DEW. In her novels--Dale Loves Sophie to Death (Harper Perennial) and Fortunate Lives (Harper Perennial) - DEW explored the ambiguities and intricacies of families. DEW made her non-fiction debut with a memoir about her son's coming out and the family evolution that followed. It's called The Family Heart and it's just been published in paperback (Ballantine). (REBROADCAST FROM 5/12/94)Writer GARY PAULSEN. He is a prolific writer of children's books. He began writing over twenty years ago, when he was coming to terms with his alcoholism. In 1985, PAULSON won the Newberry Award for children's fiction with Dogsong. He reads from his memoir Eastern Sun, Western Moon. (REBROADCAST FROM 4/12/93)DOROTHY BEAM-Her son Joe Beam died of AIDS in 1989. He was a writer who was in the process of editing his second anthology of Black gay writing. Dorothy helped finish the work her son started, and it was published in 1992 as Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men (Alyson Publications). (REBROADCAST FROM 2/

The Commerce Department says the U.S. gross domestic product grew at just 0.6 percent in the final quarter of 2007. That is the weakest growth rate in five years for the GDP.