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04/24/13 - Wednesday's Topical Currents examines the saga of Fort Lauderdale Ponzi-schemer, attorney Scott Rothstein. News of the scandal broke in 2009.…

Thomas Kean, who co-chaired the 9/11 Commission, tells NPR that an inquiry into the Capitol breach should be done by people who are not in politics.

Senators reach a deal on measures to reduce gun violence. House Jan. 6 panel will hold its second hearing. Ukrainian officials warn the upcoming days could be crucial to a key city in eastern Ukraine.

The Dow Jones benchmark started Monday's session above 16,459 and fell more than 1,000 points before closing at 15,871. The index lost about 3.6 percent of its value.

Nonprofit RIP Medical Debt buys up unpaid hospital bills plaguing low-income patients and frees them from having to pay.

Abortion is almost entirely illegal in some states. The Catholic church hopes to keep it that way, but many Catholics support abortion rights. How do they reconcile their politics with their faith?

Kelsey Snell talks with HBO's Jon Frankel about the explosion of legal sports gambling and the professional leagues' embrace of it.

"I like when everybody's knees are almost touching and it feels very intimate," the Barefoot Contessa host says. Garten's new memoir is Be Ready When the Luck Happens.

The race for Florida governor recently got a bit more interesting for Democrats. Real estate billionaire Jeff Greene joined the race just a few weeks ago.…

Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News and its parent company Fox Corp. for knowingly airing false claims that its machines rigged the 2020 election against then-President Donald Trump.

This is the first time Navarro has reached the quarterfinals at one of the tennis majors, while Gauff's loss was the latest in a string of exits by top-seeded women at the tournament.

The next hearing will be July 12 at 10 a.m. ET, according to a notice posted by the committee. It will focus on the rioters and mob who stormed the Capitol.

For 15 weeks this summer, Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" had the No. 1 song in the country, but a new song breaks its streak this week. Plus, pop fans mourn Liam Payne.

As NPR's senior national correspondent, Linda Wertheimer travels the country and the globe for NPR News, bringing her unique insights and wealth of experience to bear on the day's top news stories.

In its first detailed review of the federal agency's plan, county staff said the proposal failed to fully consider South Florida's complex hydrology or incorporate the region's existing flood control network.

Kenneka Jenkins had gone to the Crowne Plaza Chicago-O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Ill., for a late-night party. Her mother quickly realized something was wrong.

The documentary Get Back revisits The Beatles' final days together. McCartney says he took the band's breakup hard: "I didn't know what to do at all." Originally broadcast Nov. 3, 2021.

In an interview with NBC News on Thursday, former President Donald Trump did not explicitly say how he plans to vote on the ballot measure this fall. But he repeated his past criticism that the measure, signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, is too restrictive.

We have a recap of the week in sports.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic to preview the College Football Playoff and upcoming bowl season games.