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Chicago police faced an epidemic of crime — and, with it, pressure to solve high-profile cases. Linda Wertheimer talks with reporter Nicholas Schmidle about a murder case and his New Yorker piece.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is opposed to U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. So is former President Donald Trump. The issue seems poised to become a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential race.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele preview a huge women's college basketball match this weekend, spotlighting the moment many women's sports teams are having.

Basketball megastar LeBron James just became the very first player in NBA history to score 50,000 career points. Does James' achievement finally cement him as basketball's greatest of all time?

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Isaac Arnsdorf about his book -- "Finish What We Started" -- and the advancement of former President Donald Trump's MAGA movement.

Officials have been working on a deal to bring popular video app TikTok under U.S. ownership to avoid shutting it down in the United States.

A brief — and camisole — history behind the conflict over labeling products that are made in the West Bank.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rico Gagliano, host of the MUBI Podcast, which just wrapped a series about great needle drops in cinema history.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council, about the bomb attack on a Moscow street, outside a residential building.

A federal judge in Chicago is weighing whether federal immigration agents have used appropriate force in recent enforcement efforts. NPR reports on a residential building raid that's become a symbol of these new, and harsher tactics.