The law requiring lawmakers to disclose their stock trades spurred an unintended consequence: a cottage industry with funds modeled on lawmakers’ investments. These funds are beating the market. (Image credit: Mark Lennihan) Read More
Much of the Southwest U.S. is experiencing extreme heat this week — with temperatures blazing past 100 degrees. And a phenomenon known as a heat dome is to blame. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan) Read More
Novak Djokovic says he will do his best to return to the court “as soon as possible” after undergoing surgery on a knee injury.Read More
NPR’s A Martínez visits Georgia to explore how people without health insurance receive care. Read More
NPR’s A Martínez talks to Gabriel Sanchez, senior fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings Institution, about the health care issues that voters are concerned with. Read More
US astronauts ride a new crew capsule to orbit after a long and tortuous development programme.Read More
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the reason an upside down U.S. flag was flying at his house, was that his wife put it up because of a beef with a neighbor. We’ll hear from that neighbor. Read More
A major education issue this year is the alarming number of students who have missed many days of school — in some cases more than 20. A poll examines parents’ attitudes toward chronic absenteeism. Read More
Israeli troops have launched a new offensive in central Gaza. A neighbor at the center of the Justice Alito flag controversy speaks out. The EU holds its election for parliament this weekend. Read More
Despite progress in some countries — Chad, Nepal and Peru for example — A new report from UNICEF looks at rates of “extreme hunger” among children age 5 and under. Read More