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From left: Erica Schwartz, Sam Neill, Pete Hegseth.

What will the Pentagon begin screening 'war fighters' for? The quiz knows

Plus: Jurassic Park, U.K. politics, conspiracy theories, Pete Hegseth and numismatics.

Snap-on sells custom tools to mechanics with a fleet of 3,400 rolling showrooms like this one. Its sales force visits nearly a million mechanics every week.

Federal Reserve looks for 'secret sauce' behind a successful Wisconsin toolmaker

Business is booming for Snap-on, a Wisconsin company that has made tools for professional mechanics for more than a century. It recently got a fact-finding visit from the head of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank.

As 'The Bear' wraps up, we listen back to an interview with Cousin Richie

Critic David Bianculli says The Bear concludes its run with a beautiful final episode. And we listen back to a 2025 interview with Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who plays an abrasive and ornery cook/maître d'.

FILE - An ad for the prediction market app Kalshi is displayed on a mobile phone on April 16, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Kalshi says it's not a sportsbook even as World Cup bets surge

The betting site Kalshi emerged as a dominant sports betting platform during the World Cup. But the company avoids billions of dollars in taxes by insisting it is not a sports gambling operator.

Children play on the Mexico-U.S. border wall in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, on May 10. Border security has been a big theme for Republican ads during the 2026 midterm campaign.

Republican campaigns see immigration as a winning issue for midterms

Republicans are spending more money and running more ads on immigration than Democrats are ahead of the November midterm elections, according to an NPR analysis of advertisement data.

'The Odyssey' is the epic only Christopher Nolan could make — and thank Zeus he did

It's old-school, swords-and-sandals cinema, yet still modern and richly satisfying.

Players react to FIFA referee Said Martinez as a penalty kick is awarded to Belgium after the VAR review during the World Cup round Of 32 match between Belgium and Senegal in Seattle on July 1.

At the World Cup, has 'VAR' gone too far? Some fans say it's ruining the tournament

During this World Cup, VAR, or video assistant referee, has become ubiquitous (and despised by many). But there was a time when fans and teams loved it. What went wrong?

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Friday, July 17, 2026.

China's Xi calls for step up of global effort in AI, as US curbs squeeze China's tech access

American-led restrictions have blocked China from accessing some of the world's most advanced technologies, spurring China's efforts to build its own know-how and intensifying the tech race between the world's two biggest economies.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, listen as President Donald Trump meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington.

Rubio convenes countries on left-wing political violence

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday convened leaders from more than 60 countries to take part in the Trump administration's latest effort to quell what it calls "left wing" political terrorism.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito leaves following a ceremony to proclaim his enthronement to the world at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in 2019.

Japan revises law on royals, keeps blocking women from throne

A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it.

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