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American lawmakers threaten to withhold funding for the World Anti-Doping Agency. The sports watchdog group faces criticism over its secretive handling of positive drug tests by Chinese athletes.

A team from NPR speaks with voters along a 15-mile road that cuts through the Milwaukee area's segregated neighborhoods as election season continues in this crucial swing state.

The Supreme Court’s decision on homelessness will test a shelter system that’s full of problems – and lacking accountability.

Researchers found that Hurricane Helene was stronger, rainier, and significantly more likely because of climate change. The U.S. can expect more such storms in the future as warming continues.

After former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake distanced themselves from the law, some abortion rights opponents are left wondering who they can count on.

The “Pleasure of Your Company” music series will welcome clarinetist Vladimir Goltsman and pianist Dmitry Kirichenko on Sunday, May 19, at 2:30 p.m. at the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center. Join us for a delightful afternoon of music for clarinet and piano including works from the Baroque through Romantic eras and beyond. A native of Russia, Vladimir Goltsman was trained at the Gnessin Music Institute of Moscow, where he studied with with the renowned Maestro, Professor Ivan Mozgovenko. He was a soloist for the Theater of Experimental Music in Moscow and a member of the Soloist Ensemble of “Moscow Sinfonieta.” He performed as soloist and principal clarinet of the Orquestra de Baja California, Mexico and with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra. A versatile musician, he has also played with the Wayne Foster Music and Entertainment orchestra/band and served on the faculty of The Bishop’s School, where he mentored the school orchestra and jazz band. Well loved by Scripps Ranch audiences, Dmitry Kirichenko is a graduate of the Moscow and Odessa Conservatories. He has performed throughout western and eastern Europe and the San Diego area. His playing, described by Paris music critic Claude Taelman as “warm sensitivity heightened by his delicate touch and great technical mastery,” is a perfect match for the Library’s fine Schimmel piano. There is no charge for the concert, which is sponsored by the Scripps Ranch Friends of the Library, although donations are appreciated. Masks are recommended but not required at this time. Miramar Ranch Library Center is located at 10301 Scripps Lake Drive. It should be noted that due to a parking lot expansion project, onsite parking is currently somewhat limited. Overflow parking is available on Meanley Drive off Scripps Ranch Blvd., from which the library can be easily accessed via a scenic, paved walkway (map and directions: www.srfol.org/lib-loc-hours.htm). Visit www.srfol.org or call (858) 538-8158 for information.

The scale of the geological event is like something from prehistoric times, with a tsunami 200 meters--656 feet--in height. But it happened last year. Researchers warn that similar events may reoccur.

The fire, which scorched over 12,000 acres in less than a day, has forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people, California fire officials said. The blaze was 2% contained as of Sunday evening.

A new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum is a reminder that voting by mail with absentee ballots in the U.S. goes back more than 160 years before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ballscene House Mother, Grand Dutchess and Miss Montana Two-Spirit Drag Queen Landa Lakes, (J Miko Thomas) will perform traditional Chickasaw Story and Dance that explores the current issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Femmes in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Through the arts of drag, traditional stories and memories of her upbringings, Land Lakes will show what it means to be Chickasaw, and further, a Native American Two-Spirit. This presentation will include dance films, Chickasaw stories, plays and children's dances. Through original music, lip sync and drag performance, Landa Lakes opens the stage for the embodiment of pain and resilience. These performances and offerings are a prayer to heal wounds and bring to light the importance of the intimate and vulnerable Two-Spirit stories. We will conclude with time for a Question-and-Answer session, to discuss Two-Spirit performance, and the futures of Indigenous people’s survivance.