Search results for

Britta Lundin's Like Other Girls follows Mara, a hot-tempered 6'2" high school sports star who's booted from basketball for brawling, but finds a new life and a new way of being on the football field.

Normally, more involvement in democracy is a good thing. But officials worry people could be motivated to take their election watcher roles too far.

Officials said 10 people suffered minor injuries and at least three were taken to the hospital after the collapse, which appears to have involved several vehicles and a Port Authority bus.

What's already expected to be a major storm could turn into blizzard conditions. Boston and eastern Massachusetts could see two feet of snow.

The British government named Murayev as one of Russia's top picks to lead Ukraine were it to invade the country. Murayev, a critic of Ukraine's pro-Western government, has dismissed the claim.

But the court upheld a separate mandate for almost all employees at hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers that receive federal funds.

The three officers, who fired their weapons at a car amid crowds of people, face manslaughter charges in the killing of Fanta Bility.

Major League Baseball partnered with the independent Atlantic League to experiment with the game. NPR's A Martinez talks to Rick White, president of the Atlantic League, about what they've been doing.

The hardest hit areas were remote farming villages in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika. "All the village completely is destroyed," said one man, showing collapsed homes on a cell phone video.

The Florida Gators are the men's NCAA basketball champions. They won their first national basketball title by beating UCLA 73-57. Steve Inskeep speaks with USA Today columnist Christine Brennan about the game in Indianapolis. Also, she previews the women's final in Boston between Duke and Maryland.