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Magnus Carlsen says he will not play Hans Niemann again because he believes Niemann "has cheated more — and more recently — than he has publicly admitted."

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of cheating

The scandal has been the talk of the chess world this month. Interest exploded last week after Carlsen resigned from a match against Niemann after making only one move.

In this image released by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., in the Atlantic Ocean from the shooting down of a Chinese high-altitude balloon, for transport to the FBI, at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va., on Feb. 10.

How a Chinese 'spy balloon' prompted the U.S. to scour the skies

The U.S. and China have traded fiery allegations of extensive aerial surveillance programs since the U.S. shot down a Chinese balloon on Feb. 4. Here's a look at what's happened so far.

President Biden has seen his approval rating tick back up some after last month's low, with 45% now approving and 46% disapproving.

Biden's Approval Rating Recovers Some From Last Month's Low, An NPR Poll Finds

The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds that 45% of U.S. adults approve of the job President Biden is doing, while 46% disapprove. That's a little better than his numbers last month.

Pro surfers organized a Saturday morning surf session to help kids do something they love at Ho'okipa Beach on the island's north shore. It's about an hour's drive from Lahaina.

Maui's surf pros paddle out with kids from Lahaina for a healing surf session

Families displaced by wildfire get a welcome reprieve as a surf session for kids and families gave them a chance for a normal Saturday.

Carla Hall says her new cookbook is all about celebrating home-cooked meals as a way of bringing people together. "We're all connected through food, and the dishes in this book show that we're more alike than different," she writes. "Sure, I grew up with grits, but it's served as polenta in Italy."

In Kitchens Around The World, Comfort Foods Bring Us Together

Chef Carla Hall invites us over to make spanakopita, one of her favorite Greek dishes. Her new cookbook is all about celebrating the way home-cooked meals unite us — no matter where we're from.

Rebecca Katz (right) is a chef who helps cancer patients learn how to eat and even enjoy food during chemo.

Chemo Can Make Food Taste Like Metal. Here's Help

Patients undergoing chemotherapy need to eat to stay strong. But the drugs can cause nausea and damage taste buds. New flavors and spices can help a lot, a chef says.

Classic tuna noodle casserole is an often maligned yet much beloved hot dish.

Tuna Noodle Casserole, A Hot Dish In Need Of An Update, Gets One

Food writer Ellen Brown has enlivened this often-maligned, yet much-beloved hot dish with dried porcini mushrooms and mozzarella cheese in a new book.

Maj. Gen. Janeen Birckhead serves as Maryland's 31st adjutant general — making her the only Black woman who leads a state military in the U.S. Here, Birckhead sits inside NPR's studios for an interview with NPR's Jonathan Franklin.

She's currently the only Black woman leading a state military. Here's how it happened

Maj. Gen. Janeen Birckhead of Maryland only became a soldier to help pay for college. Three decades later, she's risen to the top military position in Maryland, leading a force of 4,600 soldiers.

Alley Reflects New Delhi's Class War

India's past and future clash in a New Delhi alley. Two blocks of tall apartments full of middle-class residents loom over a rat-infested slum filled with men, women and children who have migrated to the capital from the countryside in search of work.

A person in Texas caught bird flu after exposure to cows that were thought to be ill

Livestock in Texas, Kansas and Michigan are confirmed to have the virus, and herds in New Mexico and Idaho have also tested positive. Officials confirmed that one person in Texas also had bird flu.

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