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The National Basketball Association says teams are no longer allowed to criticize one another on social media accounts. Two National Hockey League teams went into full mocking mode of the NBA memo.

Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris found an unsettling trend when examining patients at her clinic: trauma. She found that adversity can change a child's biology and result in severe health outcomes.

Bell was in Orlando to shoot a movie when Hurricane Irma rolled in. Bell went to a middle school where families are sheltering and sang her song from the movie Frozen: "For the First Time in Forever."

Jeremy Goebel designed a corn maze with the outline of Leia's face and distinctive hair. He said it's a tribute to Carrie Fisher, the actress who died last year.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Sunday. The State Department declined to comment to NPR.

The U.S. soccer team fought its way to a 1-1 tie against Italy on Saturday in its second World Cup game. The game was critical for the United States, which took a devastating loss in its opening match last week. Even though the Americans didn't win against Italy, the draw is enough to keep the U.S. team in the tournament.

Michele Norris talks with Steven Burd of The Chronicle of Higher Education about locking in and consolidating student loans. July 1, 2006 is the last day for college students and recent graduates to lock in their current loan rate before what is expected to be a sharp interest-rate increase. Burd explains the impact on students and loan companies.

Two Americans and a German share the prize for work that used light to make some of the most precise measurements ever performed. Engineers have used the observations of Roy Glauber, John Hall and Theodor Haensch to improve lasers, Global Positioning System technology and other instruments.

After nearly two and a half years, NASA is on the verge of launching a space shuttle. If weather permits, Discovery will blast into orbit Wednesday afternoon. The mission will service the international space station, but it is also an important symbolic step after the Columbia disaster of 2003.

Speaking at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., former Massachusetts Gov. Republican Mitt Romney announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential race. He introduced himself as a political outsider with the managerial skills necessary to fix a flawed government.