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Shane Bieber throws out the first pitch of the postseason to DJ LeMahieu

Baseball Is Back: Cleveland Fields A Team Of New Faces

The Indians open their season Thursday in Detroit and are scheduled to play 162 games following a pandemic-shortened season last year.

COVID-19 Cases Surging In Ohio Fueled By The Delta Variant

Ohio is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases due to the highly contagious delta variant with a startling number of younger people getting sick, state health officials said Thursday.

Bernard Haitink leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2003. The beloved conductor died Oct. 21 at age 92.

Remembering Bernard Haitink, the anti-glamour conductor

Boston-based radio producer Brian Bell remembers Bernard Haitink, and the meticulous approach to music that defined one of the finest conductors of the past half-century.

A man receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Soweto, South Africa. The omicron variant of the coronavirus, first identified in South Africa, has now spread to at least a dozen other countries. On Friday, scientists presented evidence that the variant spreads twice as fast as the delta variant.

New evidence shows omicron likely spreads twice as fast as delta in South Africa

"This wave seems much faster than the delta wave. And we thought the delta wave was really fast. It's unbelievable," says Juliet Pulliam, the scientist who presented the new analysis at a conference.

A burqa-clad Afghan woman carries a child through the old town area of Kabul last month. Afghan women worry that peace talks with the Taliban might result in a loss of rights they had slowly regained after the militants' harsh and restrictive rule.

Peace In Afghanistan At What Cost To Its Women?

Afghanistan is moving toward peace talks with the Taliban that experts say are necessary to end the country's insurgency. But living under the harsh rule of the Taliban is a bitter memory for many Afghan women -- and a daily reality for others who live in places where the militants have control.

In a newly public letter, TikTok's top executive, Shou Zi Chew, tried to allay the concerns of several U.S. senators about the Chinese-owned company's data security practices.

TikTok says it's putting new limits on Chinese workers' access to U.S. user data

TikTok addressed Republican senators who have raised concerns that the Chinese-owned app could be sharing Americans' data with the Chinese government. TikTok says this is not happening.

Chefs' Secret Ingredients

If your idea of an unusual culinary combination is ketchup on scrambled eggs, maybe you'd like to try something a little more exotic. Some chefs at popular restaurants slip secret ingredients into their dishes all the time. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports on some examples for Morning Edition.

Cleveland Guardians' Steven Kwan hits an RBI-sacrifice fly during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati, Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

Who is the Guardians' break-out star rookie Steven Kwan?

Sports commentator Terry Pluto discusses Cleveland outfielder Steven Kwan's journey to the big leagues and his historic debut.

Enron Whistleblower Testifies Against Ex-Chairman

Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins testifies against former chairman Kenneth Lay. Watkins met with Lay four months before the company went bankrupt, and warned him about accounting problems. Prosecutors hope her testimony will show that Lay made intentionally misleading statements to investors.

Rome Meeting: Lebanon Needs Strong U.N. Force

In Rome, foreign ministers from the U.S., Europe and many Arab countries agree that an international force is needed to bring peace to Lebanon. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the ministers wanted a force under a U.N. mandate, with a strong and robust capability.

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