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Chicago police faced an epidemic of crime — and, with it, pressure to solve high-profile cases. Linda Wertheimer talks with reporter Nicholas Schmidle about a murder case and his New Yorker piece.

An independent vaccine advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met to discuss and vote on vaccine policy for the first time since the change in administrations.

Protesters opposed to federal immigration raids clashed with law enforcement in Los Angeles over the weekend. And, who took home a Tony award last night.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele preview a huge women's college basketball match this weekend, spotlighting the moment many women's sports teams are having.

Fighting in Ukraine escalates ahead of tomorrow's summit between Trump and Putin. And, Trump was heavily involved in the selection process for this year's Kennedy Center Honors, a presidential first.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts placed third among Democratic presidential candidates in the Iowa caucuses. Voters in New Hampshire turn out Tuesday for the nation's first primary.

The word "dude" is often associated with the '80s and '90s. But its origin is rooted much, much farther back in American history and it took a long and winding road to reach the coast of California.

Basketball megastar LeBron James just became the very first player in NBA history to score 50,000 career points. Does James' achievement finally cement him as basketball's greatest of all time?

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Isaac Arnsdorf about his book -- "Finish What We Started" -- and the advancement of former President Donald Trump's MAGA movement.

One of the fall’s biggest video games plays like an interactive Samurai movie.