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Olympian Minna Stess talks about her skateboarding journey and her first Games

NPR's Juana Summers talks with 18-year-old Olympic skateboarder Minna Stess about her journey in the sport.

Brumation and torpor: How animals survive cold snaps by playing dead-ish

Social media was recently taken aback watching as alligators in freezing weather appeared to go into a deep sleep to stay alive. They're not alone. Iguanas and hummingbirds do it too.

Saturday Sports: College basketball, NBA all-star weekend, Kansas City parade shooting

NPR's Scott Simon and USA Today columnist Christine Brennan talk about women's college basketball, the NBA all-star weekend, and the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting.

Father And Son Root For Baseball And Better Cuban-U.S. Relations

Cuban-American baseball fans, Mario Nunez and his 87-year-old father Felipe, traveled to Cuba to watch the Tampa Bay Rays play the Cuban national team during President Obama's historic visit to the communist island. The younger Nunez thinks baseball can help bring the two countries together.

'Andor' and 'You' are back this week, along with a new Amy Sherman-Palladino show

Andor, featuring Diego Luna's charismatic performance as a rebel operative, has come at a perfect moment. And You brings Penn Badgley back for a fifth and final season.

Actor/Director/Producer Mel Brooks (L) and Actor Dick Van Dyke talk at the celebration for Cloris Leachman's 60 years in show business at Fogo De Chao restaurant on Oct. 5, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California. (Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

As Dick Van Dyke turns 100, 99-year-old comedian and friend Mel Brooks pays tribute

On Saturday, comedic legend Dick Van Dyke will celebrate his 100th birthday.

TikTok videos on ADHD — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — are often not backed up by credible sources.

TikTok is full of ADHD advice — just don't trust it for a diagnosis

TikTok has become the go-to source on ADHD for teens and young adults. But a new study finds that a lot of the information is misleading and can make people's symptoms worse.

People are gathering for the Fed's annual meeting in Jackson Hole

The markets are watching as the Federal Reserve holds its annual meeting in Wyoming. NPR's A Martinez talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution for a preview.

Abdullah Ibrahim in Johanneburg, South Africa, in 2017.

Abdullah Ibrahim, quiet giant of the jazz piano, has died at 91

The South African musician's "Mannenberg" was often called his country's unofficial anthem during the final years of apartheid.

Waad Sana was inspired to open Soccer World in 1986 after seeing the Iraqi national team play in that year's World Cup. 40 years later, Iraq is back in the tournament and Sana is getting around 100 calls each day from fans looking for Iraq national team jerseys.

Iraqi soccer fans celebrate end of 40-year World Cup drought

The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora.

As the World Cup comes to an end, MLS works to bring in a new generation of fans

The 1994 World Cup is universally credited with sparking a boom of interest in soccer in the U.S., from youth leagues to televised games to the formation of MLS. The league and its teams say 2026 will be another boom -- the only question is, how to harness it?

Saturday Sports: World Cup third place match; World Cup finals; World Cup highlights

NPR's Scott Simon and Big Ten Network sports reporter Michele Steele preview the World Cup Final.

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