Hot USA News

#Breaking Catch The Wave: Commonalities Of Surfing And Finances In recent years, technology, education and government regulation have helped make the sport of surfing and finance less risky. Both have a lot in common and teach us a lot about risk. Read more on NPR

#Breaking I Am A Woman": Track Star Caster Semenya Continues Her Fight to Compete As A Female Male and female athletes compete in separate categories because of advantages that come with testosterone. But what should be the rules for women who have naturally high testosterone levels? Read more on NPR

#Breaking NBA Finals Head To Canada As Raptors Take On Golden State Warriors For the first time, the NBA Finals will be played in Canada. The Toronto Raptors host the Golden State Warriors on Thursday. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Toronto Star sports columnist Bruce Arthur. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Toronto Superfan To Sit Courtside For Raptor's Historic Game Nav Bhatia, a Sikh immigrant and superfan, has been to every Toronto Raptors home game since the franchise started in 1995. He'll be courtside for the Raptor's first NBA Finals appearance in history. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Warriors Travel To Canada As Raptors Host Game 1 Of NBA's Finals The NBA Finals get under way Thursday night, and there's a familiar team playing for the title: The Golden State Warriors. But for the Toronto Raptors, it's their first trip to the finals. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Child Struck By Foul Ball At Cubs-Astros Game "As soon as I hit it, the first person I locked eyes on was her," Chicago Cubs Albert Almora Jr. told reporters. Astros officials said the girl was rushed to the hospital. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'Sports Illustrated' Is Sold Again, But Publishing Won't Shift To New Owner Yet Authentic Brands Group is buying the iconic magazine in order to take advantage of licensing opportunities. Meredith Corp., which acquired it in 2018, will continue to publish the magazine. Read more on NPR

#Breaking After Deadly Season On Everest, Nepal Has No Plans To Issue Fewer Permits The mountain nation said potential climbers need to be aware of the risks of summiting the world's tallest peak. Experts say Everest's traffic jams are only getting worse — and more dangerous. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Dog Sledding After Divorce (Rebroadcast) The wild called to Kristin Knight Pace. And she responded. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Former Red Sox First Baseman Bill Buckner Dies At 69 The former All-Star and Gold Glove winner spent 22 years in the Major Leagues, but his career was overshadowed by a fateful mistake in the 1986 World Series. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Bill Buckner, Red Sox Scapegoat Later Embraced By Fans, Dies Former Boston Red Sox first-baseman Bill Buckner has died at 69. Best known for a fielding error that helped cost Boston the 1986 World Series, Buckner was cheered by Red Sox fans in recent years. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Veteran Tennis Stars Still Prove Le Creme De La Creme In Paris It's day two of the French Open. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Sports Illustrated executive editor Jon Wertheim about what to expect from tennis' aging greats and up-and-comers. Read more on NPR

#Breaking What Happens When A World-Class Athlete Decides To Have A Baby NPR's Rachel Martin talks to sprinter Allyson Felix, an Olympic champion, about her contract with Nike through her pregnancy and her advocacy for black maternal health care. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Stanley Cup Finals Action Begins Monday Night The Boston Bruins return to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 2013, but the wait has been much longer for the St. Louis Blues. They were last in the finals 49 years ago. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Bart Starr Dies At 85 Legendary Bart Starr, who played for Green Bay's Packers from 1956 to 1971, was the first quarterback to win five NFL championships. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The Fine Art Of Stopping A Flying Puck For decades, ice hockey goalies have carried on a tradition of painting their masks. Less visible, though, are the artists who design them — and the thriving cottage industry they've quietly built. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Olympic Track Star Rebukes Sponsorship Pay Penalties For Pregnant Athletes NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Olympic track runner Alysia Montano about how sport endorsement companies treat maternity leave. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Why Mount Everest's Death Toll Keeps Climbing NPR's Susan Davis talks to Outside magazine editor Grayson Schaffer about the recent deaths of climbers on Mount Everest. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: Stanley Cup, NBA Playoffs, Minnesota Twins NPR's Scott Simon talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about the Stanley Cup, the NBA and the Minnesota Twins making history. Read more on NPR

#Breaking He Could Go 'All The Way': Joe Namath Enters His Fourth Quarter In a new autobiography, the great NFL quarterback details his ups (like a Super Bowl victory) and downs (like the Suzy Kolber incident and alcoholism), as he stares down his legacy. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Nepalese Sherpa Sets New Record For Climbing Mount Everest With 24th Ascent A Nepalese mountain climber has broken the record for ascents of Mount Everest. Kami Rita Sherpa, 49, has made it to the top 24 times. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Nepalese Sherpa Sets Mount Everest Record (Again), Climbing Mountain Twice In A Week A Nepalese mountain climber has now climbed Mount Everest a record 24 times — and he's hoping to do it one more time before he retires. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Three-time Formula One Champ Niki Lauda Is Dead At 70 Lauda survived a major crash during the 1976 German Grand Prix, racing again just weeks later. Lauda later went into the aviation business. Read more on NPR

#Breaking President Trump's Golf Scores Hacked On U.S. Golf Association Account The awful scores of 101, 100, 108 and 102 were posted to Trump's USGA-administered handicap system on Friday, according to Golfweek. Read more on NPR

#Breaking From The Gridiron To Multigrid Algorithms In 'Mind And Matter' MIT mathematician and former Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel has a new memoir out about how he combined his two very different talents into a successful and varied career. Read more on NPR

#Breaking For One U.S. Bike-Maker, Tariffs Are A Mixed Bag Detroit Bikes, a rare domestic maker of bicycles, could see business increase as a result of increased U.S. tariffs on Chinese bikes. But imported parts it relies on are also subject to higher taxes. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: NBA, WNBA, Preakness, Ohio State We have the latest on the NBA, the new commissioner leading the WNBA, and the investigation of an Ohio State University doctor's sexual abuse of students. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Ohio State Doctor Sexually Abused At Least 177 Male Students, Investigation Finds The independent investigation concluded that university personnel were aware of the abuse as early as 1979, but that Richard Strauss kept abusing students until he retired nearly two decades later. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Who Is Believed? Dr. Larry Nassar abused hundreds of women for decades. How did he get away with it? Read more on NPR

#Breaking Not My Job: We Quiz Baseball Great Ozzie Smith On 'The Wizard Of Oz' We'll ask the Baseball Hall of Famer, known as "The Wizard" for his magical plays, to answer three questions about the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Which W: Walgreens Or Washington? The logo for the Washington Nationals baseball team might look familiar even if you don't follow the team. Especially if you shop at Walgreens. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: Red Sox At White House, NHL, NBA Playoffs NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of ESPN talk NBA and NHL playoffs, as well as discuss the politics of team celebrations at the White House. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 3-Pointer NBA Teams Change The Game NBA teams like the Warriors and the Rockets have made three-pointers the center of their game, forcing other teams to adapt. NPR's Ailsa Chang discusses this shift in play with sports and culture writer Zach Kram. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Mexico's Star Race Walker Lupita González Hit With 4-Year Ban For Doping González, 30, won a silver medal at the Rio Summer Olympics. With the threat of suspension hanging over her, she's been training in hopes that she can compete in next year's Tokyo Games. Read more on NPR

#Breaking With Some Players Bowing Out, Trump Hosts Red Sox At The White House The 2018 World Series Champion Red Sox were honored at a White House ceremony on Thursday. Most players of color stayed away, leading one sportswriter to comment, "its the white Sox who'll be going." Read more on NPR

#Breaking Soccer Fans Are In Disbelief After Liverpool Beats Barcelona 4-0 Liverpool upset Barcelona to advance to the Champions League final. NPR's Noel King talks to Wright Thompson of ESPN The Magazine who says the soccer team "perfectly reflects" the city of Liverpool. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Women's Soccer Team Looks To Defend 2015 World Cup Title The U.S. women's national soccer team begins its defense of the 2015 World Cup title in June. The U.S. women's team is ranked first in the world while the U.S. men's team struggles internationally. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Minor League Ballpark In Hartford, Conn., Goes Peanut-Free People with peanut allergies often can't go to major sporting events. But a minor league baseball stadium in Connecticut has gone peanut free, becoming the first in the nation to do so. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Trump Gives Presidential Medal Of Freedom To Tiger Woods Trump has long been a fan and recently, a business partner of Woods. He announced his decision to give the award to Woods in a tweet after Woods won the Masters tournament last month at age 43. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Golfer In Ohio Celebrates After 2 Holes-In-1 Dale Cohen played a round at Sycamore Springs Golf Course. On the second hole, he did something he'd never done before: He hit a hole in one. A bit later, on the eighth hole, he hit another one. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Olympic Runner Who Once Competed Against Caster Semenya Weighs In On Testosterone Ruling NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Madeleine Pape, who once competed against Caster Semenya, about the issue of female runners with unusually high levels of testosterone. Read more on NPR

#Breaking After Historic Disqualification, Country House Wins 145th Kentucky Derby For the first time in its history, the Kentucky Derby has disqualified the horse that crossed the finish line first, Maximum Security. That gave the victory Country House. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Country House, A 65-1 Long Shot, Wins Kentucky Derby After Historic Disqualification Maximum Security, the favorite, outpaced the competition on the muddy track and appeared to have won. But the horse was disqualified after a tense objection period. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: Portland Trail Blazers Defeat Denver Nuggets In 4 Overtime Periods The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Denver Nuggets 140-137 after playing four overtime periods. That hasn't happened since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The Little-Known History Behind The Kentucky Derby Saturday marks the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Los Angeles Times reporter Kurtis Lee about some of the unknown history behind the legendary race. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Kentucky Derby Jockeys Look For New Ways To Shave Off Time The Kentucky Derby is fast. Really fast. The famed horse race is often won by fractions of a second. This has owners, trainers and jockeys looking for any way they can cut time. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Over 200 Professional Women's Hockey Players Won't Play In North America This Year NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Katie Strang, writer for The Athletic, about the players' demands for a sustainable league that pays its players living wages. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 200 Female Pro Hockey Players Lay Down Their Sticks Demanding Better Conditions Citing low pay and lack of resources, the women said they would refuse to play in professional games in North America until the situation is addressed. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Soccer Unveils Roster For Women's World Cup, As Team Looks To Defend Title The roster includes many of the stars who are familiar from previous high-profile international competition, along with a number of younger players. The tournament kicks off June 7 in Paris. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Olympic Champion Caster Semenya Loses Case To Compete Without Hormone Suppressants The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Wednesday that two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya and female runners like her must take medications to suppress testosterone output. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Court Rules Against Caster Semenya, Says She Must Lower Testosterone To Compete The South African track star had sought to have new regulations about permissible testosterone levels in female athletes declared invalid. But Semenya says she "will once again rise above." Read more on NPR

#Breaking Opinion: How Holzhauer Hacked 'Jeopardy!' Sports commentator Mike Pesca has his say on the unstoppability of Jeopardy! champion James Holzhauer. Read more on NPR