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NPR's Michel Martin talks with Jackie Powell from NBC Sports about the top stories from the WNBA draft, including No. 1 draft pick Azzi Fudd's new team and salary.

Mortgage rates have inched higher recently, after falling for several weeks. We take a look at the economic factors that affect rates, and where they might settle in the future.

Mississippi, Missouri, Alaska and Iowa are ending the extra $300-a-week unemployment benefit provided as part of COVID-19 relief in a controversial bid to get people back to work.

Hamilton County voters are being asked in March to increase the sales tax to pay for transit. It's something they've rejected at least three other times…

Children in Baton Rouge, La., are back in class after a three-week interruption. But life is still upended: Many students are displaced and still living in shelters, and don't know where they'll go.

President Biden encouraged restaurant owners who have been affected by the coronavirus crisis to apply for a grant under the $28.6 billion program.

The Department of Homeland Security recently issued a bulletin warning of violence by domestic extremists. NPR takes a snapshot of the current threat.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle about the Supreme Court decision to hear former President Donald Trump's immunity arguments against criminal prosecution.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina about the debt ceiling. The U.S. government could default on its debt in a matter of weeks if the debt ceiling isn't raised.

NPR's Scott Simon and Michele Steele of ESPN talk about the final rounds of March Madness, the men's and women's college basketball tournaments, and Major League Baseball's new season.