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Cameron Brink #22 of the Stanford Cardinal and Cate Reese #25 of the Arizona Wildcats fight for the opening tipoff during the National Championship game of the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on April 4 in San Antonio, Texas. The Stanford Cardinal defeated the Arizona Wildcats 54-53 to win the national title.

Congress Urged To Act As States Start Allowing Outside Cash For Student Athletes

Nearly 20 states will soon allow NCAA athletes to accept cash for the use of their image, name and likeness. Many say the result will be unfair advantages for some schools unless Congress acts.

Lila, a 2-year-old black Labrador retriever, is joining the U.S. Capitol Police force as an emotional support animal.

The U.S. Capitol Police Are Adding An Emotional Support Dog To The Force

Lila joins the force several months after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol that left many officers injured and suffering from emotional distress.

Therapist Kiki Radermacher was one of the first members of a mobile crisis response unit in Missoula, Mont., which started responding to emergency mental health calls last year. That pilot project becomes permanent in July and is one of six such teams in the state — up from one in 2019.

In Montana, Crisis Support Teams Offer Alternatives To Policing Mental Health

Montana now has six mobile crisis response teams — up from one in 2019 — with more in the works. Each team has a different makeup, but all use mental health support to diffuse tricky situations.

A freight train rolls through Bay St. Louis. April 27, 2021.

With A Friend In Biden, Amtrak Has Big Dreams. But Freight Lines Have Other Ideas

President Biden has aspirations for a new era of train travel. Amtrak supporters hope that a new line between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, is just the start. But major obstacles stand in the way.

This is the fourteenth year in a row that NPR reporting has received Gracie awards.

NPR Wins Six Gracie Awards

NPR wins six Gracie Awards.

Hail To The Cicadas

Brood X cicadas delayed a plane carrying reporters covering President Biden's first trip overseas Tuesday night. President Biden, meanwhile, had his own cicada confrontation.

Australian softball players, the first foreign team to arrive for the Tokyo Olympic Games, wave from their bus after arriving at Narita International Airport on June 1.

The Olympics Are Really Happening. For Athletes, That Means A Huge Number Of Rules

Tokyo 2020 organizers now face two tests: Preventing the spread of COVID-19 from foreign visitors to residents of Japan, and keeping athletes healthy and virus-free so they can compete.

Washington is offering free, pre-rolled joints to adults who get the COVID-19 vaccine. Here, a person smokes a joint in The Netherlands.

Hey Washingtonians! Get A Vaccine. Smoke A Joint.

In Washington, adults can now walk away from their COVID-19 vaccine appointment with a free, pre-rolled joint. Other states are also offering incentives to try to convince people to get the shot.

Trillions of cicadas are emerging in the U.S. East. Scientists say Brood X is one of the biggest for these bugs which come out only once every 17 years.

A Plane Carrying Biden's Press Corps Was About To Take Off. Then The Cicadas Swarmed

A plane carrying dozens of journalists abroad to follow President Biden's trip to Europe was delayed several hours due to cicadas that filled the plane's engine.

There's A Stark Red-Blue Divide When It Comes To States' Vaccination Rates

All of the states with the highest adult vaccination rates went to President Biden in the 2020 election. But the vaccine divide is not just about politics.

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