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Bass improviser Richard Davis, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes and saxophonists Charles Gayle and Peter Brötzmann are among the notable musicians we lost this year.

Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, came to Washington D.C., to accept an award from Refugees International on Tuesday night. Manal Abazeed stopped by to talk to NPR's Ari Shapiro about her work.

President Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called the snap vote after the far-right party of Marine Le Pen trounced his centrist party in European parliament elections last weekend.

The Middle East is bracing for a wider war as Israel fights in Gaza and Lebanon, and as Israel promises a strong response to Iran's missile strikes.

March Madness is in full swing. And the University of North Carolina is one of the 16 teams still in the mix for an NCAA men's basketball national championship. But the Tar Heels also field a second and far less successful junior varsity basketball team.

A host of Division 1 games gets underway in men's college basketball Thursday. That play begins a massive national overdose of basketball that will continue for several weeks.The competition will be held at four sites.

The ICC also issued warrants for Yoav Gallant, former Israeli defense minister, and Hamas leader Muhammad Deif. But it doesn't have an enforcement mechanism and relies on states to make the arrests.

President Biden sent Secretary of State Antony Blinken back to Israel as the death toll mounts in Gaza, and international calls for a ceasefire grow.

Nike is bringing a former executive out of retirement to be the new CEO. The company reports to Wall Street on Tuesday just how bad things are.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about the Senate, which will try again to override President Trump's veto of resolutions blocking his arms deal with Saudi Arabia.