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This weekend, Portland is hosting part of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament at the Moda Center. It’s just the second time some of the nation’s top teams have traveled to the city for the Sweet 16 and Elite 8. But this year’s tournament is expected to have a much greater impact on the local economy.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Latvia's Foreign Minister Krišjanis Karinš about the threat amid waning U.S. enthusiasm for supporting Ukraine. Lithuania and Estonia officials are also in Washington, D.C.

Former LA Dodgers star Steve Garvey, a Republican, heads to a runoff against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for a U.S. Senate seat from California. Garvey's baseball career spanned nearly two decades.

The FBI and Pennsylvania state authorities continue to investigate what they call an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and the shooting of other rallygoers.

Though President Biden’s candidacy has come into question, Democratic volunteers on the ground in Wisconsin are still campaigning for him, even in the face of uncertainty.

Following U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the state’s most powerful Democrats have given little sign they want to alter state policies.

The infamous Boston mobster Whitey Bulger is on trial after decades of alleged crimes, including 19 murders. Weekend Edition Saturday Host Scott Simon talks with Dick Lehr, co-author of "Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mobster," about the trial.

Last year, China overtook the U.S. as home of the world's fastest supercomputer. That lasted only six months, but generated intense national pride. Will the much-vaunted program able to live up to Beijing's high expectations?

Last year, China overtook the U.S. as home of the world's fastest supercomputer. That lasted only six months, but generated intense national pride. Will the much-vaunted program able to live up to Beijing's high expectations?

Steve Inskeep asks the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board Jennifer Homendy about the federal investigation into the blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines plane fuselage.