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Women's ski jumpers fought for more than a decade to compete in the Olympics. Now the U.S. women's team has failed to qualify for Beijing.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rebecca Roberts about her biography of First Lady Edith Wilson, Untold Power. After President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke, she made decisions for him.

Saxophonist Tony Malaby, unlucky at the beginning of the pandemic after catching a very early case of the virus — the subsequent isolation imposed on his playing led him to a unique solution.

Citizens for Responsible Solar is part of a growing backlash against renewable energy in rural communities across the United States.

In his prime-time address, the president projected that all Americans will be able to get in line for a vaccine by May 1. He also denounced "vicious hate crimes against Asian Americans."

The high court's conservative majority sided with those advocating for "religious freedom" in a major win for groups like the American Legion.

The nation's first black U.S. attorney general had a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, sentencing reforms and battles with congressional Republicans.

Robyn Gritz investigated major national security threats, but says the FBI drummed her out of a job after she fell out of favor with her supervisors. She went on to sell cosmetics and answer phones.

Author Carole Lindstrom follows Caldecott-winning We Are Water Protectors with another children's book featuring Native culture. She says she hopes it helps kids "see themselves in a positive way."

For years Texas tried to lure businesses to locate there from other states. Now, Chicago is using a new Texas abortion ban and other social issues to recruit businesses from the Lone Star state.