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In response to a lawsuit from environmentalists, the Biden administration is ending new leases for coal mining on federal lands in the most productive part of America's top coal producing state.

The militant group confirmed the death of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. The development marks a significant escalation many fear is inching towards a larger regional war.

Also: About 70 people are killed in a bombing in a Pakistani park; a top aide to drug kingpin "El Chapo" Guzman is arrested in Mexico; and Catholic EWTN network founder Mother Angelica has died.

The answer, this time, isn't simply more cash, says Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute. Instead, changing the way research money is distributed might fix systemic problems.

A Pew Research Center poll finds generational differences in how American Jews view the Israel-Hamas war. Rabbi Aaron Potek tells NPR's Leila Fadel about his community's struggles.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper began notifying lawmakers which projects will be canceled in their districts. "It is a slap in the face to the members of the Armed Forces," Sen. Chuck Schumer said.

The deal for $6.05 billion is the largest for a North American professional sports franchise. The deal is still pending approval of three-quarters of NFL owners and other customary closing conditions.

Around 150 elite ultrarunners from across the world are in Milwaukee this week to clock as many laps during a six-day period as possible, with runners expected to reach upwards of 600 miles.

Ousted Capitol security officials are expected to testify. The hearing is just one of the ways lawmakers are continuing to investigate the events that led to last month's breach of the U.S. Capitol.

The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection will launch a series of hearings Thursday. Committee members say they'll be telling the fuller story of the siege through videos and images.