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Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been elected to head the International Olympic Committee. The two-time gold medalist is marking a whole new set of 'firsts.'

Ehud Yonay wrote the 1983 magazine story that inspired the original Top Gun film. His widow and son say they recovered the copyright and that Paramount didn't secure the film rights before the sequel.

Accused of committing genocide against Palestinians, Israel defended its war in Gaza at the United Nations' highest court Friday.

General Mark Milley, a top military official, has apologized for participating in President Trump's walk to St. John's Church near the White House, after law enforcement forcibly cleared protesters.

A top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to NPR about the latest Ukrainian military advances and Russia's plan to hold a referendum in territory it occupies.

The House panel probing the Capitol riot holds its first public meeting since December to consider referring two senior Trump White House officials to the Justice Department for criminal contempt.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Zachary Cohen, CNN's nation security correspondent, about people close to Donald Trump being among dozens of those who recently received grand jury subpoenas.

Washington Post national security reporter Dana Priest's book Top Secret America looks at the top-secret intelligence and counterterrorism network created after Sept. 11. "No one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, [or] how many programs exist within it," she says.

NPR's A Martinez talks to GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota about the process involving eight different candidates for speaker, and if there's a front runner who can bring Republicans together

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, one of Iran's top nuclear officials, has been assassinated. He was killed on Friday in a shooting outside Tehran. Iran's foreign minister has accused Israel of playing a role.