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The Biden administration made democracy a top foreign policy issue. Myanmar's coup represents an early test. The U.S. responded with tough talk and targeted sanctions, but will it be enough?

After failing to win a single gold medal across all track events leading into Saturday, the U.S. men's team dominated in the 4x400 meter relay's final heat to the top spot on the podium.

Gasoline prices jumped nearly 10 cents a gallon in the last week, and forecasters say that drivers could see even higher prices as summer approaches. Prices typically rise in anticipation of the summer driving season, but in 2004, it was mid-May before prices topped the $2 mark. This year, $2-a-gallon gas is but a distant reflection in the rearview mirror; it's $3 a gallon we seem to be closing in on.

Host Michele Norris reads from our listener's letters sent to us over the past week. The letters comment on our profile of the Baghdad neighborhood of Amiriya, Michele's conversation with Dr. Michael Saag, one of the top researchers for AIDS, our profile of black preachers leaving the Democratic party, and reactions to our review of Donald Knaack's opera, Odin.

Top college athletes from around the world are in upstate New York this week to compete in the World University Games. Out of a dozen winter sports, curling is a top attraction for spectators.

The Alabama gymnastics team finished in second place at the Norman Regional semifinals to advance to Saturday's regional final. The contest will take place at 5 p.m. in the Lloyd Noble Center on the campus of the University of Oklahoma.

For Mumbai's Koli people, the full moon marks the traditional end of the monsoon rains and a chance to return to the sea. Climate change is threatening their way of life.

Ng made history when she took the top executive job in Miami back in 2020. Now, just three years later, she has steered the Marlins to their best winning percentage since 2009.

MONOPOLY has unveiled a new version of the classic board game that features Birmingham, making it the first time that an authorized version of the game has been based in Alabama.

Ukrainian soldiers appear to be several miles inside Russia’s Kursk region, where they are in several villages. Russia’s top military official says some 1,000 Ukrainian troops are taking part.