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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has started a voting rights organization, and is urging NBA teams to offer their large venues as polling sites during the pandemic.

Need A Polling Place With Social Distancing? 3 NBA Teams Offer Venues

The offers come as many NBA players have upped their involvement in social causes. Superstar LeBron James has a new group aimed at protecting Black citizens' voting rights.

Real-life quidditch has been around for an number of years, but now the sports two major leagues are moving ot change the name and distance themselves from the fictional sport created by author J.K. Rowling in the <em>Harry Potter</em> series. Many universities, including Oxford University pictured above, have teams that compete in tournaments around the world.

Quidditch leagues look to change their name, citing Rowling's anti-trans stances

Quidditch is getting ditched. Two large leagues say they want to distance their sport from author J.K. Rowling – and a name change could help them grow.

This photo taken on July 14, 2012, shows a Trump Tower poster displayed on a roadside billboard in Manila.

3 Men, 1 Skyscraper And A Conflict-Of-Interest Concern In Foreign Policy

"It all just looks really bad," said anti-corruption expert Stuart Gilman. "It looks like Trump is trying to simply protect his properties."

Palestinian Saed Karzoun, 31, is a motivational speaker who preaches positive thinking in the West Bank. He acknowledges it's a hard sell, with many Palestinians saying they are depressed about the present and pessimistic about the future.

A Palestinian Preaches Positive Thinking To A Tough Crowd: His Own People

Motivational speaker Saed Karzoun has a tough sell in the West Bank as he tries to preach optimism and self-empowerment at a time when pessimism runs high among Palestinians.

Striking Kellogg's workers stand outside the Omaha, Neb., cereal plant on, Dec. 2. The company reached a new tentative agreement on Thursday, with its 1,400 cereal plant workers that could bring an end to the strike that began Oct. 5.

Kellogg's workers will vote on another tentative deal, but the strike may still go on

Union negotiators and company officials have reached another possible deal to end the months-long strike by 1,400 workers — but there are signs of opposition to the agreement.

Chrystal Bell lives in New York City with her son Caleb, who is deaf, blind and nonverbal. When the pandemic closed schools, he lost access to tactile special education that he needs in order to learn.

After Months Of Special Education Turmoil, Families Say Schools Owe Them

Special education services were severely disrupted when schools closed in spring 2020. In many places, they have yet to fully resume. Now, families are demanding schools take action.

Dispatch From A Former Venezuelan Political Prisoner

Political prisoner Francisco Marquez was just released from a Venezuelan jail. Now in exile in the U.S., Marquez speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about the experience.

A courtroom sketch shows Ghislaine Maxwell, left, in court with defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca during her sex abuse trial in New York. Maxwell's defense team rested their case on Friday.

Ghislaine Maxwell doesn't testify, as her defense team rests its case

Ghislaine Maxwell's defense attorneys rested their case after just two days of calling witnesses. Maxwell says she's being tried in lieu of Epstein, who died in federal prison.

Pressure Escalates On Maduro, As Venezuela Slides Further Into Turmoil

Venezuela has suspended the opposition movement's campaign for a recall referendum for President Nicolas Maduro. NPR's Michel Martin talks with reporter John Otis about the latest in the country.

Mass-Eviction Set To Empty 'The Jungle' Of Migrants. What's Next For them?

France says the unofficial migrant camp on the north coast of the country will be demolished "within days." That means up to 10,000 asylum-seekers are being resettled at centers across France.

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