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The orchestra's top flutist, Elizabeth Rowe, says that she is paid substantially less than her closest counterpart — a man. Her suit may be the first filed under a new Massachusetts pay equity law.

A group of lawmakers and staff with the bipartisan National Conference of State Legislatures spent a year and a half studying the best school systems in the world. Here's what they learned.

The Iowa Democratic Party has released results from last night's caucuses showing Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders neck and neck at the top. But more results are still to come.

Facebook's celebrity executives — Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg — were not on Capitol Hill yesterday when Congress grilled the company's top lawyer about incendiary Russian ads on the platform. Instead, they were on an earnings call with investors announcing a 79 percent jump in profits, fueled by the company's dominance in online advertising. NPR's Aarti Shahani looks at how advertising is the key to Facebook's success and how that may change following the Russian debacle.

Yesterday was a horrible day for Houston Rockets fans. I know this because I am one, and my 15-year-old son is even more so, and he made his angst quite clear. It was an even worse day for Detroit Pistons fans, whose team ended this season with the worst record in the NBA. On the other hand, it was an outstanding evening for fans of the San Antonio Spurs, who tied with Houston for the second worst record. To be clear, none of these teams played last night. The only two teams on the court yesterday were Denver and the Los Angeles Lakers, who played game one of the Western Conference Finals. Tonight, Boston and Miami will play the first game for the East. Other than that, the off-season has begun.

You voted! We counted! Here are the results of our 2015 Listener Poll for the year's best albums.

Tensions increase in the Middle East, as Israel expects an attack from Iran and its allies. Israel says it's killed several top commanders of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad.

The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

NPR asks Sen. Jack Reed, top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, why he wants an investigation into whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified intelligence in a Signal chat.

Hamas has named a new leader. He’s the group’s top military commander in Gaza and the man widely known as the architect of the Oct. 7 attacks.