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The Boston Red Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Rays and Yankees lose to Angels. Canada dethrones the U.S. Women's Hockey team in the world champions.

Ariana Grande's deluxe edition of her 2024 album, Eternal Sunshine, catapults it from No. 87 all the way back to No. 1. Elsewhere, Kendrick Lamar's "Luther (feat. SZA)" sits in the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a seventh consecutive week, and Pat Boone makes his long-awaited move toward chart domination.

As we near another crucial election in November, many of our assumptions about the sturdiness of American democracy remain in question.

Mike Pierce serves as executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center and joins The Best of Our Knowledge to discuss the economic impact of student loans, what NPR reporting might mean for reforms of the loan system and why he first became interested in the topic.

A meteorite that struck the Earth more than 3 billion years ago might have acted like a giant “fertilizer bomb” for life on the Blue Planet.We’ll learn about a new national study that may lead to a new affordable treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.And officials are celebrating a new national hub for semiconductor research.

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.We’ll speak with one of a handful of winners of this year’s Dan David Prize. Hamilton College professor Mackenzie Cooley received the world’s largest history prize for her study of “bioprospecting.”And we’ll speak with school administrators in New York about the state’s new ban on cell phones in schools.

NFL:The Philadelphia Eagles have hired Doug Pederson to be their coach. Pederson was Kansas City's offensive coordinator the past three seasons. Pederson…

LeBron James and Kevin Durant meshed nicely in the 68th NBA All-Star Game after being adversaries during the last three Finals. Durant had 31 points and…

MLB:In baseball, in the American League, Minnesota beat the Yankees 7-1, Texas tripled up Boston 6-2, the Angels won against Oakland 7-6, Kansas City…

NBA:Los Angeles Lakers guard and 17-time All-Star Kobe Bryant says he will retire after the season, making the announcement in a post on The Players'…