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There's been plenty of drama — on and off the court — and fans are loving it. The NBA had its highest TV opening playoff ratings in a decade.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to ex-CDC Director Tom Frieden about disputed mask mandates for public transportation, and the government's legal authority to implement public health regulations.

Skaters are ditching their blades — and putting on wheels. The last time the rink welcomed roller skaters was in the 1940s.

Cypress Hill's '90s sensational hit "Insane in the Brain" is also the title of a new Showtime documentary out this week about the hip-hop group.

Law enforcement officials say a laptop stolen from the home of an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs has been recovered. The laptop contained sensitive personal information on millions of veterans and active duty service members. The FBI says there is no evidence that the information was accessed.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum reopens Saturday after a 6-year renovation. One new feature is an conservation lab with floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Conservators accustomed to careful, detailed and solitary work on fragile art will now have an audience.

Deadly attacks sweep across Baghdad, killing at least 40 people Tuesday. That includes 20 soldiers whose bus was blown up by a roadside bomb, and 14 people killed by a car bomb in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood. North of Baghdad, in the town of Muqdadyia, a car bomb exploded in front of a hospital, killing at least seven people.

Lawrence Summers, who is departing as president of Harvard University after a five-year tenure, talks with Susan Stamberg about the controversy he generated, and what he thinks are his accomplishments.

Fifty years after he attracted his first few dozen followers to his church, the Rev. Jerry Falwell prepares to open a giant new church building. In an interview, Falwell explains that his controversial comments were made with a singular goal -- getting attention.

A divided Supreme Court rules that Vermont's state statute limiting campaign spending and fundraising constitutes a restraint of free speech, in violation of the First Amendment.