Carmelo Anthony announces he is retiring from the NBA after 19 seasons Anthony was selected third overall in the 2003 NBA draft, months after winning a national championship during his only season at Syracuse University. Anthony is also the NBA’s No. 9 all-time scorer. Read more on NPR

Insurance firms need more climate change information. Scientists say they can help Floods, wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes cause billions of dollars of property damage each year. Can federal climate scientists help the insurance industry keep up? Read more on NPR

Insurance firms need more climate change information. Scientists say they can help Floods, wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes cause billions of dollars of property damage each year. Can federal climate scientists help the insurance industry keep up? Read more on NPR

An autopsy cites neglect for man’s death in a bedbug-infested Georgia jail cell Public outrage over Lashawn Thompson’s death spread after a lawyer for his family released photos of Thompson’s face and body covered in insects. Read more on NPR

Survey: Surprising to some, veterans are less likely to support extremism A RAND Corporation survey found that Americans who served in the military support extremist views at rates lower than nonveterans. Read more on NPR

Want to understand your adolescent? Get to know their brain For parents of teenagers, adolescence can be challenging, but to a brain scientist it’s a time of breathtaking development. And it’s a “window of opportunity” on the way to becoming an adult. Read more on NPR