Soft medium, hard truths – National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter A Navajo woman who has spent 50 years sewing has now been honored with an NEA award for her unique quilts. She is unafraid to criticize the mainstream culture that’s marginalized Indigenous artists. Read more on NPR

In Lebanon, villagers on the border watch Syria’s revolution with unease While Syrian refugees in Lebanon return home, many Lebanese remain on edge. Years of conflict have left the Syria-Lebanon borderlands scarred, and fears grow that instability could spill over again. Read more on NPR

Bidders are back in court battling over the auction of Alex Jones’ Infowars A U.S. bankruptcy judge is hearing arguments for and against selling the show to The Onion, the satirical news site named the winning bidder. Host Alex Jones says the auction was rigged. Read more on NPR

Police make arrest in healthcare CEO shooting A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Read more on NPR

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Boston’s school admissions policy The court’s action was the second time the justices declined to intervene in an admissions program based on geography since their 2023 ruling invalidating affirmative action in higher education. Read more on NPR

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii gun licensing rules — for now At issue was a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed the state to prosecute a man carrying a loaded pistol without a license. Read more on NPR

The Eras era ends: A look back at Taylor Swift’s record-breaking, 21-month tour Swift has made over $2 billion in ticket sales and spent over 25 hours singing the 10-minute version of “All Too Well” since March 2023. Here’s a look at the historic tour and what might come next. Read more on NPR

A gang leader in Haiti is accused of massacring over 100 people A gang leader who controls a key port in Haiti’s capital is accused of massacring older people and Vodou religious leaders to avenge his son’s death. Read more on NPR

How Syria’s revolution could reshape the Middle East The swift downfall of Bashar al-Assad is reverberating throughout the Middle East. Countries are urgently reassessing how to deal with a nation seeking to rebuild itself after years of civil war. Read more on NPR

Biden creates a new national monument marking the legacy of Indian boarding schools The new monument will be in Carlisle, Pa., on what was the campus of a school where about 7,800 children from more than 140 tribes were sent for assimilation between 1879 to 1918. Read more on NPR