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While most fans will be watching college teams hit the gridiron or Major League Baseball playoffs, there's another sporting event happening: the U.S. championship of the Australian Football League.

This Labor Day, workers in industries from airlines to hotels to universities are agitating for better wages and working conditions. Meanwhile, Americans' support for labor unions remains high.

Here's what we know about the speech, the guests and the stakes for this election-year State of the Union address.

A day after the operation in Venezuela, the White House is clarifying what running the country means, as Congress splits sharply along party lines.

The U.S. still has troops in Syria, where they've been for a decade. Yet during the same period, the U.S. Embassy has been shuttered, complicating the work of U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers.

A broad swath of the Pacific Ocean is simmering from an exceptional marine heat wave that scientists warn could just be settling in. Marine animals are already feeling its effects.

Men's professional basketball was on a long break because of the lockout. But on Christmas Day, the NBA season begins with a five-game package featuring exciting teams and glittering superstars. There's a rematch between defending champion Dallas and everyone's favorite team to hate — the Miam Heat.

The U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats have killed over 200 people. The attacks began in September and aim to stem drug flow, but critics question their legality and effectiveness.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to reporter Lucy Dean Stockton of The Lever, an investigative news outlet, about former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's complicated role in Baltimore's port development.

First, Russia wiped out Ukraine's navy. Now, Russia is blockading Ukraine's critical grain exports. As Ukraine tries to rebuild, NPR's Greg Myre got a ride on one of its few boats.