Dave Mattingly

Federal prosecutors say more than two dozen people are facing charges in an alleged point-shaving scheme in college basketball.

NPR's Becky Sullivan says players from 17 NCAA Division I teams are accused of accepting bribes to change the outcome of games.

Wall Street is coming off another positive day for stocks.

The Dow added 292 points yesterday, or more than a half percent.

I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.

Human rights activists based in the U.S.

are now reporting more than 2,500 deaths in Iran as a result of security forces cracking down on anti-government demonstrators in that country.

The head of Iran's judiciary is signaling those detained could face execution in the days and weeks ahead.

President Trump has warned Iran of potential U.S.

military action in response to the

In June of last year, the U.S.

Air Force and Navy attacked three Iranian nuclear sites.

Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are scheduled to meet today with the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland.

As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, the talks stem from the president's repeated remarks about the U.S.

acquiring Greenland.

A vote in the Senate is expected today on a war powers resolution designed to limit President Trump's ability to carry out further military action against Venezuela.

This follows the military operation in Caracas that ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

He and his wife later pleaded not guilty to drug charges in a federal court in New York.

Trump has been pressing Senate Republicans to vote against the measure.