Janine Hurst

This year's NBA Finals will include the New York Knicks.

The Knicks are advancing to their first league championship series in 27 years after trouncing the Cleveland Cavaliers last night in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Bruce Keinweiser has more.

Oklahoma City hosts San Antonio in Game 5 of their series tonight.

Wall Street is trading in mixed territory.

The Dow is down 199 points.

That's down about four-tenths of a percent.

The Nasdaq is up 244 points.

That's up nearly 1%.

I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

President Trump says he's closing in on a deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, but Tehran hasn't confirmed that.

There seems to be a basis for a potential agreement, but it's still not clear what that would look like and details haven't been released.

NPR's Jane Araf has been following developments in the Middle East and has more from Beirut.

And here's Jane Araf reporting from Beirut.

One apparent sticking point is Iran's insistence for the unfreezing of its funds that are held by the U.S.

The capital of Ukraine was struck by a massive wave of Russian missile and drone attacks today.

It took place shortly after the Ukrainian Air Force warned that Russia would launch a hypersonic ballistic missile.

Empire's Joanna Kikisis reports at least two people were killed, more than 50 were injured.

More than 400 Jewish leaders from around the country came to Capitol Hill to push lawmakers to increase funding for a program that provides security infrastructure for houses of worship.