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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the United Nations' top humanitarian official Stephen O'Brien about his recent trip to Syria. "This will be a lost generation," O'Brien says of conditions there.

Taurasi leaves her basketball career as the most decorated woman to ever play, with three WNBA titles, three NCAA titles and six Olympic gold medals to her name.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Newsweek Reporter Donatella Lorch about the UN embargo on diamond purchases from the rebels fighting to overthrow Sierra Leone's government. The UN hopes the ban will cut funding to the civil war, which has caused thousands of deaths in the West African country. Lorch says that implementing the embargo will be difficult for a variety of reasons.

The leader of the far-right Proud Boys and four associates have been charged with seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

The U.S. antitrust case against Google begins today. Kim Jong Un is expected to meet with Vladimir Putin in Russia. See green comet Nishimura this week before it vanishes for 400 years.

The U.N. protested Israeli fire on its warehouse in Gaza. Israel said Hamas militants were launching rockets from the U.N. compound. Israel also killed a top Hamas leader in its operations in the Gaza Strip. And there was speculation that Israel and Hamas are close to an agreement on a cease-fire.

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports the US is facing the consequences of failing to pay its dues to the United Nations... and cutting its voluntary funding of UN programs. UN and U-S officials say Scandinavian countries may challenge the US for leadership of the huge UN development program... a powerful position that influences foreign aid policy... and UN reform efforts.

Also: The U.S. flies bombers over South Korea again in a show of force; the U.N. holds a meeting on drug-resistant bacteria; and "L.A. Confidential" director Curtis Hanson dies.

Also: Donald Trump cancels a planned speech on immigration; the U.N. repeats calls for a humanitarian truce in Syria; and Tropical Storm Gaston gains strength in the Atlantic Ocean.

Also: A report alleges U.N. officials gave arms to South Sudan rebels in 2013; some areas of Corpus Christi, Texas, can drink tap water again; and winter storms are pummeling large parts of the U.S.