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Sculptor and lawyer David Rothstein was aiming to break the world record for longest pumpkin paddle while bringing attention to the Connecticut River watershed.

He was tasked with ending abuse at a federal penitentiary in Illinois but says his own staff and Bureau of Prisons officials blocked his efforts.

According to Rover.com's list of popular pet names, monikers like Alanis, Ginger Spice and Furby are trending this year. So are the names of the era's sports stars including Ripken, Sosa and Barkley.

Just weeks after a mass shooting killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, the city is celebrating a state championship for the high school boys' soccer team.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Harry Dunn, a Capitol police officer on duty Jan. 6, about his memoir documenting the events of the insurrection, and the toll it took on officers protecting democracy.

It's been a year since President Biden and China's Xi Jinping met face to face. We look at the national security and economic issues on the line for Wednesday's meeting.

When Silvana Estrada launched her single "Si Me Matan" (If They Kill Me), she knew she was onto something but she didn't know just how powerful the reaction would be. It's up for a Latin Grammy.

More than half of Brazil's exported gold is believed to come from illegal mining which destroys the Amazon and Indigenous lands. The government is cracking down on a system ripe for abuse.

Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" shows up on the U.K. charts every year, but never this early in November. And Wham!'s 1984 song "Last Christmas" is sitting at No. 37.

There's been some dissent in the State Department and among aid workers about the Biden administration's stance on Israel during the war in Gaza.