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The nearly six-foot-tall android waved a baton to keep time. Since the robot can't listen to the music it's conducting, the orchestra's main conductor gets to keep his job — at least for now.

Joey Chestnut won for the 16th time. He finished 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes — short of his record of 76. On the women's side, returning champ Miki Sudo scarfed down 39.5 hot dogs — her ninth win.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Chris Smith, director of Netflix's documentary WHAM! — George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley went from school friends to global stars.

Despite its reputation as a progressive employer, REI has balked at recognizing its newly unionized workers.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang's Forward Party is preparing to put up its first candidates in 2024.

While the U.S. Coast Guard investigates the cause of the Titan submersible tragedy, expert submariners say it could have been avoided by following the Navy's design principles known as SUBSAFE.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Carroll Doherty of the Pew Research Center about how recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings track with public opinion ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

There's a growing movement that calls for granting legal rights to natural entities such as the Mississippi River. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on July 4, 2023.)

The U.S. and its allies have condemned China's call for a bounty on the heads of exiled political activists from Hong Kong. It's a move that has caused tensions with the U.K.

No-kill animal shelters across the southern U.S. are overcrowded and have few alternatives to find more space or staff. Much of the problem is due to pandemic pets that people don't want anymore.