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In just 7 years, Peanut the Squirrel went from being an anonymous street rodent, to a famous influencer, to a billion dollar cryptocurrency. His story is a parable of the modern attention economy.

Also in your grab bag of weekly trivia: martial law, bitcoin, the first lady's holiday décor, a Kennedy who's not RFK Jr., brain rot and the popemobile.

Faithful from around the world are pouring into the Vatican, where Pope Francis' body will go on display Wednesday, ahead of a funeral Saturday.

The ferry sank almost half an hour after leaving Ketapang port in the East Java town of Banyuwangi late Wednesday, bound for Bali's Gilimanuk port, a 30-mile trip.

Before he died, Pope Francis met briefly Sunday morning with Vice President Vance. Vance was in Italy over the weekend meeting with Italian officials and celebrating Easter with his family.

Today is National Bakery Day!

Last week, the NIH abruptly changed its funding rules for scientific research, prompting chaos and uncertainty for scientific researchers everywhere, including in cancer research clinical trials.

Social media site Bluesky is exploding with growth, adding more than 1 million users a day. New interest is being driven by users fed up with Elon Musk's X. We talk to Bluesky CEO Jay Graber.

Is President Trump threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve when he attacks Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates? NPR asks Wharton School associate professor Peter Conti-Brown.

Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound and timeless. And, boy, does Gatsby have something to say to us in 2025.

In his new memoir, Comedy Samurai, Charles reflects on his career in comedy — from writing for Seinfeld to directing Sacha Baron Cohen's films Borat and Brüno — and a recent near-death experience.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with David Sarni, a retired NYPD detective and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, about the hunt for the gunman who killed the UnitedHealthcare CEO.