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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Himesh Patel, who stars in the new movie Yesterday, which imagines a world in which no one knows The Beatles, except one man.

2020 just keeps getting weirder. A puppy in Italy was born with green fur. He was immediately named Pistachio, and scientists say he got his color from making contact with a green pigment in the womb.

Reading from U.S. regulations, Mayor Muriel Bowser describes terrorism as "the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government."

Historian Fernando Cervantes marshals an enormous array of primary and secondary sources to tell the story of the decades that followed Christopher Columbus' arrival to the New World.

Triumph's caretaker at a wildlife rescue center in Australia had been searching for a prosthetic foot for years. A local dentist figured out how to make one. Triumph is loving his new pink foot.

An Afghan baby girl born during a U.S. evacuation flight has been named "Reach," after the cargo jet's call sign, Reach 828.

Oakland author Melissa Harris reads from her new book, "One Pound, Twelve Ounces." It's about her struggles with secondary infertility, miscarriage, and finally having a second child after just 24 weeks of pregnancy. It came out in November 2021.

As the U.S. entered World War I, Congress created a limit on aggregate federal debt and also a cloture rule to end filibusters. The two are linked again in the current battles on Capitol Hill.

The Detroit Tigers designated hitter became the 33rd player in the league to reach the milestone. Rockies shortstop José Iglesias ran over to hug his former teammate during the game.

Many U.S. doctors have received their COVID-19 vaccines, but nearly a third are foreign-born with family in countries facing no access to it — a disparity that troubles many as they fight the virus.

The family lives on an island in Maine that has no hospital. Azalea Belle Gray is the first baby born on there in 93 years. The first five children of Aaron and Erin Gray were born on the mainland.

Lavi Mounga was flying from Salt Lake City to Hawaii for a vacation when she started to go into labor at just 29 weeks pregnant. A doctor and three neonatal nurses happened to be on the same plane.