The Boy Scouts were attending a camp on the shores of Lake O' The Pines in east Texas when a Hobie Cat they were aboard snagged an overhanging transmission cable.
A task force lays out changes that could loosen protections for the bird species renowned for its elaborate mating dance. The rules take into account "local economic growth and job creation."
The invasive species have been caught mere miles from Lake Michigan. Scientists fear if they invade the lake, they could spread throughout the Great Lakes.
Psychologist Jean Twenge has observed dramatic shifts in behavior among children who go through adolescence with smartphones. They're spending less time with friends and reporting greater anxiety.
After a series of $14 tax bills went unnoticed, San Francisco auctioned Presidio Terrace off to the highest bidder — a couple from San Jose. They're thinking of charging residents to park there.
President Donald Trump is taking a 17-day "working vacation" at his golf club in New Jersey. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with journalist Matthew Algeo, who says president's aren't really able to take real vacations anymore.
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson about the city's lawsuit against the Department of Justice after the department threatened to withhold certain grant funding from Chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities.
Revelations about Fox News' role in concocting a baseless story on the death of a young Democratic staffer has problematic echoes for the network's controlling owner, Rupert Murdoch, who had to shut down the biggest paper in the United Kingdom for outcry over its reporting on a dead British girl.