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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to skateboard icon Tony Hawk about his life on the board and his documentary "Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off."

Actor and singer James Darren, a teen heartthrob in the 1960s, died this week at the age of 88. Tall, dark and handsome, he starred in three of the "Gidget" beach movies.

Back-to-back shark bites in the Florida panhandle have beach-goers wondering what might have triggered them.

Palestinians living in Ramallah, the West Bank's largest city, say they are trapped, unable to travel because of settler violence and checkpoints.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with David Wessel about the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions against Russia. Wessel is director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution.

Need an excuse to do less yard work? It might actually help butterflies and other pollinators.

The league is expected to incorporate stats of around 2,300 players from the Negro Leagues from the years 1920 to 1948.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anne Banfield, a doctor who left what has been characterized as an "abortion desert" nearly two years after the fall of Roe v. Wade.

The health officials say the country is ready to produce a vaccine against a worrisome flu virus that recently jumped from birds to cows and at least one person. But some experts are skeptical.

Thousands of homeowners face foreclosure over old zombie second mortgages from the housing-bubble days. Many thought the loans were dead. But investors buy them and can move aggressively to collect. NPR's Planet Money: "Zombie 2nd mortgages are coming to life, threatening thousands of Americans' homes"