A new documentary on Apple TV+ goes backstage with The Beatles as they prepared for their first U.S. tour in 1964.

In this week's StoryCorps, Philadelphia radio host Cherri Gregg remembers her grandmother, Maryhall Fuller Robinson Snead, who helped her find her voice.

Scientists observed wolves in Ethiopia feeding on flower nectar. This may be the first instance of a predator serving as a pollinator.

Seventeen-year-old Sophia Park has become the youngest person to pass the California bar exam, following in her older brother's footsteps.

Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin pursues her 100th World Cup win this weekend on her home slopes in Killington, Vermont.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Eric Liu, co-founder of Citizen University, about how to coexist in community with people who vote differently.

A few years ago, scientists cracked a murder mystery -- they figured out what's been killing Coho salmon in urban streams in the Pacific Northwest. The culprit: particles from tires.

In India, support for President-elect Donald Trump, is strong. In the hometown of Kamala Harris' mother, Indian men say they believe Trump will bring peace.

We get a rare up close look inside the Dutch company ASML, and its technology behind the most advanced microchips.

Voters are electing a new parliament and government. The race has tightened in recent days, and Sinn Fein -- a party with past links to Irish republican militants -- may still have a path to power.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Kwong and Jessica Yung of Short Wave about ancient evidence of hot water on Mars, indigenous people's cultivation of hazelnuts, and an inauspicious fish sighting.

About 300 Americans a year give a kidney to a complete stranger. Research says these people have a larger amygdala -- perhaps making them feel others' pain more than the average person.