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The FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System set a record in June with 3.9 million background checks. The previous record of 3.7 million background checks was set in March.

NPR's Noel King talks to Gary Kelly, chairman and CEO of Southwest Airlines, about the impact of the coronavirus on his carrier. Kelly says the airline requires workers and passengers to wear masks.

Fiona is a 3-year-old, 1,300-pound hippo, and she's a growing girl. Her keeper, Jenna Wingate, is grateful to be able to work during the coronavirus crisis: "It feels good to be needed," she says.

Tesla's Model 3 is giving a jolt to Norway's car market. Also in play: Norway's lucrative incentives for owners of electric vehicles.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear about the court ruling out of Texas last Friday that struck down the Affordable Care Act.

Updated: 10:35 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Ohio Department of Health (ODH) officials are warning the public to avoid e-cigarettes and committing millions to help curb vaping as the number of confirmed cases of illness most likely caused by vaping continues to grow. Ohio now has 10 cases of severe, vaping-related respiratory illness and 14 more cases are under investigation, up from three confirmed cases and 11 investigations last week.

U.S. employers added 390,000 jobs in May as the labor market stays hot. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%.

A decade ago, there were fewer than 50 grass-fed-cattle operations in the U.S. Now there are thousands. Clearly people are eating this meat. Trendiness aside, is grass-fed beef more nutritious than standard, corn-fed beef?

Several of the foreign-staffed Catholic religious orders in Mongolia run shelters, orphanages and nursing homes to care for a population of 3.3 million where one in three people lives in poverty.

A choice of toppings lets all of the relatives around the table make this meal their own. And it's OK to substitute chicken or tofu if lamb is not your thing.