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The National Weather Service helped by tweeting how to distinguish snow from hail and sleet, confirming that yes, Los Angeles, this was snow.

Denise Mueller-Korenek rode a custom bike at an average of 183.932 miles per hour — breaking a world record that had stood since 1995.

Researchers studied nearly 2 million art auction sales and found paintings by women fetched less money than paintings by men. Disparities that plague parts of the economy also affect the art world.

Mexico City is draining even more water from the ancient lake bed on which the city sits, causing it to sink. Climate change, political inaction and poor infrastructure are intensifying the problem.

Philadelphia architect Robert Venturi died Tuesday at 93. Often credited as a major influence on the postmodern architecture movement, he celebrated oversized, playful elements and Vegas casinos.

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell Saturday morning. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Michael Gold of the New York Timesabout the death.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Joel Klein, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., about Hurricane Dorian which is battering the Bahamas with high winds and torrential rains.

Story writers of Judas and The Black Messiah Keith and Kenny Lucas decide whether each clue is a pseudonym of a real hacker, a mushroom, or the name of an anime.

Monday's high school shootings renew concerns about conditions at the Red Lake Chippewa Indian Reservation, which is largely closed to outsiders and where poverty and unemployment are chronic problems. Just a few years ago, the father of Jeff Weise, the alleged teenage gunman, committed suicide after a standoff with police.

Iraq's new interim president and vice presidents nominate Shiite politician Ibrahim al-Jaafari as prime minister. Jaafari is a leading member of the Shiite alliance that won a slim majority of seats in parliament in last January's election.