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The spectacular lava fountains and fissures on Hawaii's Big Island are scaring the tourists away. That's a big problem for an island whose economy is heavily dependent on visitor dollars.

ESPN's Howard Bryant joins Scott Simon to talk about the biggest sports stories of the week.

The University of Chicago's hospital will reopen the center on May 1. The move comes after years of pressure from young black activists, who mobilized when an 18-year-old died from gunshot wounds.

In her first appearance on camera since the March poisoning, Skripal said that she was concentrating on nursing her father back to health, but that she eventually hoped to return to Russia.

The teachers are demanding a 20 percent pay raise. Their action follows similar protests in Oklahoma, Kentucky and West Virginia.

Carolina Reapers are some of the hottest peppers in the world. So hot, in fact, that for one man, participating in a pepper-eating contestant resulted in a painful, serious "thunderclap headache."

The duo uncovered thousand-year-old silver coins, pearls, rings and a hammer in northern Germany. They include coins from the reign of Harald Bluetooth of Denmark — possibly from his own trove.

Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand took the stand again Monday in the comedian's sexual assault trial. She faced cross-examination from Cosby's attorney Tom Mesereau.

When Europe begins enforcing sweeping new privacy rules next month, it will have a major impact on U.S. tech companies, both large and small. And it could affect American Internet users as well.

A new poll reveals big gaps in Americans' knowledge of Holocaust history. NPR's Michel Martin considers the implications with historian Deborah Lipstadt.