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Scientists think they've finally caught on film a shark getting some rest. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Greg Skomal, a marine fisheries biologist, who was part of the team that collected the footage.

"This is done! This is done! We are never going home!" a commentator on Icelandic TV said. He added, "Live the way you want England. ... You can go home! You can go out of Europe!

Voting laws have been getting a lot of attention recently and more twists and turns can be expected before the election in November. Here's an update on challenges that saw movement this week.

Iowa starts early voting on Thursday and within a few weeks, millions will be casting early ballots. Campaigns are keeping track of how many Democrats or Republicans ask for and turn in early ballots.

Correspondents, editors and producers from NPR's newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading.

New York authorities said the 29 people injured in an explosion Saturday night in Manhattan have all been released from hospitals.

The government says there was a big drop last year in the number of Americans struggling to get enough to eat, especially children. The USDA credits food aid like the school lunch program and SNAP.

Wild pigs are a problem in Florida. Hundreds of thousands are roaming the state and destroying scores of acres of fields and crops. There's an effort now to turn the pest into a profit.

A lawyer for the family of Sandra Bland, who was found dead in a Texas jail cell last year, says the deal includes changes to jail procedures. However, Texas officials said any deal was not yet final.

People talk a lot about the warming of the Earth by a few degrees. Now a cartoon shows you what it looks like.