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Jean-Michel Basquiat's untitled painting of a skull is displayed behind an official with Sotheby's, which offered the media a preview earlier this month. On Thursday, the work sold for $110.5 million — the highest sum ever paid at auction for a work by a U.S. artist.

At $110.5 Million, Basquiat Painting Becomes Priciest Work Ever Sold By A U.S. Artist

With the sale Thursday night in New York City, the late Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 untitled painting is also said to be the sixth-most expensive work sold in world history.

Matt Oehrlein and Gui Cavalcanti, co-founders of the robotics company, MegaBots, with giant robots MK2 (left) and Eagle Prime.

No Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Here: Behold A U.S. Vs. Japan Giant Robot Duel

Engineers Gui Cavalcanti and Matt Oehrlein have brought science fiction to life. Their giant robot Eagle Prime fights a giant Japanese robot in an epic battle airing on Twitch on Tuesday.

U.S. rock climber Alex Honnold reaches top of Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes

Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower, about 90 minutes after he started.

The University of Michigan football stadium is shown in Ann Arbor, Mich., this summer. Health officials in Michigan say infections among university students account for over 60% of local infections.

U. Of Michigan Students Under Stay-In-Place Order, But Football Can Still Kick Off

The public health order does not apply to varsity sports such as the football team, which plays University of Minnesota on the road Saturday. The two-week order was prompted by surging virus cases.

Responders at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash. Countries around the world have grounded their Boeing 737 Max jets and there is growing political pressure on the Federal Aviation Administration to do the same.

U.S. Lawmakers Call To Ground The Boeing 737 Max 8. FAA Says 'No' For Now

Sens. Warren, Cruz and Romney among lawmakers who want the FAA to ground Boeing's series of jets involved in recent crashes. Dozens of other countries already have.

An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the sky in the early morning hours of April 24, near Washtucna, Wash. An intense solar storm has the aurora borealis gracing the skies farther south than usual.

A new forecast shows the northern lights won't be very visible in the U.S. after all

A previous forecast predicted a geomagnetic storm happening Wednesday and Thursday, but the sun's activity has greatly weakened over the past few days.

Union members were among those who turned out at protests during Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno's bus tour in August 2024, including this one in Youngstown on Aug. 7.

Coalition of Ohio unions launch statewide tour to support Brown in close U.S. Senate race

The Ohio AFL-CIO will highlight wage theft lawsuits that Bernie Moreno settled with former employees, his stated opposition to a minimum wage and other union concerns.

Ohio is first state in the U.S. to require K-12 public schools to adopt AI policies

Through the budget that was signed into law last month, Ohio has become the first state to require K-12 public schools to adopt policies on artificial intelligence.

'Supersizing Urban America': How U.S. Policies Encouraged Fast Food To Spread

A new book examines how federal government policies made it easier for minorities to open fast-food franchises than grocery stores. Today the landscape of urban America reflects this history.

The first baby born as a result of a womb transplant in the United States in the neonatal unit at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

First Baby Born To U.S. Uterus Transplant Patient Raises Ethics Questions

A woman who received a uterus transplant recently delivered a healthy baby boy. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the doctors working on the experiment about its ethics, risk, and cost implications.

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