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The BBC’s Paul Gambaccini speaks with Here & Now's Robin Young about his friend, singer George Michael, who died on Sunday at the age of 53.

It has been a horrible season for the Cleveland Browns. If the team went 0-16, fans wanted to hold a perfect season parade. But the parade was canceled after the team won a game.

In 1924 a Connecticut prosecutor saved a suspect from the gallows, in a case of justice that's taught today in law books.

Social science research suggests that boredom, or satiety, has a lot to do with the mind. When we imagine variety in the future, it turns out we can tolerate a lot more boredom in the present.

Jon Sterkel of Nebraska wanted to announce his baby's gender with an exploding rifle target — blue smoke for a boy. Police gave him a ticket for using explosives without a permit.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Femi Oke of Al Jazeera about how the debate has gone over on social media.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to discuss the latest news in politics.

This annual haggis throwing tradition happens in Scotland, where the dish of spiced sheep's organs is considered a delicacy. The prize for beating the world record was a lifetime supply of haggis.

Since the 1990s, lawmakers have been given free beer and wine in the parliament building. A member of the ethics committee suggested that maybe banning it could "improve the quality of debate."

Leo Varadkar turned out to meet his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau wearing snazzy red socks emblazoned with maple leaves and Mounties.