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  • Army Pvt. Corrado Piccoli was killed in action in Europe during WWII. His Purple Heart was a cherished family keepsake, but was lost over the years.
    Sending Vets' Lost Medals, And Memories, Home
    Zachariah Fike finds old military medals for sale in antique stores and on the Internet, tracks down the medals' owners, and returns them. So far, Fike — who earned a Purple Heart when he was wounded in Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2010 — is 5 for 5.
  • The head of the Panama Canal Authority, Jorge Quijano, center, opens the main valve to allow water into the flood chambers on the new set of locks on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal in June 2015. The expansion of the canal, making it wider and deeper to accommodate larger ships, has taken nearly a decade. It opens next month.
    A Wider, Deeper Panama Canal Prepares To Open Its Locks
    The expansion of the Panama Canal, a $5 billion project, opens next month and aims to triple the canal's capacity with bigger ships. A Chinese freighter will be the first one through the new locks.
  • Some homes have fallen into disrepair in the Midland Beach neighborhood in Staten Island, N.Y. Almost four years since the destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy, many are still dealing with the storm's consequences.
    N.Y. Attorney General: Nation's Flood Insurance Program Defrauding Taxpayers
    The report comes after a joint investigation by NPR and PBS' Frontline that uncovered how private insurance companies in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy were profiting while homeowners suffered.
  • NASCAR Season Kicks Off At Renovated Daytona Speedway
    It's time to go racing! The NASCAR season kicks off this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway. And the place is all new after undergoing a major renovation in a bid to stay relevant in a competitive sports landscape.
  • Guitarist Scotty Moore, left, helped define Elvis Presley's early sound. Moore died June 28.
    Scotty Moore, Essential Rock 'N' Roll Sideman, Dies At 84
    The guitarist played lead on Elvis Presley's early recordings, and was part of some of the most iconic moments in rock 'n' roll history. Moore died Tuesday after a long illness.
  • BBC Editor Highlights Often Overlooked English Language Rule
    When the BBC's Matthew Anderson tweeted this week the rules the English language has for the order in which adjectives should appear before a noun, he was retweeted 47,000 times. He says foreigners struggle with this concept, but native speakers do it naturally. The quote comes from a book called, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase, by Mark Forsyth.
  • New York Attorney General Opens Probe Into The Trump Foundation
    New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he has opened an investigation into the Trump Foundation after reports found potential wrongdoing.
  • GOP Candidates Campaign Ahead Of Major Contests In Swing States
    With the campaign for the Republican nomination punctuated by protests and clashes at Donald Trump rallies, he and his GOP opponents are campaigning ahead of Tuesday's primaries in big swing states.
  • Mylene Helena Ferraira of Recife, Brazil, carries her 5-month-old son, David Henrique Ferreira, who was born with microcephaly. She's returning home after a medical visit.
    CDC Arrives In Brazil To Investigate Zika Outbreak
    U.S. disease detectives are launching a research project that health authorities hope will produce the most definitive evidence yet about whether the virus is really causing birth defects.
  • Steve Bannon Returns With New Film
    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters about the reemergence of former Trump advisor Steve Bannon.
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