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After Tom McDonald's plumber friend Roy Riegel died, he decided to flush his ashes at baseball stadiums across the country. They were both baseball fans.

Ritchie wanted to be a filmmaker, so he dropped out of school at the age of 15 — why waste time? His first film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was a breakout independent hit.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor Liev Schreiber about his new film Chuck, which tells the story of boxer Chuck Wepner, the real-life inspiration for the Rocky film franchise.

When it comes to health care, there are two philosophies pushing against each other. But why does it get so heated?

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts hear about a few problems, including a family cover-up over a sister's ticket.

The leaders and rank-and-file of the House know that what they have done so far is not yet law. It may not even qualify as a rough draft. Giant steps remain, and some in the GOP may well be grateful.

Paula Poundstone had a great idea: Try fun stuff and get a publishing company to pay for it in the name of science. The result? The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness.

This week on The Call-In: airline travel. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Wall Street Journal columnist Scott McCartney and former flight attendant Gailen David.

It's the largest release of the 276 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Nigeria's Chibok boarding school in April, 2014.

Steven Holcomb, 37, was discovered at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York, Saturday morning.