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North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into waters off its eastern coast. That happened two days after claiming to have tested a missile that's newly developed.

The ex-chief prosecutor in Haiti was asking a judge to bar the prime minister from leaving the country until he agreed to submit to questioning about the July assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

Roach researched animal misbehaviors for her new book, Fuzz. Though animals are all but charged with crimes when they run afoul of human values, she learns, they often have the last laugh.

A mysterious attendee at Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial derided the case against her to reporters. Turns out, he was not whom he claimed to be, but was the father of Holmes' partner.

A company formed by Harvard genetics professor George Church, known for his pioneering work in genome sequencing and gene splicing, hopes to genetically resurrect woolly mammoths.

Commentator Lorraine Johnson Coleman offers some helpful tips for Yankee tourists heading down south over the next few months on vacation, particularly on the delicate subject of food.

Latin bandleader Tito Puente died today at the age of 77 in a hospital in New York. Puente was hospitalized recently for heart problems and canceled all his concerts in May. He recorded over 100 albums in his long music career. He won five Grammys — the most recent this year for best traditional tropical Latin performance for "Mambo Birdland."

An investigation by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer revealed that the three major brands of crayons -- Crayola, Prand and Rose Art -- all contain asbestos. Linda talks with Andrew Schneider, who reported on the story for the Seattle newspaper.

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on a new set of rules from the EPA that would reduce the amount of arsenic in drinking water tenfold below current limits. Arsenic usually comes from natural sources and doesn't occur in all parts of the country. But the new rules will require upgrades in water systems in thousands of small towns and rural areas.

Noah speaks with David Brower, who was the Sierra Club's first executive director. Brower talks about why he quit the board of the Sierra Club, an organization he has been affiliated with since 1933. He has been quoted as saying "The Earth is burning but I hear nothing from the Sierra Club board except the music of violins. It's time for them to shape up."