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World Cup fever is hitting Canada ahead of kickoff Thursday. With soaring ticket prices and growing questions off the pitch, will passion for the game last?

A first-of-its-kind national study looks at the impacts of cell phone bans in schools.

Blue crabs are a delicacy in the U.S. But across the Atlantic, these crustaceans are wrecking havoc on Italian fisheries. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Laura Gentile with the University of Bologna.

A floating island is playing peekaboo on Williston Lake in British Columbia. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe chats with BC Hydro's Bob Gammer about this natural mystery.

President Trump is pushing Saudi Arabia and Qatar to normalize relations with Israel, as part of an end to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Experts call that unrealistic.

NPR accompanies UN peacekeepers behind Israeli lines as Israel expands its occupation of South Lebanon following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

Paramount has struck a deal with a dozen state attorneys general that clears a way for the studio to merge with Warner Bros. Discovery.

The Pacific Ocean has had an unusual number of storms this year, while the Atlantic hasn't recorded a single full-blown hurricane. Scientists point to an exceptionally strong El Niño.

Middle powers plead for more cooperation at the United Nations, as President Trump lays out his America First agenda and defends the U.S. war against Iran.

Ari Emanuel's memoir Roll the Calls tells of rising from the mailroom to the head of a Hollywood talent agency.