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Cleveland artist Viktor Schreckengost turns 100 today. He is being honored by 100 museums across the country for his work in industrial design, pottery, dinnerware, toys, sculpture and watercolors.

She's a cancer survivor and Colombia's brightest star in the Women's World Cup. Striker Linda Caicedo carries Colombia's hopes on her shoulders ahead of the quarter final match against England.

From endless book signings to heated arguments with booksellers, author M.J. Rose knows the value of self-promotion. NPR's Lynn Neary joins Rose on the road for a taste of what it means to be a writer in today's new world of publishing.

A survey by the Interactive Autism Network found that nearly two-thirds of children with autism spectrum disorders have been bullied at some point. And it found that these kids are three times as likely as typical kids to have been bullied in the past month.

Americans and Britons share the same language, yet transatlantic visitors to the London Olympics might struggle to understand what's going on. The games are in East London, home of rhyming slang, a form of linguistic gymnastics. It was pioneered in the nineteenth century by Cockneys as a code to confuse snooping policemen.

The number of U.S. children dying from gunshot wounds has climbed in recent years. Keeping guns out of reach is one way to curb the trend — others argue to teach kids to handle guns responsibly.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Alexis Akwagyiram from the Semafor news website about the mass kidnapping of young students from a school in northwest Nigeria.

Mercedes-Benz workers voted against union representation in Alabama, a defeat for the United Auto Workers.

German police say the gunman who murdered 10 people late on Wednesday at two hookah bars near Frankfurt might have been motivated by far-right and anti-immigrant views.

Federal agencies had a Wednesday deadline to place employees of DEIA offices on paid leave -- and to take down any of mention of DEIA programs and initiatives from agency websites and social media.