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Air traffic control lost contact with the Cessna just 15 minutes after takeoff, the NTSB tells NPR. The wayward business jet set off military and defense alarms in the national capital area.

The COVID-19 crisis is throwing off the complex logistics of a year-long Arctic research expedition. A team set to rotate out may have to stay on board an ice-breaker for another six weeks.

For Cow Week, NPR's Wade Goodwyn blows the lid off of a children's nursery rhyme. He talks to Modern Farmer correspondent Tyler LeBlanc about whether a cow could jump over the moon.

The company wants to resume drilling in the Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska; it broke off that effort in 2012 because of safety problems.

The calf was born Saturday as an estimated million viewers watched Animal Adventure Park's live Youtube feed.

Judith Permar, 56, was fishing bags out of the box when the ladder she was standing on gave way. She couldn't get her hand loose, authorities in Mount Carmel, Pa., said.

Congress, which has been pushing for answers, says there may have been serious security lapses. The attack killed two U.S. Marines.

Organizers of the August political convention say that they may limit the number of people in the 19,000 seat arena and require masks but emphasize there are no plans to postpone the event.

Tendai Biti, a leading opposition member, sought asylum in the neighboring Zambia, but his request was denied and he was detained by police. Now, he's out on bail.

A new drama series on Netflix is about one of the country's most notorious serial killers. It has NPR's Scott Simon thinking maybe it's the names of his many victims we should remember.