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Investigators are scouring old shooting homicides for possible connections to the six fatal shootings that have terrorized the the city, officials told NPR.

Police said Tuesday that investigators identified the body of Eliza Fletcher, 34, who had been forced into an SUV during an early morning jog Friday near the University of Memphis.

Under a government agreement, King Charles III won't have to pay the U.K.'s standard 40% inheritance tax on the massive wealth he inherits from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

More protests are expected before the state funeral next week for Japan's divisive former leader. Shinzo Abe's assassination in July has highlighted the Unification Church's ties to Japanese politics.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday what he called a "partial mobilization" in Russia as the war in Ukraine reaches nearly seven months and Moscow loses ground on the battlefield.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Host Ari Shapiro talks with Linda Diaz, the winner of this year's NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest. Her entry, "Green Tea Ice Cream" is a dreamy R&B song anchored by her skilled and soulful voice.

The earthquakes, considered minor by geologists, started in December. No one knows what is causing them or how long they will continue.

Driving a Prius and putting up solar panels aren't the only options for cooling the earth's climate. More radical ideas include brightening clouds, creating giant algae blooms in the ocean and launching spacecraft to deploy giant sunshades. It might sound a bit far-fetched, but scientists are considering ideas like these — known as geoengineering — to alter the climate.

Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, a senator's office said.