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Is there a difference between hail the size of a grapefruit and hail the size of a softball? NPR's Mark Memmott weighs in.

The workers went on strike after eight months without a new contract. The unions and Verizon have been unable to reach an agreement.

She's not a typical political spouse, spending most of her time at home caring for the couple's 10-year-old son.

Mexico City has its worst smog in more than a decade. The government has ordered cars off the street one day a week, but city planners say that isn't a long-term solution.

The folks at "The World According to Sound" podcast take listeners to a place where you can hear the sound of the website being edited.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with two students whose science projects were featured at the 2016 White House Science Fair.

German police are providing protection for the controversial comedian Jan Boehmermann after he performed a crude poem criticizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on German TV. Investigators are also looking into whether Boehmermann may have violated German speech laws. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Anton Troianovski of the Wall Street Journal about the controversy.

They're called the Golden State Warriors and are claimed by the entire Bay Area. But really, the Warriors belong to Oakland, Calif. The rise of the team from irrelevance to NBA champions mirrors the rise of the city itself.

Remittances — money sent home by migrants working abroad — add up to more than triple the amount of official foreign aid to developing countries. And that makes some people unhappy.

After some recent missteps with African-American voters, Hillary Clinton addressed a high-profile civil rights group Wednesday.