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Families can take a spin on Balboa Park's historic and recently restored 1910 Carousel, featuring a colorful menagerie of hand-painted animals, an original military band organ, and brass ring game. The adjacent Butterfly Ride is perfect for younger children. Enjoy San Diego's favorite carousel this holiday season on a special schedule: • Thanksgiving Week | Open Monday to Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Thanksgiving Day | Closed Admission $3 per ride, $10 for 4 rides. For special large group rates, call (619) 232-2282. For more information, please visit friendsofbalboapark.org/balboa-park-carousel or call the number listed above.

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.

Luna Guzmán has risked everything to seek asylum in the U.S. A transgender woman, she left her native Guatemala behind to try to find a life in California.

"We're going to miss that continuity and the confidence, that knowing the queen was there."

Truss, who currently serves as foreign minister, will be the U.K.'s new prime minister, after the Conservative Party named her as its next leader on Monday, replacing the outgoing Boris Johnson.

In Peckham, about a 30-minute drive from the center of London, many people were going about their weekend as usual. While they're sad about the queen's death, they see it as an opportunity for reform.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to David Webster of King's University College at Western University Canada, about the Commonwealth under King Charles III. His rule reaches beyond the island of England.

Environmental writer Oliver Milman says habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are killing off insects worldwide, which, in turn, threatens humans. His new book is The Insect Crisis.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Matthew J. Smith, director of the Center for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London, about the commonwealth's complicated history.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Richard Fitzwilliams, a longtime royal watcher and commentator, about the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II and what comes next after her death on Thursday.