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How The Colorado River Got Its Name

Until 1921, the Colorado River didn’t start in the state that bears the same name. It began in Utah, where the Green River from Wyoming and the Grand River from Colorado met.

Scuba divers swim after visiting aviation wrecks from World War II off the coast of Rabaul on New Britain island in Papua New Guinea.

Searching For The Past In The World War II Wrecks Of Papua New Guinea

The wrecks of World War II-era aircraft have become popular tourist sites, attracting divers, history buffs and visitors simply looking to find puzzle pieces from family members' pasts.

The owner of a Jerusalem auction house holds up a note on happiness written by Albert Einstein in 1922. The note, which Einstein gave to a courier in lieu of a tip, sold for $1.56 million on Tuesday to an anonymous buyer.

Einstein's Note On Happiness, Given To Bellboy In 1922, Fetches $1.6 Million

The physicist had just won the 1921 Nobel Prize when he scribbled his theory of happy living on a piece of hotel stationery and handed it to the courier at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo.

A woman carries water up a steep hill in the Balukhali Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. Aid workers say these slopes may collapse in the coming monsoon rains.

Monsoon Rains Could Devastate Rohingya Camps

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are living in thousands of makeshift shelters on steep, sandy hills in Bangladesh. Humanitarian groups are afraid of what will happen when the monsoons come.

The temperature in a cryogenic tank at a fertility clinic in suburban Cleveland fluctuated earlier this month, rendering some 4,000 eggs and embryos nonviable.

Ohio Fertility Clinic Says 4,000 Eggs And Embryos Destroyed When Freezer Failed

The hospital system said its investigation suggested that the problems may have been caused by human error, mechanical failure or both. "We failed our fertility clinic patients," said its CEO.

Then-candidate Donald Trump appears at a political event in Dallas on the same day in June 2016 that he was deposed in a lawsuit over a contract dispute. Trump is often more subdued while testifying under oath, but he can show a combativeness familiar on the campaign trail.

Trump Under Oath: Sometimes Combative, Often Boastful, Usually Lacking Details

President Trump says he wants to testify in the special counsel's investigation. He could also face depositions in several civil cases, something he has been through many times before.

Neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other demonstrators encircle counterprotesters at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va., on Friday.

The Trickle-Up Theory Of White Nationalist Thought

Dressed up as academic reasoning, racist tropes pushed by white identity advocates become more palatable, allowing those ideas to move from the fringes of debate to the political mainstream.

Kat McClain (left) meets with her dating coach Alexa Geistman from Three Day Rule, a matchmaking service based in Los Angeles.

When Dating Felt Like A Job, One Woman Hired A Matchmaker

Kat McClain describes herself as a long-time dating app user, but it eventually felt like a grind. Frustrated by the process, she hired a matchmaker who helped vet dates and up her online dating game.

Yalitza Aparicio stars as Cleo, a nanny and housekeeper, in Alfonso Cuarón's Roma.

NPR's Movie Preview: 15 New Films To Watch — And Watch Out For — This Fall

From the big studio flicks to the festival favorites, here are some of the best and otherwise noteworthy films coming to theaters.

Korean peninsula analyst Robert E. Kelly earned widespread empathy after his kids provided an expected spot of comic relief in a live appearance on the BBC on Friday.

Overtaken By Events: Kids Burst Onto Scene Of Live BBC TV Interview

Thanks to the children of professor Robert E. Kelly, an interview about South Korea's political upheaval became one of the most popular things on the Internet on Friday.

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