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A man refreshes his face at a fountain in Trafalgar Square in central London on Tuesday.

The U.K. breaks its record for highest temperature as the heat builds

Britain on Tuesday shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.

Hong Kong's Star Ferry shuttles passengers back and forth across Victoria Harbor. This spring, the Star Ferry reported a loss of about $9 million since the middle of 2019. Ridership has plummeted.

Hong Kong's Star Ferry faces an uncertain future, as ridership falls and debt climbs

A drop in tourism due to political turmoil and the pandemic led to financial woes for the ferry, which has taken passengers across Victoria Harbor for decades. Now there are fears it may go bankrupt.

Bad Madge & Co. owner Tanya McAnear smiling with a rack of items from her store. 2021

'Best vintage store' owner operates with sustainability, climate change in mind

South Park's Bad Madge & Co. has earned the distinction of 'Best Vintage Store' in the country by review site Yelp.

Pictured, the street sign of McCain Lane on Encinitas Boulevard where the Encinitas Boulevard Apartment project is being proposed. May 2, 2022.

Plans for Encinitas housing project headed back to city council

A settlement has been reached over a controversial proposal for an apartment complex in Encinitas.

FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, calls on lawmakers to approve his measure to toughen the rules for vaccination exemptions in Sacramento, Calif. An anti-vaccine activist has been cited for assault after pushing Pan on a sidewalk near the Capitol. Kenneth Austin Bennett livestreamed the confrontation on his Facebook page. It shows him shoving Pan in the back after questioning him on vaccinations. The Sacramento Police Department say they cited Bennett on a misdemeanor assault charge then released him.

‘He stood his ground’: State senator will leave office as champion of tough vaccine laws

A California lawmaker who rose to national prominence by muscling through some of the country’s strongest vaccination laws is leaving the state legislature later this year.

As Republicans struggle in some close Senate races, they look to Colorado for an upset

Republican Joe O'Dea is pitching himself as independent-minded in his campaign against Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. But on the key issue of abortion, Democrats say he's out of step with the state.

The Brooksville water tower was accidentally sold by the city to a businessman who was trying to buy a municipal building at the tower's base.

A Small Florida Town Accidentally Sold Its Water Tower For $55,000

A businessman trying to buy a municipal building at the base of the city's water tower got a lot more than he bargained for — several thousand gallons more.

Alex Jones arrives at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on Tuesday.

Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook attack was '100% real'

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

The FDA is working with federal, state, and local officials to investigate a multi-state outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters, the agency said Wednesday.

A norovirus outbreak is linked to raw oysters distributed in 13 states, the FDA says

A multistate outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from Canada is under investigation in 13 states by the FDA.

Why I love quiet action sequences in movies

NPR critic Linda Holmes explains why action sequences that don't echo into the movie theater next door should be appreciated.

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