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Bryan Raymond of Fort Myers has filled many potholes on his street. Tired of it, he put a banana tree into the latest gravel fissure. Officials say it is a private road and is not their problem.

The Simon Weisenthal Center has approached the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to ask that 200 names of famous Jews be taken off a list of people baptized into the Mormon faith after their death. In 1995, the church agreed to stop the posthumous baptism of Jews who died in the Holocaust. But the family of Anne Frank, and others have remained on the rolls -- though they never subscribed to Mormonism during their lives. Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Howard Berkes who is in Salt Lake City.

In honor of the interstate highway system's 50th anniversary, we talk to three engineers about their favorite parts of the system.

Where has your stuff gone, Joe DiMaggio? It turns out many collectibles from the late Yankee baseball icon's memorable life are going on the auction block in New York City.

Los Angeles is home to almost four million people of every ethnicity — and sometimes, they don't share that home very peacefully. Author Nina Revoyr takes a tour of the city's Crenshaw district, the setting of her novel about family secrets and the 1965 Watts riots.

Abe was shot dead last week while speaking at a campaign event in the city of Nara.

"Saturday Night Live" normally kicks off each show with some humor, but the comedy sketch series opened with a tribute performance to Ukraine, which is dealing with an invasion from Russia.

'Sleepwalkers' is a new film that projects moving images onto the outdoor walls of New York's Museum of Modern Art. The interweaving narratives follow the lives of five characters as they awaken and make their way to work.

The group Ollabelle came out of an open mike night in New York City called, "Sunday School for Sinners." Their music captures the sound and feeling of the American South, from it churches to its porches and honkytonks.

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says he knows why General Electric decided NOT to move its corporate headquarters to Chicago. Rauner says G-E wanted to…