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A British street artist known as Moose creates graffiti by cleaning dirt from sidewalks and tunnels -- sometimes for money when the images are used as advertising. But some authorities call it vandalism.

In wildfire-prone Malibu, the movie stars and millionaires flee at the first sight of a blaze. But 81-year-old resident Millie Decker always stays behind to fight the flames – just as her ancestors have done since the 1880s.

A century ago today, the steamship General Slocum and its 1,300 passengers began a journey up the East River for a church picnic on Long Island. But the Slocum never made it; it caught fire and sank, killing more than 1,000 people. The last living survivor tells the story.

Chanticleer, an all-male a capella group best known for its classical repertoire, has released How Sweet the Sound, its second CD of gospel music and African-American spirituals. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.

Lucas Otto was struck by a wrong way driver on Interstate 72.

Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday, state television reported.

Bottoms was considered for the role of vice president during Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.

Josh Ritter's poetic and intellectually complex lyrics have helped make the singer-songwriter practically a household name in Ireland. But he's not yet well-known in America -– "yet" being the key word. Hear an interview and in-studio performance from NPR's Studio 4A.

After his "deep slacker jazz" band Soul Coughing broke up in 1998, Doughty spent years on the road finding his voice with just a rental car, an acoustic guitar and a cult following. His new album, Golden Delicious, finds him in a relaxed and joyful setting.

Photographer Mark Edward Harris traveled to North Korea for the mass gymnastic games and gathered vivid snapshots throughout the country. His photographs are collected in a new book, Inside North Korea.