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A Miami lawyer was making closing arguments in an arson case when his pants started smoking. He blamed a faulty e-cigarette.

Pope Francis urged people to open up a Bible as often as they check their phones. But even the Pope uses Twitter.

When you watch the strangely illuminated world that unfolds in this new video from singer Elliot Moss, for his song "Closedloop," it's hard to believe any part of it is real.

Following federal indictments of seven officers last week, Baltimore's police commissioner said the city is ending plainclothes policing. The officers are accused of racketeering, robbing and extorting citizens, and filing false police reports. This all comes just two months after the Baltimore Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice signed a consent decree that will result in major police reforms. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Justin Fenton, a Baltimore Sun reporter who has covered the police department for nine years.

Each year, millions upon millions of honey bees go on a cross country road trip to make the California almond harvest possible.

Our roads, bridges, dams, transit systems and airports are in pretty poor shape. The nation's civil engineers are calling for a significant increase in the gas tax to pay for the needed upgrades.

In Kong: Skull Island, Hollywood's favorite giant ape returns to theaters, this time befriending Brie Larson and annoying John Goodman.

A passenger was asked to pay $12 for a blanket. His argument: Your plane is cold — help me out. After things got testy, the pilots took the plane and everyone on board to Los Angeles.

President Trump is being sued by a group of lawyers who say he is violating the emoluments clause in the U.S. Constitution. We examine why the framers of the Constitution inserted the clause.