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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks University of Hawaii, Manoa, marine biologist Bob Richmond about Japan's plan to dump wastewater into the ocean from the damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima.

Life as we know it is being threatened by everything from climate change to resource depletion. Commentator Adam Frank looks back at 1177 B.C. — and what we might learn from peoples past.

Ringwald represented teen angst in '80s films like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. She says early success led to her being typecast, but adds, "I'm really happy with where I'm at right now."

A hard-hitting exclusive study on workplace issues within the federal judiciary finds fault with the courts’ efforts to police themselves, including a lack of oversight and little record-keeping.

Federal officials say they arrested around 370 people in North Carolina this week in immigration crackdowns around Charlotte and the Research Triangle.

The huge amphibians "will literally just feed on anything that fits into their mouth" — including turtle hatchlings. Clearing thousands of frogs from ponds helped other species stage a comeback.

Nearly a year after the Hollywood writers' strike started, the entertainment industry remains in flux. Harpers journalist Daniel Bessner says TV and film writers are feeling the brunt of the changes.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired Brazil's army chief on Saturday. Lula has said that some in the military allowed the Jan. 8 uprising in the capital by far-right protesters.

Moo Deng and Haggis are joined by another slick, round supreme on the scene — a new pygmy hippo born at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. Fans can vote on the two options for her name through Saturday.

Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, is set to launch as early as 6:24 p.m. Wednesday.