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Ocasio-Cortez stunned the political world when she beat out a well-known incumbent in a New York primary. She won another primary after voters in that district wrote her name on the ballot.

France copied a service first launched by Sweden. You call a number and are connected with a French volunteer. It's a way to learn more about France.

A man near Sacramento, Calif., put on a Santa suit and took off in a motorized parachute. The fire department said he was trying to deliver candy canes to children. His aircraft, however, lost power.

Models on turntables in fancy gowns have given way to professionals who are the eyes and ears of car brands.

The record-breaking heat in the Pacific Northwest has agriculture workers in a bind. This is peak harvest season in the region. But it's too hot to be out in fields and groves given the heat.

More than a third of U.S. adults turn to the Internet for help diagnosing their illnesses themselves. But how trustworthy are the results?

Just hours after Freddie Gray's funeral, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets, burning police cars, looting stores and facing off with police. The mayor instituted a curfew.

Kids are used to being told about what they can't do yet but will be able to do someday. "It's all this potential," says author Jon Klassen — and that's what his new board book is about.

The number of people taken into custody at the southern U.S. border with Mexico has been decreasing since 2000. Economists say the reasons people choose to cross the border illegally are changing.

If her Prince-assisted '80s hits are all you know of Sheila Escovedo, you're missing half the story. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with the drummer, singer and bandleader and dives in to her early history.