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America's water infrastructure is in need of a major upgrade. Leaks in the ailing system mean that across the U.S., places like Kentucky's Martin County lack clean drinking water, with no easy fixes.

Motown's success has made its musical catalog one of the most recognizable in American history. Oliver Wang says it takes some guts to tackle these iconic tunes, but the producers have pulled it off.

During the outbreak, courts have turned to the online conferencing service. But some people don't have access to smartphones or the Internet. Legal challenges are likely.

The Texas capital is growing rapidly, and its roads and freeways are packed. A toll road was built east of the city to help alleviate the problem, but few drivers use it. Experts agree that the city has to do something — and soon — to address its congestion woes if Austin is to retain its quirky character.

Linda talks with California governor Pete Wilson about what he's expecting to hear this evening as Bob Dole accepts his nomination for the presidency. Wilson believes that this speech will make Dole's position on what's right for the country very clear, and will serve as an introduction to the ideas that will ultimately frame the presidential campaign. He also believes that the speech could touch on some controversial issues.

Babies exposed to marijuana smoke have metabolites of the drug in their urine, researchers say. They think that secondhand marijuana smoke will prove to be as dangerous as secondhand tobacco smoke.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Jeff Greenfield, Senior Analyst with CNN, about his book The People's Choice. Greenfield says he wrote the book 5 years ago to explore one of the most implausible election scenarios he could imagine. But now, his fiction doesn't seem too far from reality.

The short answer is — no. Immunology experts say there is little to be gained, for now, from an antibody test, for a number of reasons.

In a five-part series for Morning Edition, NPR's Eric Weiner and Michael Sullivan examine the spread of terrorism in Southeast Asia. In Part One, Weiner reports from the Philippines -- a Roman Catholic country that seems an unlikely place for an al Qaeda cell, but where investigators believe the militant Islamist group gained its first foothold in the region.

The young ace was the National League's Rookie of the Year in 2013. When he died, he had the second most strikeouts of any pitcher in the National League.