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Some scientists have long suspected that cats, which are strict carnivores, are "sweet blind." Now there's proof: Cats lack the receptor for sweetness. The discovery opens a window on what taste is for and how it evolved. It may also help cat food makers producer a product that even sick cats will eat.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Columbia Law professor Katherine Franke about Kim Davis, the elected clerk of Kentucky's Rowan County, who is refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

After Hurricane Maria, some college students left Puerto Rico to enroll on the mainland. For one young woman, graduation after a difficult year felt like a triumph.

A British man who was at a party called his girlfriend to stay he couldn't come home because he had been kidnapped. She called police, and they fined him after they found him still at the party.

The Kentucky Derby, known as the fastest 2 minutes in sports, is postponed because of COVID-19. But there is a race this weekend: Old Forester Kentucky Turtle Derby — a competition for eight turtles.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the U.S. was surprised by the attempted coup in Turkey, but he does not expect it to affect the campaign against the Islamic State.

Teresita Gómez learned piano in secret at the exclusive fine arts school where her parents worked. She's now a celebrated classical pianist and a longtime promoter of music by Colombian composers.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney plays up his Michigan roots when he talks to voters in the state. But results have been mixed for other Romneys who have run for office in the state.

Robert Siegel talks to retired Army Maj. Gen. Dean Allen Youngman, executive director of the Defense Small Arms Advisory Council. He was in the meeting with Vice President Joe Biden and the National Rifle Association as the administration considered initiatives to reduce gun violence.

Protesters want to remove the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Yale history professor David Blight about why he thinks the memorial should stay up.