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European explorers spent centuries searching for a passage through the ice at the top of the world. The Northwest Passage, a shortcut to Asia Europe, proved elusive until about 100 years ago. These days, thanks to global warming and a receding ice cover, the voyage is far easier to complete.

A new category of listings is called "Icons." Homes include the house from the Pixar movie Up — complete with 8,000 balloons attached to the top. It's held up by a crane over the N.M. desert.

This week saw the "Chairman of the Board" Frank Sinatra make a return to the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 56 years. His 1948 rendition of Jingle Bells jingled all the way to a Top 20 spot.

From Cincinnati Public Radio comes the podcast 'Backed Up,' which demystifies our complex sewer system and tells the stories of the people suffering under decades of mismanagement.

A majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana spurred a major Supreme Court decision. The district lines trace decades of fights over the landmark Voting Rights Act.

Steve Inskeep talks to Richard Painter, top ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, and Norman Eisen, top ethics lawyer for President Obama. They argue Trump's administration has been unethical.

Michael Zusman used to be a lawyer, specializing in suing financial companies. The work literally started making him sick. Then he stumbled into baking. His new cookbook promises that you can make your own pastrami, pickles and bagels better than you can buy at your local deli.

Coco Gauff's loss in the U.S. Open's fourth round follows a third-round loss by defending men's champion Novak Djokovic, and was the latest in a series of early exits for Gauff in recent weeks.

What Trump alums are doing now can be divided in two groups — those promoting Trump and the MAGA movement, and those who are going more traditional routes. It underscores the GOP divide Trump created.

A prominent western Kentucky businessman will stand trial this year in a shocking rape case. The defendant has connections in high places and the accuser…