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Delivery men sort out their parcels outside a community on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Shanghai eases into gradually reopening from its COVID-19 lockdown

China's largest city and global financial hub plans to restore mass transit and gradually reopen schools

FILE - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, centre, speaks to people while on an election campaign, in Holbaek, Denmark, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Voters on Wednesday will decide whether to abandon their country's 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc's common defense policy. (Claus Bech/ Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Denmark will hold a referendum on EU defense amid Ukraine war

Danish voters are being asked to choose whether to abandon the country's decision three decades ago to opt out of the bloc's common defense policy.

FILE - Visitors pose in front of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa in the Louvre museum, Wednesday, May, 19, 2021 in Paris. A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa on Sunday May 29, 2022 at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to think of planet Earth. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

A man in a wig was detained after throwing a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa

A man who was apparently disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair was detained after throwing a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa.

VIDEO: Amid the rise in anti-Asian hate, these pairs feel safer walking together

In response to an increase in violence against people of Asian descent, some people have started regularly walking with loved ones due to safety concerns. Watch our latest NPR short documentary.

FILE - This Nov. 16, 2009 file photo shows an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos came to Thomson Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, to give an update to local residents about the status of the prison in northwestern Illinois. They said the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is ready to start opening the prison, but they need the money first. The state opened the prison in 2001 but never fully opened it because of budget problems. The federal government bought it for $165 million last fall. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Five things to know about one of the deadliest federal prisons

Federal prisoners said to be the most dangerous are sent to a special unit at a prison in Illinois. NPR and The Marshall Project uncovered violence, abuse and deaths there. Here are five takeaways.

America's Test Kitchen: Irish Brown Soda Bread (Ep 2209)

Irish Brown Soda BreadMAKES ONE 8-INCH LOAFOur favorite whole-wheat flour is King Arthur Premium. To ensure the best flavor, use fresh whole-wheat flour.…

America's Test Kitchen: Pasta with Burst Cherry Tomato Sauce and Fried Caper Crumbs (Ep 2208)

Pasta with Burst Cherry Tomato Sauce and Fried Caper CrumbsSERVES 4 TO 6TIME 50 MINUTESBe sure to use cherry tomatoes; grape tomatoes won’t break down as…

DeLorean is back (to the future) with an electric car, and some caveats

The DeLorean Motor Company — the latest corporate iteration of the brand and not the creator behind the iconic 1980s model — is previewing an electric vehicle that will debut at a car show in August.

A campaign sign for Pete Arredondo, the chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, is seen in Uvalde, Texas Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Uvalde locals grapple with the school police chief's role

Uvalde residents struggle to reconcile what they know of the well-liked lawman, Pete Arredondo.

Annie-Lois Acheampong, 13, from Accra, Ghana, reacts during the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The National Spelling Bee returns to its usual venue for the first time in 3 years

Spellers were greeted with a new preliminary-round format that gave them no time to get comfortable. They had to get through three words in one turn at the microphone to continue in the bee.

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