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The longest-living vertebrate known to science is a shark that can live centuries. This story originally aired on Aug. 11, 2016 on All Things Considered.

The city of Mosul, Iraq, is under heavy fire as Iraqi troops try to free the city from ISIS control. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the International Rescue Committee's head of Iraq programming, Alex Milutinovic, about conditions in the city.

Britain's Princess Beatrice threw a party; pop stars Ed Sheeran and James Blunt attended. Blunt jokingly asked if he could be knighted. While getting into position she accidentally cut Sheeran's face.

Texas A&M University-Commerce Alumni Relations director Derryle Peace relates the story of suffering a stroke last summer. He believes the circumstances…

This is in addition to the four murder counts that Todd Kohlhepp is already facing. The 45-year-old real estate agent and registered sex offender has confessed to all seven.

Harold Lopez-Nussa was trained in the formidable classical music education system set up in Cuba after the revolution. He's among the first of his class to get a deal with a U.S. record label.

Despite progress against the disease, roughly 2 million people are infected with the virus every year.

Mining once boomed in Mongolia but as commodity prices fell, the economy tanked and companies went bankrupt. Unemployed men are taking over abandoned coal mines to extract what's left. Some have died.

A charter plane crashed near Medellín, Colombia, on Monday night, killing 71 people. According to leaked audio and witness accounts, the pilot cited "fuel problems" and asked for priority landing.

While the U.S. has a thriving squid industry, chances are the calamari you are eating made a 12,000-mile round trip before ending up on your dinner plate.