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The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case that involved both a 300-year-old pirate ship — and a contemporary fight between two powerful forces: states' rights and property rights.

Venetians fear for the future of their city. Inundation by high tides and tourists is wrecking the island city's cultural heritage and may ultimately render Venice unlivable.

"Fiction is life with the dull bits left out." That is just one of the many clever observations of the writer, TV host and cultural critic Clive James. He died Sunday in Cambridge, England.

Dozens of anti-government protesters in Iraq have just been killed by government forces. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Associated Press correspondent Samya Kullab about what led to the recent violence.

The agency arrested about 250 people, many of them Indian, who enrolled at the made-up University of Farmington. Few are contesting their orders to deport.

Forty years ago, militants held one of Islam's holiest sites — Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque — and thousands of pilgrims hostage for two weeks. Though they failed, they shaped the future of the region.

The law aims to settle a long-running battle between Hollister Ranch landowners and advocates for public beach access. The owners worry it could flood the pristine shoreline with trash and pollution.

Thursday was among the bloodiest days since protests resumed last month. More than 300 have been killed in that span. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to New York Times Baghdad bureau chief Alissa Rubin.

The New Jersey senator is doing his best to keep his place on the debate stage. He needs to get 4% in four polls in the next two weeks to pass the Democratic National Committee's bar for inclusion.

A Grand Rapids, Mich., man went magnet fishing and landed something unexpected: A hand grenade. A German one. From World War I.