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The record amount of snow that fell in Boston this winter is still hanging around. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Michael Dennehy, the city's commissioner of public works, about the pile of ice.

With Oregon moving toward allowing self-service, New Jersey will soon be the last state where you cannot legally pump your own gas. But most Garden State drivers seem to like it that way.

Abdullahi Yusuf, 19, had pleaded guilty to charges he tried to leave Minnesota and aid the self-proclaimed Islamic State. He says through his lawyer that the box cutter is not his.

The corporation has U.S. approval, and ships could head for Cuba beginning in May 2016. But travelers can't be just tourists. They have to fit into one of 12 government-established categories.

The decision follows more than 13 hours of debate. Lawmakers in the House approved the Senate bill by a two-thirds margin, and the measure now goes to Republican Gov. Nikki Hailey's desk.

Pregnant women hear a lot about what foods to avoid, and little about what they should eat, a scientist found. So she wrote her own week-by-week guide that features salmon, chocolate and greens.

But his congressional salary puts him in the top five percent of income earners.

Baltimore's residents "deserve better" than recent results have shown, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says. The move comes two months after six officers were charged in the death of Freddie Gray.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with documentary filmmaker Pamela Yates about Guatemalan ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who was declared mentally unfit for trial Tuesday by Guatemala's forensic authority.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Patrick Chovanec, chief strategist with Silvercrest Asset Management group, about the Chinese stock market and the impact on the U.S. and global economy.