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A chemical engineer in Boston named David Whitlock hasn't showered in 12 years. His cleaning solution: bacteria.

Eight MLB teams faced off during the first four-game Friday in almost 50 years. NPR's Scott Simon recaps the winners and losers with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.

John Harris's family has buried Cockney East Enders in style for generations. But London has changed, so the funeral home now has washrooms for Hindus and will soon make room for Muslim rites as well.

Nearly 30 years after a catastrophic nuclear meltdown, something interesting is happening in Chernobyl: In an environment long abandoned — and deemed unsafe — by humans, wildlife is flourishing.

Government rabbis decide who is officially Jewish, which affects issues including marriage and divorce. But religious and political rivals have started their own system for conversion.

Jorge Ramos discusses journalism and his run-in with Donald Trump. Israeli-born chef Michael Solomonov connects people to the food of his homeland. Andy Goldsworthy turns rain, ice and trees into art.

Parr was the agent who made the decision to head to the hospital instead of back to the White House after Reagan was shot. Parr was 85 years old.

The theme of the march this time around was "Justice or Else." Speakers addressed issues like immigration and Native American land rights and the string of black men who have been killed by police.

A newly released video by Boko Haram reaffirms the group's allegiance to ISIS and says their campaign of violence continues.

In the era of direct spending by corporations in elections, Microsoft and AFLAC Insurance get high marks for openness. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway received a score of zero.