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Russia staked a claim Tuesday to a vast area of the Arctic Ocean, areas likely to be rich with natural resources. Host Audie Cornish talks to Penn State Arctic expert David Titley.

Much of the focus in this week's Republican debate was on Donald Trump. But the debate was just important to a handful of underdog candidates, who have been struggling to get noticed.

Bad news for Hillary Clinton this week regarding her private email server seems to be good news for Bernie Sanders. And despite scandals, Donald Trump continues to overshadow the other GOP candidates.

It's the day after the first Republican presidential debate. Where do the candidates go from here? Who can build on momentum from the night? Who needs to recover from missteps?

The activist, who helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was a key figure in organizing sit-ins and freedom rides and the 1963 March on Washington.

The group Black Girls CODE holds summer boot camps that teach basics of app design and development. The nonprofit aims to inspire more girls to reach for a career in high-tech.

A former steel mill in New Jersey is getting a new lease on life as an indoor farm. AeroFarms is betting it can turn a profit growing greens with lights, using far less water than a traditional farm.

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump all found themselves doing the same thing today — campaigning at the Iowa State Fair.

NPR's Ari Shapiro and Audie Cornish talk to Reyhan Harmanci of the website Atlas Obscura about its reader contest to select the worst businesses that use puns in their names.

Casting director Jennifer Euston has a gift for remembering and placing faces. And she's used that skill to place a diverse mix of actors in Emmy-winning shows like Orange Is the New Black.