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McDonald's also says it will test alternatives to plastic straws in some restaurants in the U.S. and several other countries later this year.

Toronto police say Trolley Hunters was stolen from the unauthorized show Sunday — and they've released surveillance video backing it up. That hasn't quieted conspiracy theorists, though.

Also in our weekly roundup of education news, the University of Chicago makes test scores optional for applicants.

Comedian and actor Louie Anderson won an Emmy for his performance on the FX show Baskets. His new book is titled Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too.

Religion offers answers to big questions about life and death, right and wrong, and who we are. But some unaffiliated parents are finding power in not knowing those answers.

Lydia Millet's latest is a novel about death, disguised as a short story collection about real estate, alternately wrenching and hilarious, and full of joys on every scale.

Upon retiring from Princeton University at age 64, historian Nell Irvin Painter decided to pursue a second career in visual art among students a third of her age.

They condemn a border practice of tearing children away from their parents. It is an attempt to "weaponize children," Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski tells NPR's Weekend Edition.

After waiting a lifetime to meet her father, NPR journalist Maquita Peters finally got to know him, only to have him vanish from her life.

This Father's Day, we celebrate what our dads have taught us, from how to run to being a good listener.