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Police In Slovakia Reportedly Arrest Opera-Blasting Woman

The woman played an aria by Verdi to drown out a neighbor's dog. Then she repeated the same tune, all day long for 16 years. A Hungarian news site says neighbors finally had her arrested.

Nebraska Carries Out 1st Execution Using Fentanyl In U.S.

A federal three-judge panel denied a drug company's request to halt the execution of Carey Dean Moore over concerns about whether the state obtained the drugs improperly.

Burned cars are pictured at Froelunda Square in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Tuesday. Up to 80 cars have been set on fire in western Sweden by masked vandals, police say.

Dozens Of Cars Torched By Masked Youths In Western Sweden, Authorities Say

"What the hell are they up to?" Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven asked in an interview on Swedish radio. Authorities say the car fires may have been coordinated.

Joanne Pascarelli (left) and her sister, Marie Wilson (right), have each been charged with one count of first-degree larceny. Investigators say the New Canaan, Conn., schools where they worked lost a combined $478,588 in lunch money between 2012 and 2017.

Lunch Lady Larceny? Cafeteria Workers Allegedly Stole Half A Million Dollars

After Connecticut officials found "irregularities" at two school cafeterias, authorities traced the stolen lunch money back to two unusual suspects: sisters behind the counter.

Andy Biskin And 16 Tons Revisit 'Songs From The Alan Lomax Collection'

Early in his career, clarinetist Andy Biskin worked as an assistant to the folklorist Alan Lomax. Biskin's new album features new settings of songs drawn from Lomax's The Folk Songs of North America.

'A Girl's Guide' To Growing Up On A Secretive Missile Test Site

When Karen Piper was 6, her family moved to the Mojave Desert. In A Girl's Guide To Missiles she describes how her parents designed weapons, but she didn't understand how it all connected to war.

Australian Lawmaker Refers To 'Final Solution' In Push For Muslim Immigration Ban

In his maiden speech, newly minted Sen. Fraser Anning of the far-right Katter's Australian Party called for a revival of long-rescinded racially based immigration policies.

Activists from Concerned Women for America make a stop on their bus tour in Indianapolis, where Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly is facing pressure from the right as he prepares to vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh just weeks before Election Day.

Kavanaugh Fight Puts Vulnerable Senators In A Tight Spot

The president's Supreme Court pick meets Wednesday with Democratic Sens. Joe Donnelly and Heidi Heitkamp, who are both up for re-election in red states while under intense pressure from activists.

Beachgoers walk past dying kelp near Scripps Pier on Aug. 7, 2018 in San Diego. A researcher said the area has seen above average amounts of dying patties of kelp recently which is attributed to warmer ocean temperatures. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Researchers Record Highest Pacific Ocean Temperature In A Century — 79.2 Degrees

Here & Now's Robin Young asks Daniel Rudnick, professor of oceanography at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, what's going on.

We Need More Than Apologies, President Of Survivors Network Says

A grand jury in Pennsylvania found that more than 300 Catholic priests sexually abused more than 1,000 victims. David Greene talks to Tim Lennon of SNAP, a network of abuse survivors.

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