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Beyoncé's Africa video, Inuit advice on raising kids without yelling and ... locusts! Here's the surprising mix of stories Goats and Soda readers loved in 2020 that have nothing to do with COVID-19.

Despite penguins, lions and gorillas battling for Hollywood supremacy, 2005 will go down as a box office disappointment. But NPR critic Bob Mondello says the year's films were high on quality.

Las Vegas is set to claim the title of city with the largest Ferris wheel, but not for long. New York City plans for a taller wheel, and rumors swirl that Dubai may top even that. Host Scott Simon talks to John Russick, director of Curatorial Affairs at the Chicago History Museum, about the first ever Ferris wheel, which debuted at the 1893 World Fair in Chicago.

An NPR investigation finds that a new Justice Department hire compared the Jan. 6 riot prosecutions to the Holocaust, promoted conspiracy theories and called for defendants to receive reparations.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently fired the city's police superintendent. Now, residents will get to have a say about who should lead the country's second-largest police department.

When organizations and companies look to garner support for legislative issues, former lawmakers top the list of lobbyists they choose. A new report by...

Restaurant Magazine publishes its list of the top 50 restaurants worldwide. For 2005, The Fat Duck in Bray, Berks, England took top honors. The magazine chose The French Laundry in Yountville, Calif. as the best in the Americas. Restuarant surveyed a panel of more than 500 international chefs, critics and restaurateurs.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist.

An 11-year-old boy from Oklahoma is being honored for his heroism after he saved a choking classmate and rescued a woman from a house fire in one day.

When film companies report their opening weekend box office figures, they often include what are called "previews." 'T'wasn't always thus.