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Best known for playing R2-D2 in six Star Wars films, a role where he was unseen, the actor was found Saturday morning by his nephew.

A look back on the week of politics. Donald Trump made some controversial statements and Hillary Clinton released her tax returns.

The American Bar Association wants to create a Spanish translation of the Miranda warning. Alex Acosta of the ABA's Special Committee on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities explains why.

Puerto Rico has been sending athletes to the Olympics since 1948, a stretch in which it amassed eight Olympic medals, none of them gold. Tennis star Monica Puig changed that on Saturday.

Do you know how long the longest earthworm is? Or how people might contract a parasitic worm?

One athlete's "psych-up" ritual may psych out an opponent. And even treatments that lack hard evidence of benefit, scientists say, might provide a competitive edge if the athletes believe they work.

Hours after an officer shot and killed an armed suspect who ran from police during a traffic stop, protests turned violent. Mayor Tom Barrett plans to meet with community and religious leaders today.

It's hard to really know what life is like for prisoners in the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. NPR's Arun Rath got a rare tour of the prison, and tells Rachel Martin what he saw.

Commercial flights from the U.S. to Cuba begin this fall, and Cubans are preparing for a wave of American tourists. But some wonder how the surge in visitors might alter the island's slow pace.

Rachel Martin speaks with journalist Tennessee Watson, who's reported on her own experience being molested. [Editor's note: this conversation includes discussion of child sexual abuse.]