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There's a new fear from climate change: bacteria and viruses buried in frozen ground coming back to life as the Arctic warms up. We went digging in permafrost to find out how worried we should be.

An Alabama reporter says he may have located the remains of the Clotilda, the last known American slave ship, which illegally brought 110 African captives to the U.S. in 1860. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Ben Raines, reporter for AL.com, about his discovery, which has not yet been authenticated.

A new musical performance opens Thursday night in New Orleans as the city celebrates 300 years. And it's going to be hot. A lost opera from 1894 sings the praises of Tabasco sauce.

A judge sentenced Larry Nassar to 175 years in prison after more than 150 victims spoke at his proceedings. And, the president of Michigan State University, where Nassar also worked, resigned.

The president met with the British and Israeli prime ministers. On Friday, he's scheduled to speak to the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering of global business leaders.

The hugely popular trivia game app connects people around the world at preset times each day for live games.

California Gov. Jerry Brown delivered his final state of the state address on Thursday to lawmakers in Sacramento. Brown is California's longest-serving governor.

A couple were about to be married when the groom's mother had an asthma attack and was taken to the women's room. If they postponed it would take weeks. But the judge married them in the bathroom.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Thomas Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, about immigration enforcement over the last year and White House policy proposals going forward.

Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu, an early critic of abusive behavior in the USA gymnastics program, talks to NPR's Michel Martin about recent reporting on the sport's widespread sexual abuse.