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Beauty queens and baseball videos, as well as hard news on Ebola and the Michael Brown case in Ferguson were the stories of biggest interest to NPR.org visitors. There were also cats, of course.

Harry Potter is attending the Quidditch World Cup with his family, as well as Ron and Hermione. He is in his 30s, with "a couple of threads of silver" in his hair and a mysterious cut on his cheek.

J.C. Penney has been struggling to rebrand. After replacing the CEO, they have reverted to their former retail image.You’ve heard and read enough about…

Tomorrow is National Drink a Beer Day.I thought it would be best to drink one of our locally-made beers in honor of the day so I called Jimmy Randall,…

Bob Dylan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has yet to recognize the honor. The continuing silence prompted a member of the Nobel committee to call Dylan "impolite and arrogant."

Most young stage performers yearn for leading roles and top billing on programs. But as a singer and dancer, Justin G. Nelson doesn't hesitate to check…

These middle schoolers built a 200-pound human brain on wheels. Will it survive the eight-hour race through the streets of Baltimore?

The Russian newspaper Kommersant reports the listening device was hidden in a samovar, which is a traditional Russian urn with a spigot that's used to serve tea.

Fans of English soccer team Crystal Palace spray-painted a bus they thought belonged to a rival team. But it turns out they spray-painted their own team's bus, causing 40,000 pounds-worth of damage.

The winner of round seven of the Three-Minute Fiction contest will be announced in a few weeks. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Rebecca Roberts introduces Darius Kroger by William Sirson from Laramie, Wyoming. More stories from the contest can be found at npr.org/threeminutefiction.