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A heat wave that's expected to peak this weekend kicked off with record high temperatures and put one-third of Americans under heat alerts.

Fifteen cities in Italy, most of them in the country's center and south, were under heat advisories. Czech temperatures soared to a new record high. European countries father north also sweltered.

New episodes of the hit Australian animated kids show Bluey dropped on Disney+ this week. NPR's Scott Detrow gets a group of parents together to talk about what they've learned from the show.

Last year, Alabama failed to execute two men by lethal injection. The state will again try to execute a man using the same method. What do the failed attempts mean for the future of lethal injection?

Internationally famous animation artist Hayao Miyazaki's final film How Do You Live was released this week in Japan. NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Susan Napier, author of Miyazaki World: A Life in Art.

Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic became the lowest-ranked and first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon, defeating 2022 runner-up Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.

The 3-digit suicide prevention lifeline went live a year ago. More work is needed on the 988 system, but the first year has gone more smoothly than many expected.

Jackie Robinson's sport is at a low point in professional Black American representation. An exhibition game spearheaded by Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. and others aims to help change that.

Nearly a third of Americans were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings. In Nevada, Arizona and California, desert temperatures could soar, in parts, past 120 F.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law Friday afternoon banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. It went into effect immediately. A judge plans to issue a ruling Monday that will determine whether or not the ban can be enforced.