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Hackers apparently took over the portable electric signs being used on Interstate 30. Which is why commuters saw messages declaring: "Work is canceled. Go back home" and "Party Hardy."

Art crime expert Erin Thompson digs into the dirt around antiquities in her new book — what motivates collectors, what justifications they give and the politics around their acquisitions.

The prop from a past festival in Key West, Fla., had been illegally parked for six months, and was set to be destroyed. A women's club has agreed to take ownership and use it for fundraisers.

Also: The Atlantic hurricane season opens today; developing countries spend more on renewable energy; and Illinois lawmakers fail to reach a state budget for the second year in a row.

What could have been a true variety show collapsed into a halfhearted version of late-night comedy where the bright spots only accentuated the weak ones.

Some archaeologists excavate Roman ruins. Others dig up garbage. In England, a project is underway to study what people threw out in Victorian times, to learn about the start of the consumer era.

President Obama returns to Elkhart, Ind., the first town he visited as president and a symbol of the recession. He went on Wednesday to tout economic recovery with an eye toward his successor.

A federal judge released hundreds of documents related to Trump University, which is being sued for fraud. They show a high-pressure sales environment where employees were taught how to keep selling expensive packages of real estate classes, even when customers balked.

Wednesday is the deadline that major powers imposed on Syria to allow aid to besieged civilians. But as it comes to pass, the air drops that were threatened if ground aid was blocked are far from a reality.

Also: Germany approves a resolution on the Armenian genocide, angering Turkey; central Texas struggles with flooding; and a rare giant panda is born in a Belgium zoo.

The rising star, whose "Burning House" was the biggest country song by a female solo artist in 2015, talks about being taken seriously while breaking into a genre that's dominated by men.

In the small Latino community Martindale, outside of Austin, residents are still struggling.

The United Arab Emirates wants more rain, so the country is looking into building an artificial mountain.

In 1959, Paul Bowles traveled around Morocco to record as much traditional music as he could. A new box set of those recordings tells almost as much about Bowles as it does Morocco half a century ago.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Reuel Marc Gerecht, who signed the letter with other conservative foreign policy experts opposing Donald Trump's views on national security. Some conceded they would have to hold their noses and vote for Hillary Clinton. Gerecht is a senior fellow with the think tank, Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Hillary Clinton delivered a foreign policy speech in San Diego Thursday, drawing a contrast with presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.

NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews former British foreign secretary David Miliband, who now heads the International Rescue Committee. Miliband is calling for an end to the refugee camp system and reform of the ways the international community handles migrants and refugees.

With the arrest this spring of six Moroccans suspected of planning terror attacks on Italy, the southern European nation believes it has become a target. It is pushing for greater continental cooperation and sharing of intelligence to combat extremists.

A new study says dogs were domesticated in not one, but two places. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with one of the study's authors, Greger Larson, an archaeology professor at Oxford University.

The murder of Kitty Genovese became a symbol of all that was wrong with big-city neighbors, but in a new documentary, Genovese's brother considers the complexities of recollection and responsibility.