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Beakman, played by performance artist Paul Zaloom, was on TV in the U.S. 20 years ago, but is still beloved in Latin America, where it plays in reruns.

Remember 'Beakman's World'? The Wacky Scientist Is Still Big In Latin America

The children's TV show ran for just five years in the U.S. in the 1990s. But it's still hugely popular in Latin America, and a stage version of the show attracts audiences in the thousands.

A man who held up a bank demanding his own money becomes an unlikely hero

Many in Lebanon can't access their life savings because of the economic crisis. A hostage-taker in Beirut surrendered in exchange for some of his funds, which he needed for his father's medical bills.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine's Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia region, is seen through barbed wire on the embankment in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, central Ukraine, on July 20. Russian soldiers have been shelling Nikopol from the premises of the nuclear power plant.

Over the river from a Russian-occupied nuclear plant, a Ukrainian town fears a spill

The small town of Nikopol, Ukraine, sits across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Attacks are causing serious alarm for the community.

As "The Lady In The Tutti-Frutti Hat" from <em>The Gang's All Here</em>, Carmen Miranda embodied the sexual, social and political complexities of fruit in Latin America.

Fruta Extraña: The Story Of Fruit In Latin America, Told Through Music

From the Chiquita Banana Girl to the Banana Republic, Alt.Latino takes a knife to the rich, fruit-themed songs that pervade Latin music.

Connecting the dots between climate, migration and the far-right

All Things Considered is looking at how the ripples of climate change are radiating outward. Beginning in Senegal, we will connect the dots between climate, migration and political extremism.

Loretta Lynn performs on stage in California in 1972.

Loretta Lynn, country music icon, has died at 90

The country singer brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting over the course of her 60-year career.

Gen Z is feeling the impacts of high inflation extra hard

Inflation is on everyone's minds right now. Gen Z Americans are experiencing it in different and sometimes surprising ways.

Police and investigators gather at the scene where a stabbing suspect was arrested in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, on Wednesday.

Police are investigating how the second suspect in the Canadian stabbings died

One official said Myles Sanderson died from self-inflicted injuries after police forced the stolen car he was driving off a highway in Saskatchewan. Other officials declined to discuss how he died.

The Ying Yang Twins in the "Wait (The Whisper Song)" video.

The Art Of The 'Clean Version'

When songs have profanity, sex or drug references removed for broadcast, it's a process known as clean editing — and it can get complicated. Priska Neely spoke with one of the masters of the form.

Oleg Kotenko, the commissioner for issues of missing persons under special circumstances, uses his smartphone to film the grave a Ukrainian soldier in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Sept. 15, 2022.

Ukraine's president says a new mass grave is found near a recaptured city

Ukrainian authorities found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city previously occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced.

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