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Today on Louisiana Considered: the consequences of rising temperatures. We hear what risks heat can pose to animals, and hear how the summer months see spikes in mental health crises. Plus, we learn about a series of Louisiana summer camps for people with various medical conditions or disabilities.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we dive into the growing number of Louisiana lawmakers with ties to data center NDAs — this time, Republican Senate candidate Julia Letlow. Plus, we dive into Attorney General Liz Murrill’s record of fighting compensation claims for the wrongly convicted.

These wildly different artists both reach the top of the pop charts this week.

Sure you can always cook up a burger or a hot dog, chicken or steak, but I decided to take a look at a few of these favorites and give them a new twist this Memorial Day.

You're probably anxious about the results, but patience may truly be a virtue on election night. Here's how to approach the evening.

The Kentucky Wildcats and the Connecticut Huskies take the court in Monday's NCAA men's college basketball final. NPR's Tom Goldman talks to Melissa Block about what to watch for in the game.

The Pitch Perfect star started acting when she was 6. Back then, she says, she likely just did it for the attention. "Then it sort of transformed into something that was really meaningful for me."

A 21-year-old woman from China came out on top in the 10-meter air rifle competition. Qian Yang narrowly beat out a competitor from Russia and beamed as she held up her gold medal.

Rock critic Ken Tucker gives us his top picks in pop for 2004. He runs down his 10 best albums, and then talks about some trends of 2004, such as the return of punk, the year of the hip-hop producer, crunk music, and the potential end of an era as iPods and single song downloads replace album purchases. Ken Tucker is also a film critic for New York magazine.

"Manchild," the first single from Sabrina Carpenter's forthcoming album, Man's Best Friend, enters this week's Hot 100 singles chart at No. 1, making a late-breaking bid for "song of the summer" status in the process.