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A new survey shows that the sound of cars and planes and other forms of noise pollution are rampant across the American wilderness. In many cases, man-made noise is drowning out the background sounds.

A family road trip in 1963 inspired Roger Tofte to build a fairy tale theme park. At first, he made everything on his own, by hand. Now, more than 100,000 people a year visit his dream come to life.

Meenakshi "Minaxi" Moorthy and her husband, Vishnu Viswanath, fell about 800 feet from a scenic overlook at Taft Point. Park rangers recovered their bodies Thursday and are still investigating.

The park has unique features, including a carnival-esque home run sculpture and two 450-gallon aquariums behind home plate.

In an interview with Fox Business News, Trump said that he was in favor of withholding funding to the postal service to hamper state efforts to expand mail voting. He later walked back on his stance.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kate Ruane of the ACLU about liberal and conservative groups coming together to fight proposals by the National Park Service to place restrictions on protests.

Aqueducts once crucial to Rome's survival became trash dumps in more recent history. In one part of the ancient city, a couple of septuagenarians decided to do something about the dilapidated system.

NPR's Miles Parks talks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the NBA draft and some big trades in the league.

An anti-SeaWorld movement has unfolded online and on social media in the wake of the documentary about the death of an orca trainer at the park. Musical acts and schoolchildren have boycotted the theme park — but it's still drawing big crowds.

A government shutdown has shuttered state parks and beaches but photos showed the governor and his family enjoying the empty shoreline. "Run for governor, and you can have a residence there," he says.