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1. School choice is booming in Iowa. Are students better off?

   With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.

2. The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off

   This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.

3. North Korea launches ballistic missiles toward sea

   South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launches happened on Sunday morning from the North's eastern Sinpo area.

4. US Coast Guard spots overturned vessel near Saipan during search for missing ship

   The Mariana is a 145-foot dry cargo vessel registered in the U.S. It suffered engine failure Wednesday as a massive typhoon bore down on Saipan and nearby islands.

5. Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000

   A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000.

6. A mass shooting in Ukraine's capital leaves 6 dead before police shot and killed the gunman

   A gunman has killed six people and injured at least 14 in a mass shooting in Ukraine's capital before he was shot and killed by police.

7. Trump signs order fast tracking review of psychedelics for mental health disorders

   President endorses psilocybin and ibogaine: "Can I have some, please?"

8. Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis

   A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.

9. Opinion: Remembering Kevin Klose, former NPR president and broadcasting icon

   We remember Kevin Klose, former NPR president, who helped secure financial stability for the network while supporting and encouraging its journalism.

10. Tired of waiting for your EV to charge up? One Chinese company has a novel solution

    Chinese car company NIO is putting up EV battery swapping stations all around the world. NPR took a ride in one car for the experience.