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1. 'London Falling': A teenage imposter, an aging gangster and a body in the Thames

   In 2019, 19-year-old Zac Brettler leapt towards the River Thames from a fifth-floor luxury apartment in central London. Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the story of the teen's double life in a new book.

2. Opinion: Humanity's hopes ascended with Artemis II

   NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the successful launch of NASA's Artemis II this week. The four astronauts aboard will travel around the moon.

3. Iran war enters its 6th week as military searches for downed jet crew member

   The war in Iran enters its 6th week as the search continues for the missing U.S. service member who bailed out of a fighter jet shot down over Iran on Friday.

4. The busiest place you've never seen

   Photographer Julia Gunther and writer-filmmaker Nick Schönfeld chronicle the rhythms of daily life on Tristan da Cunha, the world's most remote inhabited island.

5. Buttercream wool and jelly bean eyes: The art of the Easter lamb cake

   The cakes – usually baked in the shape of a lamb using a special pan – have a long history in Central Europe, from the German osterlamm, to the Polish baranek wielkanocny, to the Alsatian lammele.

6. When legal sports betting surges, so do Americans' financial problems

   As online betting has grown in popularity, a new report from the New York Federal Reserve builds on the troubling link between legal sports wagering and financial health.

7. Tax refunds are trending a bit higher this year. Here's how people are spending them

   Some people are splurging. Others are finding that their refunds are being swallowed up by the rising cost of gas.

8. Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains what we do — and still don't — know about pain

   "Pain is a mysterious thing," says neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta. But understanding how it works in the body and different kinds of treatment can help you find the right pain relief when you need it.

9. Congress gave money for global HIV work. The Trump administration isn't spending it

   U.S. work combatting HIV/AIDS has saved millions of lives globally. Under the Trump administration, funding has been slow in coming and unpredictable, wreaking havoc on people trying to do the work.

10. 65, single, seeking a roommate: More seniors are being priced out of living alone

    Roommates overall are skewing older, as young people stay with their parents for longer. The share of older adults looking to rent with a roommate has tripled from a decade ago.