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Some employees at one of South Carolina's juvenile prisons are protesting poor working conditions. They blame poor management and low staffing. About two dozen Department of Juvenile Justice correctional officers and other staffers joined Friday's walk out at the agency's Broad River Road complex in Columbia. Correctional officers say the safety of staff and children is at risk because the facility is so short-staffed. The impromptu walk out follows weeks of legislative scrutiny over the agency. An audit released in April found deep-rooted problems and an uptick in violence. Lawmakers are pushing Gov. Henry McMaster to replace agency Director Freddie Pough.

"Cooper," a gargantuan dinosaur that roamed the Outback, is the first of its kind found outside South America. The new species had a long neck and tail, as well as four legs, and ate plants.

A 12-story oceanfront condominium building partially collapsed overnight in Surfside, Fla. Rescuers have pulled survivors out as the search for victims continues — as do questions of what happened.

John Scott is the most unlikely NHL All Star. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports about how the enforcer scored two goals and was an MVP at Sunday night's All-Star Game.

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murodoch's newspaper empire in Britain, has been acquitted of phone hacking and other criminal charges. But Andrew Coulson, former editor of a Murdoch-owned tabloid and one-time chief spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron, was convicted. The verdicts comprise the latest development in a scandal that has touched the heights of British media and politics.

U.S. manufacturers are still struggling to keep pace with booming demand. The culprit? Sometimes, it's a single missing part.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Havana-based Washington Post columnist Abraham Jimenez Enoa about the unrest in Cuba.

If you prefer your Halloween entertainment to be on the less terrifying side, we've got something for you: A robust subgenre of scary movies that are actually kind of warm and fuzzy.

President Joe Biden is traveling to South Carolina. For House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn the trip Friday is a manifestation of the decades-long relationship between the two powerful Democrats. South Carolina is also a place that's played a pivotal role in cementing both of their legacies. Biden is addressing December graduates at South Carolina State University.

With hordes of tourists descending on New York for the Christmas season, Broadway is looking to turn a profit — by staging limited-run holiday musicals like A Christmas Story and Elf. But with production costs so high, how can these shows make money back? The answer, it turns out, is complicated.