Art Sterling follows the stories hiding in plain sight: a golden yak from folklore, a sea slug smaller than sesame, a hidden chamber beneath Lincoln, a chatbot caution, a record made of paper cups, and the Chrysler Building’s secret race for the sky.

Art Sterling covers a Roman villa discovery in northern France, early heat across Western Europe, a Minnesota Medicaid fraud case, the death of Clarence B. Jones, the Garden Grove chemical tank scare, plans for a UFC event on the White House South Lawn, Miles Davis’s 100th birthday, and the near-eradication of Guinea worm disease.

Art Sterling marks Memorial Day with a look at American military cemeteries around the world, the Dutch families who adopt graves at Margraten, the origins of Decoration Day, unsettled holiday weather, public tours at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, 108-year-old Susan Young Browne renewing her license in Delaware, Sausal Creek restoration in Oakland, and the science behind children’s laughter.

Today’s Sterling Report takes the side roads: Norway’s electric flying ferries, hydrogen seeping from ancient Canadian rock, oysters rebuilding a harbor, a million bees on a Tennessee ramp, goats leading rescuers to a buried storm shelter, AI watching for whales, and thousands of trout carried home one silver flash at a time

Today’s Sterling Report follows unusual and uplifting stories from around the world: India’s Rah-Veer Good Samaritan program, Indigenous divers helping control Australia’s sea urchin problem, a medieval notebook found in a German latrine, Singapore’s idea for AI “nutrition labels,” endangered American historic places, severe spring weather, Boston Logan’s remote TSA pilot, Seattle’s Tall Tour, baseball’s “Tarps Off” trend, and a Massachusetts ice cream truck owner whose kindness sparked free treats for children.

Today’s Sterling Report looks behind the headlines: an Ebola outbreak moving through central Africa, the human cost of AI automation, villagers helping bring back India’s giant tortoise, SpaceX’s Starship V3 test, hard questions in Washington, a San Diego security guard who protected children, wildfire evacuations near Simi Valley, an old physics mystery, ancient games of chance, modern heirlooms, and one rancher opening the gate to let the tide return.

From Iran tensions to a 2,600-year-old chamber in Luxor, from supercomputers to severe storms, today’s report ends with a story about children, illness, and the power of belonging

Art Sterling follows the hidden labor behind the AI boom, a wonderfully odd furniture-building championship in London, Indonesia’s first giant panda cub, severe weather across the central U.S., Richard Glossip’s release on bond, a Florida record fish, declining school enrollment, and a powerful final story about sepsis and listening when the body whispers.

Today’s Sterling Report follows World Cup heat concerns, a rare gold discovery in Norway, a dementia-friendly zoo tour in Berlin, a Florida ocean rescue, and a heartfelt close on aging, caregiving, and the families making room.

Floodwaters rise. Oil moves in the shadows. Washington argues over what goes in your gas tank. And somewhere in America, a 911 call from twenty-two years ago comes back with a cap and gown.

Today’s Sterling Report brings the day’s news with warmth, wit, and yesterday’s charm.