Have you ever had a plant that has developed a wide, flat stem instead of a round one? Maybe it was a lily with dozens of small flower buds up that flattened stalk. Or perhaps your echinacea or marigold has a center that looks like fat, smiling lips instead of the normal round disk.

This week on the Fishing News, CAI's John Basile talks with Kevin Blinkoff of On The Water magazine about striped bass and how to find them in the warmer weather.

This week on the Local Food Report, black trumpet mushrooms.

With the tourist hordes come the birds of summer, and they are worth leaving your home for, and maybe even crossing a town line or two.

My fun on the Cape is almost exclusively of the solitary kind. Exploring a new beach, taking my bike on the rail trail and stopping for ice cream at the Pleasant Lake General Store. Or making repairs to my cottage.

President Trump will be at the final game in the FIFA Club World Cup, taking place Sunday. Paul Tenorio of The Athletic talks about this moment in the culture and business of soccer in America.

Jon Wolfsthal on the rationale behind the U.K.-France nuclear sharing agreement, how it reflects a changed geopolitical reality and what the implications are for American security in the new nuclear age.

Covering the spectacle and complexity of the Sean Combs trial required both modern and old-school reporting techniques.