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As more chefs experiment with microorganisms to transform ingredients and create new flavors, fermentation has gone from ancient preservation technique to culinary tool du jour.

Unions and employers both called for congressional action after the Supreme Court blocked White House plans to defer some deportations.

The polls have closed in a referendum that could determine the future of the United Kingdom. Voters had their say Thursday on whether the U.K. should stay in the European Union.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley in Paris and John Ydstie in Washington, along with Peter Speigel of The Financial Times, discuss the impact of the Brexit vote on France and the rest of Europe.

British voters opted to leave the EU. David Rennie of The Economist explains the impact on the U.S. economy. NPR's Corey Flintoff talks about whether Russia could be an unlikely beneficiary of Brexit.

Kites, local birds of prey, are stealing swimmers' underwear, weaving them into nests. A member of a wildlife group says the birds have a discerning eye, preferring name-brand garments like Armani.

The high court deadlocked on one major issue but decided another — handing President Obama a setback on immigration but affirming a constitutional role for affirmative action in college admissions.

The United Kingdom will be getting a new prime minister soon, and that leader will have to negotiate the country's exit from the EU, a process that could take up to two years.

To examine the impact of the Brexit outcome on the United States, David Greene and Rachel Martin talk to David Rennie, the Washington bureau chief of The Economist magazine.

To try to make sense of this enormous development, David Greene and Rachel Martin talk to novelist Robert Harris and the BBC's Jonny Dymond. Harris says the EU was a "marvelous creation."