A Tesla Model S like the one seen here at an auto show earlier this year was in autopilot mode when it crashed into a tractor trailer. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Must Reads : The Two-Way Some stories are just too weird, too funny or too sad to ignore. They may not be "serious news," but are so fascinating you must read them. NPR correspondents are on the watch for such tales. We pass along the best, from NPR and other news outlets.
The Two-Way
Must Reads
Thursday
A map of the U.S. shows the number of adults who identify as transgender by state. Darker colors indicate a higher percentage. Williams Institute hide caption
Pitcher Alex Cunningham and catcher David Parrett of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers embrace after striking out the final batter to beat the Arizona Wildcats 4-3 to win the National Championship at the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. Peter Aiken/Getty Images hide caption
One of the frigatebirds that researchers tagged soared 40 miles over the Indian Ocean without a wing-flap. These birds were photographed in the Galapagos. Lucy Rickards/Flickr hide caption
Nonstop Flight: How The Frigatebird Can Soar For Weeks Without Stopping
Defense Secretary Ash Carter announces new rules allowing transgender individuals to serve openly in the U.S. military, during a news conference at the Pentagon on Thursday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Futurist and writer Alvin Toffler is seen with his wife and longtime writing and research partner, Heidi Toffler, in 2002. AP hide caption
Wednesday
Sheriff's department records shed new light on the June 12 attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., that killed 49 people. The club is seen here last week. John Raoux/AP hide caption
'Caller Pleading For Cops To Come Inside': Sheriff's Transcripts Of Orlando Attack
This is where the Burning Brigade was housed. The apparatus in the middle is not the original, but ones like it were used as ramps so that the bodies could be stacked high and set alight. All the pits at Ponar were originally dug by the Russians to store fuel. Ezra Wolfinger for Nova hide caption
Muhannad M. stands to get a reward of less than $5,000, after turning in some $150,000 in cash and bank documents that he found in a used piece of furniture. Minden Police hide caption
Jason Wurtz holds his dog SweePee Rambo after winning the 2016 World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on June 24 in Petaluma, Calif. Wurtz tells The Guardian there were no oozing sores on his prize-winning, unprepossessing pooch. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Eugenie Bouchard of Canada returns to Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia. Bouchard says she likes the loose fit of the controversial NikeCourt Premier Slam dress. Alastair Grant/AP hide caption
Tuesday
People wait outside the Ataturk airport in Istanbul, where dozens have died in an attack on Tuesday. Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Antikythera team members Nikolas Giannoulakis, Theotokis Theodoulou, and Brendan Foley inspect small finds from the shipwreck, while decompressing after a dive of 165 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea in Greece. Brett Seymour/EUA/WHOI/ARGO hide caption
Ancient Shipwreck Off Greek Island Yields A Different Sort Of Treasure
Monday
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a number of cases on Monday, including whether people who have domestic violence convictions should have access to firearms. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
Angel Colon was shot three times at Pulse. "I'm just there laying down and I'm thinking, 'I'm next. I'm dead,' " he said. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption