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Roger Ailes stepped down as head of Fox News amid claims of sexual harassment from women he worked with. NPR's Elise Hu speaks to network news veteran Betsy West about sexism in the media.

Iraqi forces recently drove the Islamic State from the ancient site of Nimrud. But during its stay, the extremists shattered friezes, leaving cuneiform texts strewn around the site.

The University of Oregon Department of Product Design takes on one of the oldest forms of sports equipment.

A recent study found that the average allowance for kids is $30 a week. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with certified public accountant Michael Eisenberg about that number.

Megan Cohen's latest brilliantly extrapolates all our modern-day concerns to their strangely logical extremes.

After Labor Secretary Alex Acosta's resignation, federal prosecutors in Manhattan alleged financier Jeffrey Epstein attempted to buy influence over people who were set to testify against him.

Two lonely people working at a slaughterhouse connect in Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi's film. Reviewer Justin Chang says On Body and Soul is a genteel crowd pleaser that could have been edgier.

The two flavors are mainstays on nearly every Western dining table, but their dominance was far from inevitable. In fact, their dual reign resulted from a "weird accident of history."

Madagascar is home to plants and animals found nowhere else, but their habitats are disappearing. This story was reported with support from the environmental news service Mongabay.

Hundreds of families in Florida displaced by Hurricane Michael have been sheltering in school buildings for more than a week. Many are not sure where they'll live after these temporary shelters close.