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  • L.A. Sheriff's Deputies Indicted On Corruption, Civil Rights Abuses
    On Monday, federal prosecutors announced indictments against 18 current and former deputies of the L.A. Sheriff's department for corruption and civil rights abuses inside the nation's largest municipal jail system.
  • Drones Used To Diagnose Diseased Wheat Fields
    Dr. Charlie Rush is a plant pathologist at Texas A&M AgriLife Research in Amarillo. He’s partnered with Ian Johnson, a Montana State University-Bozeman…
  • Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, is one of the relatively few women to serve on major corporate boards.
    Women Still Largely Absent From Corporate Boards
    Women hold only about 17 percent of the seats on boards of directors of Fortune 500 companies, and they have an even smaller percentage of senior executive positions, according to a new study.
  • For Veterans, 'Bad Paper' Is A Catch-22 For Treatment
    Reed Holway served in Iraq, where he developed PTSD. His symptoms worsened back in the U.S. He got in trouble and ultimately received a bad-conduct discharge. Now Holway is stuck: He can't get medical care from the VA for the disorder that he says caused him to get kicked out of the Army in the first place.
  • Canada Aims To Take North Pole Into Its Nautical Borders
    Canada's wish list this year might not please Santa. It's preparing to ask the U.N. to extend its nautical borders farther into the Arctic — far enough to include the North Pole, which is home to vast deposits of oil and gas.
  • President Obama delivers a speech Tuesday during the memorial service for late South African President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg.
    LISTEN: President Obama Delivers A Eulogy For Nelson Mandela
    During a 20-minute eulogy, Obama said Mandela was the "last great liberator of the 20th century."
  • High Stakes For Banks As Volcker Rule Is Finalized
    Federal regulators on Tuesday unveil and vote on a final version of the so-called Volcker Rule. It's part of the Dodd-Frank regulatory overhaul and prohibits banks from trading stocks, bonds and derivatives for their own accounts. Defining what the rule covers has taken years of work.
  • A sweet way to avoid the dentist? Microbiologists are developing a probiotic mint that uses dead bacteria to fight off cavities.
    Microbiome Candy: Could A Probiotic Mint Help Prevent Cavities?
    Lacing a sugar-free candy with the right kind of bacteria might one day help fight off tooth decay, a study suggests. The experimental mint lowered the levels of cavity-causing bacteria in volunteers' saliva. But the microbe candy still has a long way to go before it reaches shelves at Walgreens.
  • General Motors executive Mary Barra, seen here in January, will become the automaker's first female CEO. She will replace Dan Akerson, 65, who is retiring.
    GM Says Its First Female CEO Will Take Over Next Month
    Mary Barra will become the new leader of General Motors in January, the company announced Tuesday. The company veteran's tenure as CEO will begin after current leader Dan Akerson retires on Jan. 15.
  • Mandela Remembered In Soweto, South Africa
    NPR offers the latest updates from Nelson Mandela's memorial service in Soweto, South Africa.
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