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The film about the financial crisis has been nominated for five Oscars. We look at the how things have changed since 2008.

Chinese home appliance maker Haier is attempting to expand its access to the U.S. market as the Chinese economy slows down.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service collects a lot of data, including snowpack measurements from more than 80 snow telemetry stations, also called…

On Saturday in Slocum, Texas, the state will officially recognize the Slocum Massacre of 1910 — the attack on a black community in east Texas by white residents. The recognition comes over the objections of the white county officials.

In Oregon, the armed militants that took over a federal wildlife refuge almost two weeks ago had planned a public meeting Friday evening to address the community's concerns and apparently outline their exit strategy. Federal law enforcement remains mum on a response. There is precedent for these types of armed, anti-government protests going south quick, such as in the 1990s in Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho. There is also precedent for these confrontations to drag on for months.

Anglican leaders meeting in Canterbury have temporarily suspended the U.S. Episcopal Church from full participation in the Anglican Communion. The move comes at the behest of conservative bishops — mostly from Africa — who are unhappy with the American church's stance on same-sex marriage and gay clergy.

The most well-known player on the NFL's best team this season is quarterback Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers. But the heart and soul of the Panthers is linebacker Thomas Davis who has come back from three gruesome knee injuries and is one of the league's best defenders. And that's just one piece of Davis' reputation in Charlotte, N.C., where his work with kids is what stands out to many parents.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Joy-Ann Reid, national correspondent for MSNBC and author of Fracture, and Mary Kate Cary, former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush and columnist for U.S. News & World Report, about the political news of the week.

The World Health Organization declared Thursday that the deadliest outbreak of Ebola has ended. But a day later, Sierra Leone confirmed another death from Ebola. Survivors struggle to overcome stigma and mental illness. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Foday Gallah, an Ebola fighter and survivor in Monrovia, Liberia.

Nevada's controversial school choice program lost its first court challenge last week. For the latest, we turn to Reno Public Radio's Julia Ritchey.The…