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Police were accused of beating false confessions out of accused black men, starting in the 1970s. Activists say reparations aren't the end in the city's dark history around racial police brutality.

The Islamic State appears to have a new public face for its propaganda videos. David Greene talks to Erin Marie Saltman, a senior researcher for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London.

The Catfe in Vancouver no sooner opened its doors than it had to close temporarily because of a cat shortage. Due to the overwhelming success of adoptions in the first few weeks, it ran out of cats.

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas isn't always true — just asked Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel. Word leaked out he was there after he was spotted wearing a blonde wig and glasses.

Saying that a musical language always includes both rational and irrational parts, Boulez told Fresh Air in 2005, "What I tried to find, that's freedom — but a freedom which is based on discipline."

More older men are getting screened for colorectal cancer since the federal health law eliminated the out-of-pocket charges for screening tests, but there's a catch if polyps are found.

Cows are holy in the Hindu religion, and so is their dung. That's why Amazon in India is selling cow dung cakes to city dwellers.

Astronomers observed two arcs of X-ray emissions near a supermassive black hole. They say this shows "black holes can create, not just destroy."

Despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore has instructed probate judges not to issue licenses to same-sex couples.

The newest Star Wars Monopoly game featured Finn, Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader — but not the latest film's heroine, Rey. Hasbro says it will add her to the game this year.