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NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews Claudia Gazzini, Libya analyst for the International Crisis Group, about how ISIS gained a foothold there.

President Dilma Rousseff named a former president charged with corruption to her Cabinet. Brazil's Congress has formed a committee to begin investigating the charges.

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said there was no evidence to support the idea that Peter Liang, who is Asian-American, "intended to kill or injure" Akai Gurley, an unarmed black man.

The changes make it easier for U.S. citizens to travel to the island, and allow nonimmigrant Cubans who are in the U.S legally to earn salaries.

Eric Deggans lives near Tampa Bay, and because of his job, he watches a lot of TV. For months, he and other Floridians have been inundated with political ads, and lately they've been pretty negative.

The thousands of Syrians and Iraqis trapped at the Greek-Macedonian border are unsure when, or even if, they will cross. Exasperated by the chaos there, they're offering their own solutions.

Are kids more at risk of becoming obese because of their race or their economic status? A group of researchers at the University of Michigan tried to tease out an answer.

A tweet issued by the European Space Agency includes a cartoon showing the Rosetta orbiter thinking about its little lander taking a nap on the comet's cold surface.

Mexico said farewell to Pope Francis from the border city of Juárez. His journey across the country followed the well worn path taken by millions of immigrants to reach the doorstep of the U.S.

So that's one way to improve health care in the developing world. Here are some other bright ideas from people who like to shake up the status quo.