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Scientists say, "our results suggest that ritual killing helped humans transition from the small egalitarian groups of our ancestors, to the large stratified societies we live in today."

Doctors aren't used to discussing financial barriers to care, and many think it's inappropriate to bring up money at all during conversations with patients.

The techniques Eric Fair used still weigh on his conscience. "There is no middle ground," he says. "Torture is an enhanced interrogation." His new memoir is Consequence.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Herman Viola, curator emeritus of the National Museum of the American Indian, about his working relationship with Joe Medicine Crow, the last surviving Plains Indian war chief. Medicine Crow died Sunday at age 102.

More than 1,000 participants have pledged to let themselves be arrested when the protests start next Monday in Washington, D.C.

Stuart Delery, acting associate attorney general, is resigning to explore options in the private sector. He leaves as the highest-ranking openly gay leader in the department's history.

At a time when tensions are running high in the South China Sea, Indonesia used explosives to destroy more than 20 foreign fishing boats caught poaching recently in its waters.

The new law specifically protects religious opposition to same-sex marriage, extramarital sex and transgender people. Gov. Phil Bryant said it "merely reinforces" existing religious freedoms.

The NFL hopes to reach a broader audience, including those who don't have cable, while Twitter is looking to attract and keep new users.

Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson says he is not resigning but another party official will take over for a while. The prime minister and his wife were implicated by leaked financial data.