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Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas is formally investigating a recent study on global warming. Smith calls the timing of the study's publication "suspicious," but many scientists call his tactics "bullying."

Even though the public largely supports it and the Supreme Court has upheld it, just 27 people have been executed this year, almost the same number of fatalities from lightning strikes.

Police said they discovered a stockpile of ammunition and explosives inside a house connected to the suspects, husband and wife Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who were killed in a shootout Wednesday.

Private groups keeping tabs have wildly different numbers, ranging from 353 to four. There's no consensus on a definition, and advocates point to the data that supports their arguments.

Harvey Keitel plays a film director spending time at a spa in the Swiss Alps in the movie, "Youth." He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the production and a chance meeting in Sarajevo, years ago.

According to a statement, the former Stone Temple Pilots frontman died in Bloomington, Minn.; other details were not revealed, citing his family's desire for privacy.

People still think that abuse of opioid painkillers is something that criminals do, a study of news media coverage finds. Options like expanded access to treatment are rarely mentioned.

Strung together into a short video, images of the construction of the Library of Congress in the late 19th century illustrate a nation's commitment to knowledge.

The Hunting Ground, shortlisted for next year's Oscars, has inspired a backlash — not only for its perspective but for the factual foundation on which it is based and its reporting methods.

Barbecue lovers once feared that wood-fueled pits were endangered. But as appreciation of this traditional cooking method grows, pitmasters are finding wood-only is good business.