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Iraq Has New Leadership, Al-Malaki Will Step Aside

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has agreed to step down. Maliki said he is not seeking a post in the new government and that he supports the nomination of Haider al-Abadi to succeed him.

The Folk Show Sunday Afternoon, Aug 10 with Ray Holley

Ray Holley shares songs from Bill Clifton, Lucy Kaplansky, Cindy Mangsen, William Coulter & Barry Philips, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, Mississippi John Hurt,…

Radio, TV and newspapers aren't the only media used in Liberia to keep the public informed about Ebola. In the capital city of Monrovia, a chalkboard features the latest news about the virus.

Radio In Liberia Seems Like It's All Ebola, All The Time

Deejays talk about it. Singers sing about it. Press conferences are broadcast live. Liberia's radio stations are devoting much of their airtime to spreading the word: Ebola is real.

Also: Pope Francis celebrates Mass for thousands of South Koreans; losing Mississippi GOP Senate candidate files a lawsuit; and San Francisco's Candlestick Park will be demolished.

A convoy purportedly carrying humanitarian aid is parked about 17 miles from the Ukrainian border, Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, on Friday. Ukrainian officials have insisted on inspecting the cargo over fears that the convoy might be a pretext for invasion.

Kiev: Russian Armor Destroyed After Crossing Border

Ukraine's president said a "significant" part of a Russian armored column said to have crossed the border overnight was destroyed by Kiev's artillery.

Health workers at the district hospital in Biankouma, Ivory Coast, practice handling potential patients with Ebola.

What The U.S. Health Care System Can Learn From Ebola Outbreak

Future outbreaks of superbugs that resist treatment will test the American health care system's ability to respond. A prominent patient advocate says we need to be ready.

Jeremiah Parker, 4, stands in front of his mother, Shatara Parker, as they attend a protest in Ferguson, Mo. Nights of unrest have vied with calls for calm in the St. Louis suburb where Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was killed by police.

Helping Students Make Sense Of A Young Black Man's Death In Missouri

The shooting of Michael Brown may raise questions for students, and teachers need to be prepared.

False Equivalencies Mar This Bold 'Face'

Jess Row's provocative Your Face in Mine uses the rhetoric of transgender experience to imagine a world where race can be changed; reviewer Amal El-Mohtar calls it a grating meditation on white guilt.

Explaining the charges for simple blood tests isn't all that simple.

Wide Range Of Hospital Charges For Blood Tests Called 'Irrational'

An analysis of hospital charges in California couldn't explain the wide variation in listed prices for routine lab work. Teaching hospitals and government-run hospitals charged the least.

The culture of using alarms, reminders and digital to-do lists seems bigger than ever. But the method might not be what's keeping us from doing things.

Digital To-Do Lists Are Fine, But What Really Motivates Us?

There are many apps and services to encourage us to do all that we set out (and want) to do — walk the dog, call our mom, eat healthier. But is a reminder, or an alert, enough?

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