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NPR TV critic Eric Deggans ranks Amazon's new batch of five series pilots, asking why none of them seem to break the rules of TV quite enough to draw attention.

The previous cease-fire lasted five days and expired at midnight. Unlike other deal extensions, there have been no reports of rockets fired or Israeli action. Talks continue with mediators in Egypt.

Teens used to be all over malls, working the registers and wandering the walkways. But now fewer of them have retail jobs and it appears they prefer tech goodies at home to going to the mall.

Also: King Richard III's "privileged" diet; novelist Karen Russell on the fantastical.

Europeans are developing a third option that lies somewhere between legalization and prohibition of marijuana: limited use in private clubs.

We turn this week to New York City council speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito for some words of wisdom, or sabiduría, about defying naysayers.

Fania Records, the legendary New York-based salsa music label, turns 50 this year. A look at the label's legacy — and its uncertain future.

There are two camps in Monrovia. The hand washers. And the skeptics who don't believe in Ebola — or in the public health message that scrubbing hands is an effective way of keeping the virus at bay.

Cuba's parliament isn't big on dissent. But Mariela Castro, daughter of the country's president — and niece of Fidel Castro — is making waves for rejecting a workers' rights bill.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington said an intern had accidentally used the organization's account to respond to a tweet from Amnesty International.