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Before the highly trained team even entered the house in Oregon, it encountered a series of traps straight out of the adventures of Indiana Jones.

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., stood accused of being complicit in covering up years of sexual abuse by priests. NPR talks to Joshua McElwee of the National Catholic Reporter.

A report in The Lancet says the rate of cesarean sections has tripled globally since 1990. In some hospitals, more than 70 percent of births occur by C-section, putting moms and babies at risk.

Answers remain elusive for the country's Department of Conservation, which believes these incidents are not related. In the latest one, more than 50 pilot whales died in the remote Chatham Islands.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the mayor of Chico, Calif., Sean Morgan, about the wildfires sweeping the region.

Election officials in Texas say voters need to be patient with the aging voter machines which, at times, are tripping up some voters used to newer technology.

Voter turnout in Cuyahoga County far surpassed the two previous midterm elections. After the polls closed on Tuesday, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections reported that over 53 percent of county voters have cast their ballots, surpassing the turnout in 2014 (39.6 percent) and 2010 (44.2 percent).

Employees at several Google offices around the world have begun a series walkouts today, protesting the company's handling of sexual harassment claims.

The girls' leadership development organization is accusing the Boy Scouts of trademark infringement, after it started admitting girls as well as boys.

The Republican announced he would resign as secretary of state on Thursday after a lawsuit was filed calling it a conflict of interest for him to oversee the vote count in the governor's race.