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If it passes, the compromise bill would be the first update to the Toxic Substances Control Act in more than four decades. Supporters say it gives the EPA more power to ensure chemical safety.

Hytrol officials showed off their newly expanded space in Jonesboro, as they added 62-thousand square feet to their facility. The ribbon cutting and open…

The group says armed men killed a staff member during an attack on a convoy that lasted more than 40 minutes. It's one of many recent attacks worldwide on the group's staff.

Mary Fallin's office released a statement, touting her anti-abortion credentials but saying the bill was "vague and would not withstand a criminal constitutional legal challenge."

Three crocodiles captured near Miami in 2009, 2011 and 2014 are indeed Nile crocodiles. They are bigger and far more aggressive than the American crocodiles that are native to the Florida Everglades.

The message about reducing the risk from the Aedes aegypti mosquito is the same today as it was 70 years ago. This time there's just a new virus involved.

Grad speeches are underway. And since it's an election year, it's hard for speakers to resist stepping onto the soapbox.

Olympic officials are investigating allegations that Russia ran a state-sponsored doping operation at the 2014 Sochi games and are threatening to ban Russia from the Olympics in Rio.

Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and NPR's Scott Simon talk through the week in sports.

Archaeologist Heather Knight tells NPR's Scott Simon about how the Curtain Theatre, where Shakespeare staged early plays, was rectangular and not round.