Before Dyann Roof shot dead nine parishioners at a historically black church in Charleston, S.C., in 2015, he told his friend Joey Meek about his murderous plans during an alcohol and cocaine-fueled night. Meek, 22, was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in federal prison for concealing knowledge of a felony and then making false statements

Workers empty a pit latrine in rural Bangladesh. Courtesy of Neil Palmer/IWMI Bangladesh has done a great job of getting more toilets to more people. Now it needs to figure out how to empty them. According to the World Bank, rates of “open defecation” (development jargon for pooing in public) in Bangladesh have dropped from

Spectators look down on the Nevada Assembly on the opening day of the legislative session in Carson City, Nev., in February. On Monday, members of the Assembly voted to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment. Lance Iversen/AP hide caption toggle caption Lance Iversen/AP Spectators look down on the Nevada Assembly on the opening day of the

Brazilians are prolific meat-eaters, so they are struggling with allegations that health officials accepted bribes to allow subpar meat on the market. Victor Moriyama/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Victor Moriyama/Bloomberg/Getty Images Brazilians are prolific meat-eaters, so they are struggling with allegations that health officials accepted bribes to allow subpar meat on the market. Victor

Gerard Sanacora, a professor of psychiatry at Yale University, has treated hundreds of severely depressed patients with low doses of ketamine, an anesthetic and popular club drug that isn’t approved for depression. This sort of “off-label” prescribing is legal. But Sanacora says other doctors sometimes ask him, “How can you be offering this to patients

David Rockefeller, then chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, speaks at the Chase Investment Forum in London in 1963. Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Moore/Getty Images David Rockefeller, then chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, speaks at the Chase Investment Forum in London in 1963. Moore/Getty Images David Rockefeller, who died Monday morning at the age

Pulitzer Prize wining Columnist Jimmy Breslin died on Sunday from complications of pneumonia. Breslin was 88 years old. Jim Cooper/AP hide caption toggle caption Jim Cooper/AP Pulitzer Prize wining Columnist Jimmy Breslin died on Sunday from complications of pneumonia. Breslin was 88 years old. Jim Cooper/AP Pulitzer-Prize winning New York City newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. (right), and the committee’s ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., depart after a briefing with FBI Director Jim Comey about Russian influence on the American presidential election earlier this month J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes,

Farmer Arif Subandi surveys scorched peat lands near his house in the village of Punggur Kecil in West Kalimantan Province on Borneo. Yosef Riadi for NPR hide caption toggle caption Yosef Riadi for NPR Farmer Arif Subandi surveys scorched peat lands near his house in the village of Punggur Kecil in West Kalimantan Province on

The Mississippi Delta is known for sharecroppers, cotton fields and blues music, but it has also been a hub to Chinese immigrants over the last century. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption toggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR The Mississippi Delta is known for sharecroppers, cotton fields and blues music, but it has also been a hub to Chinese

Credit: CCTV In Chinese, the back story to a movie or news item is called huaxu, or flower catkins. In other words, fluff. That’s the headline describing a video clip of me on Sina Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter, and the country’s main microblogging platform, with more than 500 million registered users. The clip shows

French firefighters and police officers secure Orly airport outside Paris on Saturday following the shooting of a man by French security forces. The attacker was known to French authorities, and his home had been searched following attacks in 2015. Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images French firefighters and police officers secure