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A truck burns behind a man perched near a traffic barrier in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday. In more than 60 days of unrest, at least 60 people have died in violence related to protests against President Nicolas Maduro.

As Venezuela Enters 3rd Month Of Protests, Anti-Maduro Ire Finds New Target

Goldman Sachs has been accused of giving President Nicolas Maduro a lifeline with a $2.8 billion bond deal. Meanwhile, in Venezuela's streets, protests calling for his ouster show no sign of abating.

Seamus Heaney Poems Come To Life In Belfast, Ireland

Poetry reviewer Tess Taylor has just spent the past semester teaching in Belfast, Ireland. She talks about how Seamus Heaney poems and visions of home swirled in her head.

A standard gauge rail locomotive carrying Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta pulls into the railway station in the city of Voi on Wednesday, during an inaugural ride on the railway from Mombasa to Nairobi.

Kenyans Cheer Opening Of Mombasa-Nairobi Railway

The line was financed with more than $3 billion borrowed from the Chinese government. A Chinese company built it, and a Chinese company will operate it for the first five years.

Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, defended its efforts to combat opioid abuse after it was named in the Ohio suit.

Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epidemic'

The state's attorney general filed the lawsuit Wednesday, alleging fraudulent marketing. "They knew they were wrong," Mike DeWine says, "but they did it anyway — and they continue to do it."

Waad was one of the opposition groups that participated in a Sept. 2013 demonstration. Before a court ordered it to dissolve today, it was the only major opposition group still operating in the country.

Bahrain Court Orders Dissolution Of Country's Last Major Opposition Group

The court order targets the secular National Democratic Action Society. Human rights groups are decrying the court order, saying it amounts to a de facto ban on all opposition in the country.

Anthropologists Renato and Shelly Rosaldo lived in the Philippines with the Ilongot, an isolated tribe in the rain forest. They were based here, in a settlement of Kakidugen, from 1967 to 1969 and in 1974.

Invisibilia: A Man Finds An Explosive Emotion Locked In A Word

When anthropologist Renato Rosaldo went to live with a Philippine tribe that was known for beheading people, he couldn't grasp the emotion that fueled this violence. Then his wife suddenly died.

Disaster relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development came to New York City communities like the Rockaways after Hurricane Sandy.

Disaster Agency To Weather Hurricane Season With No Leader, Proposed Cuts

As hurricane season begins, there are concerns that FEMA, the federal agency in charge of dealing with disasters, may be less prepared than usual and hampered by proposed budget cuts.

The War On Drugs Announces New Album, Shares A Pulsing, Springsteen-Citing New Song

The band channels '80s-era Bruce Springsteen on its latest song, with glockenspiel chimes set against gritty guitars and synths.

Intrigue, Dynasty, Sub-Plots: The Cavs-Warriors Are Back

For NBA fans, grumbly and otherwise, the wait is almost over. The Finals begin tonight.

Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek, a leading interpreter of Czech music, has died at age 71.

A Champion Of Czech Music, Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek, Dies At 71

The Prague native was a proud promoter of his country's musical heritage — from Antonín Dvořák to Bohuslav Martinů — with the world's top orchestras.

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