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Viacom CEO Files Lawsuit In Corporate War With Sumner Redstone

A corporate soap opera involving the CEO of Viacom and the company's single largest shareholder intensified Monday and appears headed to a courtroom.

Red Light Camera Use Declines After Public Outrage

Red light cameras increase safety at intersections at no cost to taxpayers, but over the last several years, the number of communities using red light cameras has fallen. Community outrage is one of the main reasons there are fewer cameras. Meanwhile, safety advocates are trying to increase the number of cameras by better educating local governments on how to use them.

A shop owner waits for customers in a market in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Over the past nine months, tourism has plummeted in the country after a series of deadly attacks.

People Aren't Coming To See The Pyramids Or Snorkel In The Red Sea

The crash last week of an EgyptAir passenger plane flying from Paris to Cairo is not likely to help Egypt's battered tourism industry.

Dehorned rhinos roam a private ranch in South Africa in February. The country's Supreme Court of Appeal has lifted a domestic ban on trading rhino horns.

Rhino-Horn Trade OK'd By South African Court, Lifting Domestic Ban

International trade of rhino horns is still banned, though illicit trade continues. South Africa has the world's largest rhino population; more than 1,000 were killed by poachers last year.

When Great Minds Think Unalike: Inside Science's 'Replication Crisis'

Lots of psychology studies fail to produce the same results when they are repeated. Does that mean we shouldn't trust science?

We Followed A Snowy Owl From Maryland To Ontario

In the spring of 2015, a snowy owl named Baltimore was fitted with a backpack GPS transmitter. The data that transmitter collected over the past year shines a light on a mysterious species.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses Asian-American and Pacific Islander supporters in San Gabriel, Calif., in January.

Fueled By Young Voters, Asian-Americans Increasingly Identify As Democrats

In the last four years, there's been a 12-point increase in the percent of Asian-Americans who identify as Democrat, according to a new poll. What does that mean for the presidential election?

Dr. Abraham Nussbaum argues for medicine to reconnect with its past: Caring for patients should be a calling, not a job, he says.

Doctor Yearns For Return To Time When Physicians Were 'Artisans'

Dr. Abraham Nussbaum, author of a book examining the drive toward standardized quality measures and checklists, says he fears medicine is becoming just another job and not the calling it should be.

Roberta Siao, a Brazilian immigrant in London, works for Mazi Mas, a London pop-up restaurant that trains and employs immigrant and refugee women. "Coming here allows women to feel confidant and respected, to have a life outside of the home," Siao says.

'Invisible Army' Of Immigrant Women Finds Its Voice Through Cooking

Brazilian immigrant Roberta Siao says being both a foreigner and mother made it hard to find work in London. At Mazi Mas, a restaurant that trains and employs immigrants, she found more than a job.

Refugees and migrants wait to be transferred by buses Tuesday during the evacuation of the camp near the Greek village of Idomeni. At its height, there were more than 12,000 people crammed into the makeshift camp, which exploded in size when Balkan states began closing their borders in mid-February.

PHOTOS: Greece Begins Evacuating Thousands Of Asylum-Seekers From Camp

Migrants and refugees have waited for months at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. They hoped to cross into Macedonia, but the border has been shut. Now they're being transferred to camps farther south.

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