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The Japanese company Sanrio has licensed the pudgy face cartoon cat to a Taiwanese beverage maker which is selling fruit-flavored beer in China and Taiwan. Sanrio dismissed claims that the beer is being pitched to underage consumers.

Entrepreneur Fernando Espuelas speaks with host Michel Martin about why he thinks more Latino business leaders need to step up to the plate. Espuelas was named by PODER Magazine as one of "The Nation's 100 Most Influential Hispanics" in 2012.

Twenty percent of high school seniors say they binge drink, with 6 percent consuming 15 drinks or more in a row. This extreme binge drinking accounts for high rates of emergency room visits by teen drinkers, researchers say, and poses a health risk that until now hasn't been adequately measured.

Fox's Dads is sort of racist and sexist, but if you want to evaluate it purely on the quality of the comedy, that's perfectly okay. It's still really, really bad.

Friends and family are shocked that he's said to have killed 12 people Monday at the Washington Navy Yard. Was Alexis a gentle man who studied Buddhism? Or a violent man prone to outbursts? The suspected killer's past points to both.

The dramatic fire spread quickly, destroying more than 50 business in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights.

In Ebony & Ivy, an MIT historian details how the nation's colleges helped justify and benefited from the slave trade.

Writer Tatiana Salem Levy reads an excerpt from her short story "Blazing Sun." She writes about that moment "when the humidity reaches an unsustainable level, when you know that the hot, heavy, sticky weather is about to come undone in a downpour."

Brazil's banks started giving easy credit about eight years ago. The country was booming, and a new consumer class was created, fueling growth. But that boom is now over, and Brazilians are some of the most indebted people in the world.

Fox's new sitcom Dads features unflattering images and jokes about Asian-Americans, Latinos and women. Fox is promoting the film by embracing all the criticism that calls it offensive.