• Why testing an Ebola vaccine isn’t so easy

    Why testing an Ebola vaccine isn’t so easy

    Jun 12, 2015 11:04 PM EDT

    ... when he arrives, the vaccine isn't spoiled, and the volunteers are ready. The nursing team doesn't waste any time prepping for the jabs. Aruna Thorlie is a chlorine sprayer who disinfects Ebola treatment units. Have you felt anything different? Did it hurt, anything? ARUNA THORLIE, Vaccine Trial Volunteer ...

  • Talking about my family’s experience fighting the Islamic State has helped my students

    Talking about my family’s experience fighting the Islamic State has helped my students

    Jun 10, 2015 04:49 PM EDT

    Editor's note: As the war against the Islamic State militants continues, teachers are facing questions about how to address the conflict with students. Educator Rusul Alrubail discusses her family's personal involvement with the war and how it affected her classroom of immigrant students. Last summer I received a ...

  • Girls kidnapped by Boko Haram inspire protest and tribute one year later

    Girls kidnapped by Boko Haram inspire protest and tribute one year later

    Apr 14, 2015 11:57 PM EDT

    ... release, with the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. Even first lady Michelle Obama took part. But Boko Haram's leader dismissed the outcry in a video last May. ABUBAKAR SHEKAU, Leader, Boko Haram (through interpreter): Just because I took some little girls from their Western education, everybody is making noise. I repeat, I ...

  • Is the 'Twizzler Challenge' for autism the web's new viral fundraiser?

    Is the 'Twizzler Challenge' for autism the web's new viral fundraiser?

    Mar 22, 2015 04:10 PM EDT

    ... of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs," when a viewer challenged "Today's" Willie Geist to take the Twizzler Challenge with Uzo Aduba of "Orange is the New Black," and the two obliged. Since then, it's mainly been television personalities and actors who've decided to ...

  • From shattered glass to blank canvas, Missouri communities paint to heal

    From shattered glass to blank canvas, Missouri communities paint to heal

    Dec 05, 2014 08:36 PM EDT

    ... artists had begun gathering to help. Within a few days, the project, called Paint for Peace StL, had spread to Ferguson. Tom Halaska, who owns ArtBar on nearby Cherokee St., helped spread the word to artists. Between Ferguson and St. Louis, the group has painted approximately 100 businesses so far ...

  • Boko Haram leader denies truce, says girls 'married off'

    Boko Haram leader denies truce, says girls 'married off'

    Nov 01, 2014 11:50 PM EDT

    ... off to the group's fighters. "We have married them off and they are all in their husbands' houses,"  said the man claiming to be Abubakar Shekau, in the video, Reuters reported Saturday. It was not possible to independently verify the video, according to Reuters; however, the video was distributed ...

  • Washington voters will see competing gun measures on their state ballot this year

    Washington voters will see competing gun measures on their state ballot this year

    Oct 10, 2014 03:50 PM EDT

    ... against the expansion initiative, a fraction of what has been spent by its proponents. The NRA hasn't endorsed the opposing initiative. NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam wouldn't address the lack of support for the anti-expansion measure, but said the group felt it was "more prudent" to put its ...

  • 100 days since schoolgirls’ abduction, what explains Boko Haram’s expanding reach?

    100 days since schoolgirls’ abduction, what explains Boko Haram’s expanding reach?

    Jul 24, 2014 12:55 AM EDT

    ... today, many seen here in a video from mid-May. Nearly 60 escaped their captors, a strict fundamentalist Islamist group called Boko Haram, its leader, Abubakar Shekau. ABUBAKAR SHEKAU, Boko Haram (through translator): We are against Western education, and I say stop Western education. I repeat, I took the girls ...

  • News Wrap: Boko Haram leader claims responsibility for unreported attacks

    News Wrap: Boko Haram leader claims responsibility for unreported attacks

    Jul 14, 2014 11:30 PM EDT

    ... Haram militants, the group that kidnapped 200 schoolgirls in April. In it, the group's leader claims responsibility for attacks that the government never reported. ABUBAKAR SHEKAU, Leader, Boko Haram (through interpreter): Refinery, yes, you people try to hide it. A woman sent by Allah bombed the refinery. You said ...

  • 'Game of Thrones' leads Emmy nominations; 'Downton Abbey' gets 6

    'Game of Thrones' leads Emmy nominations; 'Downton Abbey' gets 6

    Jul 10, 2014 04:23 PM EDT

    HBO's fantasy series "Game of Thrones" nabbed the most Emmy nominations at 19, including the coveted best drama category, where it contends with "Breaking Bad", "House of Cards", "Med Men", "True Detective", and the British period series "Downton Abbey" aired on many PBS stations.