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Abductions. Mass killings. Use of child soldiers. In a report released by two U.N. human rights groups, a brutal, bloody portrait emerges of the group's reign in the region.

Today, President Trump's controversial pick for the top scientist position with USDA, Sam Clovis, pulled out of consideration for the job. Journalist Michael Lewis had been reporting on the Department of Agriculture under the Trump administration before Thursday. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lewis about his article and how the Trump administration is running the department.

Marvel's hammer-throwing superhero is back in Thor: Ragnarok. NPR's Bob Mondello says there are whole worlds at stake in the latest film, and Thor gets some help from the Hulk and his sibling-rival, Loki.

Houston is celebrating its first-ever World Series victory after a thrilling conclusion to the baseball season against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The victory energized residents still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey's flooding.

Marking one month since the Las Vegas mass shooting, more than 50 buildings were lit up in orange. The Helmsley Building in Manhattan will stay lighted for 58 days to represent each victim.

As Fed chair, Janet Yellen helped the central bank largely achieve its mandate to engineer full employment while keeping inflation at a level that fosters growth.

Across Indonesia, transgender women known as "waria" create community and look out for one another. Health care is a challenge, but one doctor is making a difference.

For 11 minutes around 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Trump's Twitter feed fell silent. Twitter says it was the work of a "customer support employee" on their last day on the job.

Donna Brazile, who took over as interim chairperson of the Democratic National Committee in the wake of hacked emails, says the Clinton camp and the party struck a deal to pay off lingering debts.

Critics say an effort to let Alzheimer's patients and others formally refuse feeding by hand as part of an advance directive raises concerns about potential mistreatment of the vulnerable.