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The actor and writer who brought his signature manic energy to comedy classics died at his home in Stamford, Conn., of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 83.

A census of African savanna elephants in 15 countries between 2007 and 2014 found the population decreased by 144,000 animals.

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube announced they are cooperating to keep track of terrorist recruitment videos and violent images in order to remove them from search results and social media.

A federal judge has overturned a military panel's decision to force Maj. Jason Brezler out of the Corps for including classified information in an email to his fellow Marines.

Dominic Ongwen, who was kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army when he was a boy, pleaded not guilty to 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda. He was nicknamed the White Ant.

There's new and detailed data on the impact of genetically modified crops on pesticide use. Those crops replaced insecticides, and, at first, some herbicides. But herbicide use has rebounded.

What is the most murderous mammal? A new study says it's the meerkat. But the study argues that over all of human history, humans are still more lethally violent than the average mammal.

The European vote to ratify it effectively ends debate over the climate deal. Once the EU turns over paperwork to the U.N. later this week, the plan will officially come into force.

Mark Rosekind, of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, tells NPR's Scott Simon what's causing a spike in car accidents in the first half of this year and what's being done about it.

A former associate dean of the University of Virginia is suing for nearly $8 million in damages, alleging that a now-discredited story about a gang rape falsely painted her as the "chief villain."