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The 2002 Honda CR-V is one of dozens of car models subject to a recall to repair faulty air bags. The air bag manufacturer, Takata, supplies bags for more than 30 percent of all cars, and is one of only three large air bag suppliers.

No Quick Fixes For Drivers Affected By Air Bag Recall

The massive auto recall announced this week is different than most. It affects more than one-third of air bags on the road and there are no simple fixes, short of a full air bag replacement.

Corn farmer Jerry McCulley sprays the weedkiller glyphosate across his cornfield in Auburn, Ill., in 2010. An increasing number of weeds have now evolved resistance to the chemical.

New GMOs Get A Regulatory Green Light, With A Hint Of Yellow

Farmers will be able to plant types of corn and soybeans that can tolerate doses of two weedkillers. It may be one of the most significant developments the world of weedkilling in more than a decade.

Wikileaks Condemned by Many, But Has Its Supporters, Too

NPR's Jason Beaubien (center, in sunglasses) talks with Liberians looking for work at the construction site for a 25-bed hospital in Monrovia.

Ebola Diary: The Grave Diggers, The Mistress, The Man On The Porch

NPR correspondent Jason Beaubien is on his third trip to the Ebola hot zone since July. Some things seem different — more international aid, more street life. But some things haven't changed.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited West Point in August, when the impoverished neighborhood was quarantined to prevent the spread of Ebola.

Three Forlorn Presidents Bring Ebola Wish List To The World Bank

The leaders of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone pleaded for help at the annual World Bank-IMF meeting: "This slower-than-the-virus response needs to change."

A girl cries outside an Ebola treatment center in Monrovia in late September. Both her parents died in the Ebola outbreak.

After Losing Parents To Ebola, Orphans Face Stigma

UNICEF estimates that thousands of children in West Africa have lost parents to Ebola. Convincing communities to accept and care for these children isn't always easy.

A lion cub named Evelyn plays with her father, Izu, for the first time at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Oct. 2, 2014.

Lion Cubs Get Face Time With Father At San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Four African lion cubs at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park played with their father for the first time Thursday.

To Reverse Driver Shortage, Trucking Industry Steers Women To Jobs

The American Trucking Association says they are short 30,000 truckers. As the economy rebounds and shipping picks up, trucking companies are looking for new ways to bolster their numbers.

Five ambulances, donated by the U.S. to help combat Ebola, are lined up after a ceremony attended by Sierra Leone's president, Ernest Bai Koroma, in Freetown, Sept. 10.

Promised Help To Fight Ebola Arriving At 'Speed Of A Turtle'

Head of a leading aid group warned the United Nations Thursday that the situation in West Africa is desperate. U.N. officials said they're getting help on the ground as quickly as possible.

President Obama speaks about the Ebola epidemic, on Thursday, at United Nations headquarters in New York.

Obama Calls On International Community To Fight Ebola

The president warned that the U.S. alone could not halt the epidemic and that without more help to stop the disease hundreds of thousands of people could die.

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