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A truck loaded with chickens arrives at a JBS meat processing plant in Samambaia, Brazil, in March.

Brazil Levies Record $3.2 Billion Fine On Parent Of Meatpacking Giant

The holding company behind JBS has agreed to pay roughly $3.2 billion to authorities. The plea agreement implicated President Michel Temer in the vast corruption scandal now roiling the country.

Kachka: The Word That Saved A Family During WWII And Inspired A Chef

It took until adulthood for Bonnie Morales, the daughter of immigrant Russian Jews, to appreciate the food of her childhood. Now she owns a popular Oregon restaurant and has released a new cookbook.

Keggie Carew — seen here with her father, Tom Carew — says, "It was never mundane with dad, even with dementia."

Author Unravels Her Spy Dad's Life, One Secret Mission At A Time

Keggie Carew grew up with her father's stories of parachuting into the jungle and working as a spy in Burma. She wasn't sure how much to believe until she started researching her new book, Dadland.

San Antonio police officers are seen in a parking lot where at least nine people were found dead in a tractor-trailer that contained at least 30 others outside a Walmart store.

At Least 9 Dead, Dozens More Found In Tractor-Trailer In San Antonio

A 60-year-old Florida man is in federal custody over a case of apparent human trafficking in Texas. San Antonio emergency personnel found 39 people in the back of a truck in a Walmart parking lot.

Entrepreneur Stinson Dean (left) and his wife Stephanie play with their three children in their yard in Independence, Mo. He says the Affordable Care Act made it possible for him to start his own business.

Uncertainty Over Health Care Law's Future Hobbles Entrepreneurs

Obamacare made it easier for people to leave jobs to start their own ventures and entice others to join, knowing they could buy insurance independently. Some entrepreneurs worry that could change.

James Meadours (left), Debbie Robinson and Thomas Mangrum share their stories about sexual assault.

In Their Own Words: People With Intellectual Disabilities Talk About Rape

In the final piece of NPR's series on the sexual assault epidemic against people with intellectual disabilities, we hear from victims themselves about how these experiences shape their lives.

Fancy shawl dancer, Mikala SunRhodes, dances at the Denver March Powwow, Colorado.

INDEPENDENT LENS: What Was Ours

Airs Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Study Prompts San Diego Doctors, Patients To Question Breast Cancer Treatment Strategy

A new study finds that survival rates for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) did not improve with invasive treatment, adding fuel to the argument that some cancers are treated too aggressively.

Saeed Ahmed Khalaf, left, and his family live in a tent on Mount Sinjar. He believes the U.S. would either help protect the Yazidis in Sinjar or help the group emigrate to a safe place.

Yazidis Remain In Fear On Iraq's Mount Sinjar After Attempted Genocide

When ISIS invaded their villages in northern Iraq in 2014, tens of thousands of Yazidis fled for safety. Now their community leader says over 4,000 remain up on a mountain.

Four men —Mohamed Houli Chemlal (from left), Driss Oukabir, Salah El Karib and Mohamed Aallaa — suspected of being part of a terror cell accused of killing 15 people in attacks in Spain leaves a Civil Guard base on the outskirts of Madrid prior to their court appearance on Tuesday.

After Spain Attacks, Four Suspects Appear In Court

Multiple suspects reportedly testified that an imam masterminded an initial plot to carry out a large-scale attack using explosives. The imam was killed in a blast before last week's vehicle attacks.

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