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A protester takes part in a March Against Monsanto in Paris in May 2016. The European chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer is buying Monsanto — and dropping the U.S. company's now-controversial name.

Monsanto No More: Agri-Chemical Giant's Name Dropped In Bayer Acquisition

Germany's Bayer announced in 2016 that it would be buying Monsanto for more than $60 billion. Now it confirms it will be dropping the Monsanto name, which has been made infamous by protesters.

People lay floral tributes to the victims of the March 22 terror attack in Parliament Square outside the Houses of Parliament in central London.

Keeping Calm In London, In Spite Of Terror

Soon after the terrorist attack in London, the Parliament's Twitter account posted a short message restoring business as usual. NPR's Scott Simon remembers another time Brits met terror with calm.

California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures to a chart showing the increase spending for school funding while discussing his revised $124 billion state budget plan, Thursday, May 11, 2017.

California Governor Touts Turnaround In His Final Budget

Gov. Jerry Brown took a victory lap Wednesday after he signed a $139 billion California budget that marks a stark turnaround from the financial crisis he inherited almost eight years ago.

A bankruptcy court judge approved a plan for Toys R Us to pay its top executives millions in bonuses, even as the company struggles to stay afloat.

Struggling Toys R Us Plans To Pay Executives Millions In Bonuses

The nation's largest toy retailer filed for bankruptcy in September but said it wants to motivate its top brass to turn around sales in the critical holiday shopping season.

The Weinstein Co. Gets Court OK To Sell Itself To Lantern Capital Partners

The bankruptcy judge approved a $310 million deal that doesn't promise a fund to compensate alleged sexual abuse victims of company co-founder Harvey Weinstein.

The Weinstein Co. Gets Court OK To Sell Itself To Lantern Capital Partners

The bankruptcy judge approved a $310 million deal that doesn't promise a fund to compensate alleged sexual abuse victims of company co-founder Harvey Weinstein.

The edges of this sycamore leaf are turned upward into a cuplike shape, the typical sign of exposure to dicamba.

A Drifting Weedkiller Puts Prized Trees At Risk

The EPA is deciding whether to let farmers keep using an herbicide called dicamba. The chemical is controversial because it can damage nearby crops. What's less well-known: It's hurting wildlife, too.

Survivors of and relatives of those killed in attacks in the West Bank and Gaza wanted to hold Arab Bank accountable in U.S. courts.

Supreme Court Holds Foreign Corporations Cannot Be Held Liable For Terrorism Claims

In a 5-4 decision, the court's conservatives effectively ended all human rights lawsuits against overseas corporations tied to terrorism and the United States.

Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, left, and Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, center, listen as proponents speak in support of their bills that would generally bar state agencies from denying licenses to an applicant because of prior arrests or convictions for nonviolent offenses, during a news conference, Monday, April 23, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif.

California Bills Seek To Ease Hiring Of Ex-Convicts

More ex-convicts could become emergency services workers and caregivers under legislation proposed in California Monday that advocates say could help millions of former felons get jobs.

Pumpjacks in North Dakota's Bakken oil patch extract oil from deep underground. Oil production has grown nationally in recent months to 9.3 million barrels of oil per day.<em></em>

Boom Time Again For U.S. Oil Industry, Thanks To OPEC

The oil industry is coming out of a two-year slump after OPEC cut production. In oil-rich North Dakota, there are more energy jobs than available workers and local businesses are seeing a revival.

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