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Wikipedia has discovered an educational mission in an age of rampant truthiness. And it's enlisting college students to help.

Rohingya refugees trek through Bangladeshi paddy fields at dusk Saturday after crossing the border. Some 300,000 people have fled Myanmar since violence flared anew in the western state of Rakhine, where military reprisals appear to be a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing."

Apparent 'Ethnic Cleansing' Is Now Unfolding In Myanmar, U.N. Says

Operations against the Rohingya look like a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing," the U.N. human rights chief says. But Myanmar's civilian leader, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, denies the allegations.

Google launched its first servers in Cuba this week. Above, people use public Wi-Fi to connect their devices on a Havana street in October 2016.

Google Spins Up Its First Servers In Cuba

The company can speed up delivery of high-bandwidth content like YouTube videos because the servers will now store data locally. But accessing the Internet in Cuba remains difficult and expensive.

Why Street Harassers Speak The Same Language Across The U.S.

People across the U.S. wrote NPR with their stories of street harassment, and from Alaska to New York, there were a whole lotta "Hey baby"s and "Hi beautiful"s.

Street signs lie on the ground after winds from Hurricane Harvey escalated on Friday.

At Least 2 Killed While Tropical Storm Harvey Lingers Over Texas

Two people were reported dead, and several others injured on Saturday. Rainfall could reach 40 inches and "cause life-threatening flooding," said Mike Brennan of the National Hurricane Center.

Three groups say BNP Paribas transferred $1.3 million that was used to purchase weapons, in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.

French Bank BNP Paribas Accused Of Complicity In Rwandan Genocide

Three civil society organizations in France have filed a lawsuit against French banking giant BNP Paribas, accusing it of complicity in the 1994 genocide that killed more than 800,000 people.

The report on abuse at the Regensburger Domspatzen boys' choir concentrated on the period between 1945 and 1992, including most of the three decades when Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's brother led the choir.

Nearly 550 German Choirboys Abused At Renowned Catholic School, Report Says

An independent probe alleges that over about 50 years, at least 547 boys were abused while part of Germany's famed Domspatzen choir, which was once led by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's brother.

Ants, Seaweed, Chocolate Beer And (Maybe) Less Meat: The Future Of Food

When it comes to finding and preparing food, we're a continually inventive species. Anthropologist Barbara J. King asks: What are the food trends of the future?

Mary Rich, the mother of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich, gives a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 1, 2016. Seth Rich was gunned down walking through a D.C. neighborhood in July 2016. Some have theorized, without proof, that his death was related to his DNC work.

Unproved Claims Re-Emerge Around DNC Staffer's Death: Here's What You Should Know

Seth Rich was a young staffer at the Democratic National Committee, shot near his home in July 2016. Here's why the story — and the conspiracy around it — keep resurfacing.

Donald Trump at the 101st Annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in 2015. He says he will not attend this year.

Trump Will Be First President In 36 Years To Skip White House Correspondents' Dinner

The president tweeted that he will not attend this year's dinner. He'll be the first president to do so since Reagan missed it in 1981, after he was shot.

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