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A photo made available on Monday of the Fugro Discovery search vessel moored at Fremantle Port in Perth, Australia. The vessel is one of three that will resume the search for possible wreckage from MH370.

Australia Resumes Search For Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Six months after the Boeing 777 disappeared without a trace, searchers are hoping something can still be found on the seabed.

Executive Who Spearheaded NPR's Digital Strategy To Leave Network

Kinsey Wilson "is widely credited with positioning NPR as a leader in the digital space," according to NPR's CEO.

NPR Chief Announces Departure Of Key Digital Strategist

CEO Jarl Mohn announced Monday that Kinsey Wilson is leaving the network. Wilson, whose exit follows the departure of several other NPR executives, is seen as a leader on the digital front.

SU Football Demotes OC George McDonald; Tim Lester Takes Over Play Calling

Syracuse's offense will have a new quarterback this week, after Terrel Hunt fractured his fibula against Louisville.When Syracuse hosts No. 1 Florida…

At Firestone's plantation, workers gather at a shelter in the rubber tree forest, where buckets of sap are collected for processing.

Firestone Did What Governments Have Not: Stopped Ebola In Its Tracks

There's a company town in Liberia with 80,000 residents. Ebola was first detected in March. Firestone's resourceful response has kept the virus from spreading.

Ed Graf, convicted in 1986 of setting a fire that killed his two stepsons, has been granted a new trial. Jury selection began Monday.

A New Understanding Of Arson Spurs A Retrial In A Fatal Texas Fire

Much of the evidence used against Ed Graf, in prison since 1986 for setting a fire that killed his stepsons, is now considered junk science. His is one of many old arson cases Texas is re-examining.

Visitors stand in line to watch arguments on the first day of the new term of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Monday. On Tuesday, the court will take up the case of Gregory Holt, who argues that Arkansas prisoners like himself should be allowed to wear short beards.

Should Short Beards Be Allowed Behind Bars?

Arkansas prisoner Gregory Holt hand-wrote a 15-page petition without the help of lawyers, arguing that he be permitted to wear a beard as part of his religion. The Supreme Court will hear the case.

An Afghan woman addicted to drugs looks out from her hut on the outskirts of Herat, in western Afghanistan.

Female Heads Of Household (And Hair) Reveal Afghanistan's Drug Use

A new study of drug use in Afghanistan, relying on information from female heads of households and confirmed by lab tests, shows that 1 in 20 Afghans are using prescription or illicit drugs.

During the recession, middle-class and poor Americans gave more of their incomes to charity organizations than did the wealthy, according to a new study.

Some Americans Boosted Charitable Giving In Recession; The Rich Did Not

As times got tough, America's less-wealthy citizens grew more generous, according to a new study. But people making at least $200,000 a year cut the portion of their incomes they gave to charity.

A recent UCLA study found that screen time could negatively affect children's ability to read emotion. But scientists are still unsure how much screen time is too much for a child.

Even Techies Limit Their Children's Screen Time

Steve Jobs was said to be a low-tech parent, and so are others in the tech industry. That means they're often putting strict limits on family use of the very gadgets and software they're developing.

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