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Ebola has a nasty reputation for damaging the body, especially its blood vessels. But when you look at the nitty-gritty details of what happens after a person is infected, a surprising fact surfaces.

Freeh, who issued a scorching report in the Penn State University sex abuse scandal, apparently drove his SUV off the road in Vermont.

Burger King is buying Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee-and-donut chain, in a deal valued at $11 billion.

Two years ago in Anaheim, Calif., events unfolded not unlike those recently in Ferguson, Mo. In Anaheim then, two Latino men were shot by police, and civic anger turned into a few nights of sometimes-violent demonstrations. Now, Anaheim's police and government are trying to work more closely with the Latino community, and a vote in November could make some major changes.

NPR's Sam Sanders asked that question of black men in New York and Los Angeles, and he shares just a few of their answers here.

Gerald Gray talks with his son, Youth Radio deputy director Jabari Gray, about their first discussion of their racial differences. Gerald is white, his wife is black and Jabari identified as black.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is loosening up its rules so that people will have more ways of disposing of drugs that can be risky to keep around after they're no longer needed.

Edith Stern is among the last Holocaust survivors living at The SelfHelp Home in Chicago, which was founded in 1938 by Jewish immigrants who escaped the Nazis.

Genetic tests are recommended for women with a family history of breast cancer. One researcher says all women should be screened, but others say there's not enough evidence that they are at risk.

After months of uncertainty and political wrangling, Iraq finally has a new government, led by Shiite Haider al-Abadi. He replaces Nouri al-Maliki.