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A growing grass-roots movement aims to establish paid sick leave in the U.S., enjoying some success at the city and state level. The issue is already playing big in 2014 political races.

The Freemasons are arguably one of the world's most famous men's organizations. Membership has been falling in the U.S. since the 1960s, but millennials are now showing an interest in the fraternity.

Secretary of State Kerry goes to Cuba to see the flag raised at the U.S. embassy in Havana. Among the guests are former Marines who took the U.S. flag down in 1961 when the countries broke relations.

Also this week: Two years after her husband choked to death, a producer for Morning Edition relates a journey of heartbreak and humor.

Even in this month's 90-degree heat, ultra-Orthodox Jews stay loyal to their traditional attire: heavy, long skirts for women and dark suits and fedoras for men. Air conditioning helps.

Afghanistan has an ideal climate for growing saffron, the most expensive spice in the world. But little is exported. Rumi Spice is working with small farmers there to build the U.S. market for it.

Despite acorns' wide geographic range and long culinary history, few people eat them. But some fans say they're an untapped nutritional resource — if you're willing to do the work to process them.

The city's public schools have lurched from one crisis to the next. The latest: canceling the contract with the teachers' union. Just about everyone worries that there's no long-term fix in sight.

Unlike novelists and musicians, visual artists don't get royalties for their work. New legislation aims to fix this by taxing public sales, but auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's oppose the idea.

Dr. Sheik Umar Khan, Sierra Leone's foremost expert on Ebola, died of the disease one year ago. Dr. Ian Crozier was the next health care worker infected at the same hospital — but he survived.