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The NCAA has long argued that it was converting revenues, such as the $1 billion from the men's basketball tournament, into scholarships and other opportunities for students.

NCAA Plans To Allow College Athletes To Get Paid For Use Of Their Names, Images

The organization says it's just starting to work out the details of how athletes would be compensated. The governing body's decision Tuesday reverses course on its longstanding objection to the idea.

People gather on Monday at Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., for a vigil honoring the victims of the Friday night fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse, where 36 people were killed.

Deadly Fire In Oakland May Spur Crackdown On Off-The-Grid Artists' Spaces

Rents in the Bay Area are among the highest in the country, pushing many artists into illegal work/live spaces like the Ghost Ship, where a fire left 36 dead. Now, officials vow to step up regulation.

In this month's edition: a house legend returns, Detroit stands tall, an anonymous artist piques our intrigue, and more.

Why An ER Visit Can Cost So Much — Even For Those With Health Insurance

Vox reporter Sarah Kliff spent over a year reading thousands of ER bills and investigating the reasons behind the costs, including hidden fees, overpriced supplies and out-of-network doctors.

On World Radio Day, A New Generation Finds Their Voice

Friday is UNESCO's World Radio Day. The theme this year is "Youth and Radio" — so Youth Radio reporter and commentator Bianca Brooks talks about the impact radio has had on her.

Samirah Franklin, 19, is lead organizer of the Baltimore Youth Organizing Project. She lives in West Baltimore, near where the violence and looting broke out after Freddie Gray's funeral two years ago.

2 Years After Unrest, Baltimore's Youth Are 'Still Fighting For The Basics'

After unrest in Baltimore two years ago brought national attention and some help to the city's problems, activists say young people in the city's poorest neighborhoods still need more help.

Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. On DNA Testing And Finding His Own Roots

As host of the PBS series Finding Your Roots, Gates tells celebrities about their family history. He reflects on his own history and some of the more controversial aspects of DNA testing.

U.S. women's soccer player Crystal Dunn (in white) contends with Amel Majri of France during their match at Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The U.S. earned a 1-0 victory in the the Group G first-round meeting in the Rio Summer Olympics tournament.

U.S. Women Edge France, Passing A Tough Test In Olympic Soccer

A tense tone dominated with both offenses repeatedly getting the ball into the penalty area. All shots were turned away but one, by American Carli Lloyd.

Cheech Marin describes Wayne Alaniz Healy's <em>Una Tarde en Meoqui</em> as "Norman Rockwell with jalapenos." He says it's his favorite painting in his collection.

Cheech Marin On How His Famed Comic Collaboration Was Like Chicano Art

Marin, who has been collecting Chicano art for years, writes about the art of Cheech and Chong's comedy in Cheech Is Not My Real Name ... But Don't Call Me Chong!

<em>La Belle Limonadiere,</em> hand coloured etching (1816). Lemonade was ubiquitous in mid-17th century Paris. Where the limonadiers went, piles of spent lemon peels followed. As rats nibbled on the peels, they killed off plague-infected fleas, Tom Nealon argues in his new book.

How Lemonade Helped Paris Fend Off Plague And Other Surprising 'Food Fights'

Tom Nealon's new book searches through patchy historical records to trace subjects like how chocolate helped lead to war in the Caribbean, or the role a grain fungus played in the Crusades.

A family near the Siberian city of Salekhard. A heat wave is blamed for thawing a 75-year-old reindeer carcass, along with dormant spores of anthrax bacteria that infected it.

Anthrax Outbreak In Russia Thought To Be Result Of Thawing Permafrost

Russia is experiencing its first anthrax outbreak in more than 70 years. One child died. Health officials think it might have been triggered by warming permafrost, which unleashed dormant bacteria.

A massive gas pipeline fire roared through a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2010. Federal prosecutors, without explanation, slashed the potential criminal penalties they were seeking in the trial of utility giant PG&E for violating gas pipeline safety laws.

Feds Hand PG&E A Legal Victory In Criminal Trial Over Its Pipeline Safety Policies

Without explanation, prosecutors slashed a multimillion-dollar criminal penalty they were seeking in a trial over gas pipeline safety.

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