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An emerging film festival in Lagos, Nigeria, is trying to change the stories mainstream Nigerian films tell.

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest storm in the island's history, leaving widespread destruction in its wake.

The team at Planet Money spoke to a number of leading economists to find out why is it difficult to forecast the job market.

Reusing, planning ahead and hunting for joy, shoppers are expected to spend a record amount this Halloween.

Stone faced charges that he lied to congressional investigators and obstructed an official proceeding. He pleaded not guilty and said he had done nothing wrong.

The U.S. Supreme Court dodged a direct ruling on President Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from a census count used to allocate congressional districts to states.

You may blame a love of Snickers for those too-tight jeans, but in the early 20th century, the accusations were more serious: Candy was blamed for moral and physical decay. In Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure, Samira Kawash traces our love-hate relationship with sweets.

Actor Ted Danson pulls a question from the Wild Card deck and talks about how he tries to turn fear into gratefulness.

Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country's northeastern coast ahead of landfall on Sunday.

As the government shutdown drags on, the Trump administration says Democrats will be to blame when millions of Americans will lose their SNAP benefits Nov. 1.