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Flight Attendant Deploys Emergency Shute, Slides Down

United Airlines says it is investigating why the flight attendant activated the emergency evacuation slide in Houston. She's been grounded while the investigation continues.

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed quit his job at Shell Oil more than 40 years ago to focus on helping the ultra-poor, like these women in a village in Bangladesh.

In Memoriam: The Most Influential Poverty Fighter You've Never Heard Of

He was an accountant for Big Oil. Then came the cyclone of 1970. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed found a new calling — and came up with an idea that could be key to ending extreme poverty.

Mary Lou Wesselhoeft is a dairy farmer in the Florida Panhandle. Her Ocheesee Creamery pasteurized skim milk has nothing added — and that's the problem. According to regulations, without added vitamins, it can only be sold as "imitation skim milk."

All-Natural But Still 'Imitation'? The Strange Case Of The Skim Milk Label

A Florida dairy farmer has had to dump hundreds of gallons of skim milk from her creamery because she doesn't add vitamins back in. Legally, that makes it an "imitation milk product."

People in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, make their way through a fumigation fog that's meant to kill the mosquito that transmits the Zika virus.

White House Says It Will Cut Ebola Funding To Address Zika

The Obama administration requested $1.9 billion in emergency funds to prepare for Zika, but Congress has yet to respond. Now the White House plans to divert funding intended for Ebola.

Robbie Fulks Sings His Way Home In 'Upland Stories'

The raucous singer turns thoughtful on his new album. Critic Ken Tucker calls Upland Stories a "marvelous mongrel mixture" of bluegrass banjo-picking, honky-tonk pedal steel and stark folk phrasings.

A judge watches contestants sleep during the Siesta Championship in Madrid in 2010. Prime Minster Mariano Rajoy said it's time to end the afternoon break. Many Spaniards call it an outdated stereotype and have been annoyed with the way the foreign media has reported it.

Spain Debates: Is It Time To Scrap The Siesta?

Spain's prime minister says it's time to end the midafternoon break and move to a more 9-to-5 workday. But many Spaniards say the siesta is an outdated stereotype that's no longer part of daily life.

Country musician Merle Haggard, who died Wednesday at age 79, overcame early brushes with the law — and was pardoned by Ronald Reagan. He's seen here backstage in the late 1970's, for a taping of the Merv Griffin Show in Los Angeles.

5 Things You Should Know About Merle Haggard

"I was probably the most incorrigible child you could ever meet," the legendary singer once told NPR. "I was already on the way to prison before I realized it."

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law Monday that will establish a paid-family-leave policy and gradually raise New York's minimum wage, at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.

A Big Week For Parents: New York State, San Francisco Establish Paid-Leave Laws

New York, the fourth state to offer paid leave, will cover 12 weeks of leave — twice what other states offer. San Francisco, meanwhile, becomes the first city to require fully paid parental leave.

Merle Haggard, shown performing in 1985, was a country music fixture for 50 years. He died Wednesday, on his 79th birthday.

Country Legend Merle Haggard Dies At 79

Outlaw, "Okie from Muskogee," poet of working-class values and a fixture in country music for 50 years, Merle Haggard died Wednesday, April 6, his 79th birthday.

Capitol White Lead paint advertisement from the 1860s. Lead used to be called the "useful metal" that could be added to many products, including paint.

Before It Was Dangerous, Lead Was The Miracle Metal That We Loved

Lead, the "useful metal," was the pride of the Romans. For the last 5,000 years, it was used in products ranging from water pipes and makeup to wine — until we discovered how poisonous it is.

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