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The State Department would not say how many employees were sent home from the consulate in Guangzhou. In May, one employee was confirmed as having symptoms similar to the mysterious attacks in Cuba.

Moody's Investor Services says it might downgrade U.S. cities' credit rating if they don't deal with the risks posed by climate change.

Most people seem to have heeded the warning not to look at August's total eclipse without eye protection. But an unlucky few suffered serious injury, and doctors could see changes at a cellular level.

The Carolina Panthers football team is for sale after reports that the owner is accused of misconduct. Several high-profile black celebrities and athletes have offered to join an ownership group.

A prominent Dalled-based Muslim preacher has been caught up in allegations of sexual harassment. Clerics are looking into it. Ailsa Chang talks to BuzzFeed reporter Hannah Allam.

Trumka, who's been president since 2009, ran unopposed as did Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre. The AFL-CIO's quadrennial convention is being held in St. Louis.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysts have been told to omit words such as "vulnerable," "transgender" and "evidence-based" from an upcoming budget. Critics say it amounts to censorship.

New results from an NPR poll show sexism and discrimination against women is widespread and pervasive. Sexual harassment is just one of many challenges women experience in daily life.

Angela Merkel chided her agriculture minister for flipping his vote on use of the weedkiller glyphosate — a move that angered German allies and endangered Merkel's coalition-building efforts at home.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Karen Kent, president of the Chicago chapter of the hospitality workers union Unite Here, about their efforts to protect hotel employees against sexual harassment.