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In this week's roundup: News from the Ed Department; more parents are taking out loans for their kids in college; and two lawsuits were also filed this week.

Brittany Commisso has alleged New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment for years, groping her on numerous occasions. She had earlier discussed her allegations anonymously.

You think your commute is bad? How about a two-hour trek to go a mere 15 miles? That's what one Chicago resident faces as she catches trains and buses to get to her part-time job. Commuting can be especially difficult for people who can't afford a car but live far from their jobs.

This election season has brought a series of computer hacks and disinformation efforts. How do we distinguish between a real threat and a minor distraction?

A census of bacteria and viruses on the floors, toilets and soap dispensers of several bathrooms on a college campus turned up around 77,000 different types of organisms. Oh, joy.

With its announcement that it will spin off its healthcare unit in early 2023 and its energy segment in early 2024, GE may have signaled the end of the conglomerate era.

In 2016, Tulika Prasad was at the grocery store checkout line with her seven-year-old son, who is non-verbal and autistic. A woman understood what was going on when Prasad's son had an outburst.

President Trump has granted pardons to officials who were convicted of public corruption while also dismantling a federal office responsible for investigating and prosecuting corruption allegations.

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Ali Mokdad of the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics about what the spread of COVID-19 variants in different parts of the world means for the U.S.

Global warming is pushing species like the polar bear to the brink of extinction. It's not a typical conservation problem, so one government biologist discovered the best way he could help save the great white bears was to quit his job.