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On Last Week Tonight, Oliver dives into often obscure stories, like NRATV and the laws that govern televangelism. He describes the show's style as "the slowest improv you've ever seen."

"We must be the last families to suffer the loss of a loved one due to a mass shooting at a school," the families wrote. The Florida House of Representatives takes up the bill for a vote Wednesday.

The brains of birds and mice continue to produce new nerve cells in the hippocampus throughout life. But research now suggests the human brain stops doing this around adolescence.

The Nobel laureate's handling of the Rohingya Muslim crisis in Myanmar led to the museum's decision.

The New Hampshire woman, known as Jane Doe, hesitated to collect the money because she didn't want her identity revealed. A judge will determine whether she is allowed to remain anonymous.

Protests have raged across Ethiopia for three years — and they're spilling over to the country's favorite sport.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mary Lou McDonald, the new leader of Sinn Fein, the Irish political party. McDonald is the party's first new leader in 34 years.

The brown marmorated stink bug first showed up in the United States about 20 years ago, and has been terrorizing homeowners and farmers ever since. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kathryn Schulz, who writes about the invasive insect in the latest issue of The New Yorker.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Bloomberg reporter Josh Eidelson about the possibility of teachers strikes in Oklahoma and Kentucky, following one in West Virginia that ended with teachers getting a pay raise.

As of this week, many Puerto Ricans have been without power for six months. They've been waiting not since Hurricane Maria, but since Hurricane Irma, which struck two weeks earlier.