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Brains At Play: What Do We Know?

Why do we humans like to play so much? Play sports, play tag, play the stock market, play duck, duck, goose? We love it all. And we're not the only ones.

FAA Proposes $1.9 Million Fine Against Photo Company Over Drone Use

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was the largest civil penalty the agency has ever proposed after drone use allegedly endangered airspace safety.

KIOS BLUES CHART: SEPTEMBER 2015

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL1.SHEMEKIA COPELAND / OUTSKIRTS OF LOVE / ALLIGATOR2.THE ROBERT CRAY BAND / 4 NIGHTS OF 40 YEARS / PROVOGUE3.JOHN MAYALL /…

Maine Maritime Academy students attend a Tuesday evening vigil of hope for the missing crew members of the U.S. container ship El Faro.

Coast Guard Calls Off Search For El Faro Crew

Communication was lost with the ship Thursday and the U.S. Coast Guard concluded that it had sunk. Wednesday evening, the Coast Guard ended the search for survivors.

KIOS BLUES CHART: AUGUST 2015

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL1.BUDDY GUY / BORN TO PLAY GUITAR / RCA2.BARRY LEVENSON / THE VISIT / RIP CAT3.RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS / FATHER'S…

Mountain tops in Sierra Nevada, normally covered in snow this time of year, are seen nearly barren, near the Sequoia National Park during an aerial survey of the snowpack done by the California Department of Water Resources.

California Regulators Adopt Unprecedented Water Restrictions

Californians face a mandated 25 percent reduction in water use, after they failed to meet previous goals. The new restrictions will take effect in the summer months.

St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore is one of the 131 hospitals run by Ascension Health. It's a not-for-profit, Catholic health care system that treats many low-income patients.

Expanding Medicaid Trims Hospitals' Costs Of Caring For Uninsured

One aim of Obamacare was to ease the financial strain on nonprofit hospitals that provide medical care to people who lack insurance and can't pay their bills. That plan is working, hospitals say.

Health workers rest outside a quarantine zone at a Red Cross facility in the town of Koidu, Kono district in Eastern Sierra Leone on Friday. The World Health Organization says the number of Ebola deaths in the current outbreak has exceeded 7,000.

U.N. Reports More Than 7,000 Ebola Deaths Since March

The World Health Organization has added nearly 400 more deaths from the current outbreak since its last report earlier this week.

A lap band displayed on a model of a human stomach. It creates a small pouch at the top of the stomach that makes people feel full more quickly.

Bariatric Surgery Cuts The Risk Of Death Years Later

People considering weight-loss surgery haven't had much evidence on long-term risks or benefits. A study finds lower death rates after surgery, even for people who were older and less healthy.

A worker shows a destroyed fragment of the fountain called "Barcaccia," at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome. The fountain was damaged in clashes as Dutch soccer fans rampaged through the city.

Dutch Soccer Fans Vandalize Rome's La Barcaccia Fountain

Across Italy, newspaper headlines decry two days of "guerrilla warfare" in the heart of Rome and television news shows scenes of devastation.

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