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Peter Dutton was reacting to a report in The Guardian newspaper that found shocking allegations of abuse against children on the island nation of Nauru.

Expectations were high, but for Rio's poorest, the games are coming up short. "Who is enjoying the games?" asks one man. "Not the poor. It's only for the tourists." But even tourists are staying away.

Historian Mary Beard says many of our popular notions about the empire are based on culture rather than fact. Her new book is called SPQR. Originally broadcast Nov. 30, 2015.

What comes out of the tail end of worms appears to be very good for crops.

The former presidential candidate bought a lake-front summer vacation home for $575,000 last week. Some of his former supporters weren't happy about it and questioned his socialist bona fides.

Jake Reiss, owner of Alabama Booksmith in Homewood, Ala., recommends James McBride's Kill 'Em and Leave, Don Keith's Mattie C.'s Boy and Joshua Hammer's The Bad-Ass Librarians Of Timbuktu.

At age 19, she's both the youngest member of the U.S. swim team and its most sure-thing winner. In her final Rio race Friday night, she shattered her world record for 800-meter freestyle.

After a 1964 poll of psychiatrists found almost half considered Barry Goldwater psychologically unfit to be president, the doctors' professional society said they should stay mum on mental fitness.

To many parasitic worms, we are the world. And the way they've evolved to live within us — without wiping us out — is stunning.

While both candidates diverge vastly on many issues, they also have some surprising areas of agreement.