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Slate rocketed to fame with her online series Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and the movie Obvious Child — but there are some other famous Jennifers out there ... Originally broadcast Dec. 20, 2014.

The country executed 47 people today, including a prominent cleric for the minority Shia in the Kingdom. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was a vocal critic of the Saudi monarchy and was arrested in 2012.

Egypt has shut down a free Facebook service called Free Basics. The government says it's a licensing issue, but critics say the Egyptian government is stifling freedom of expression.

Armed anti-government activists have occupied a building in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon to protest the federal prosecution of two ranchers.

Alex Honnold has scaled the sheer face of Half Dome in Yosemite, Calif., without the aid of ropes — and entirely alone. Still, he says his big break didn't arrive until a TV producer approached him.

Around age 50, people may begin to forget things. This can be scary. But there are clear differences between the onset of dementia and totally normal, age-related lapses in memory.

An audacious attack over the weekend by militants on an Indian air base near the border with Kashmir comes as India's prime minister launched a peace initiative.

Among the factors blamed for China's drop: poor economic data and a looming rules change for large investors. Markets in Europe and the U.S. also were down.

The paper switched delivery companies and subscribers started reporting missing papers. Before dawn on Sunday, dozens of reporters and editors fanned out and delivered the papers themselves.

What will be the big stories of 2016? Four experts offer their best guesses. They worry about Zika virus and malaria. But not all their predictions are downers.