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The No. 1 and 2 causes of death remain the same, but there have been a number of notable changes. And now there's a new disease to assess on the global landscape: COVID-19.

In today's roundup, we've got news about Louis C.K., a big debate over reality television, and the latest on how NBC has managed to vault to the top of the broadcast networks — at least by one measure.

The pro-democracy newspaper will run its last edition on Saturday — signaling the end to Hong Kong's once freewheeling and muckraking reporting environment as well.

Scientists have found the largest skull of any bird in history. They named it the 'terror bird' for good reason: it was ten feet tall and ate meat. The bird lived about 14 million years ago and the fossil suggests that it was probably pretty agile, and very dangerous.

News that the CIA made and then destroyed videotapes of al-Qaida suspects undergoing harsh interrogations while in agency custody seemed to have come out of nowhere. However, the story has been unfolding for years, though largely out of public view.

The threat of Russia invading Ukraine is real, the Biden administration insists. At the same time, top officials say they hope that being vocal about the intelligence they have could deter action.

The United States drew a spot in Group B, meaning the men's soccer team will face off against England, Iran and the winner of a European playoff — setting up a challenging run for the U.S. squad.

A Depression-era circus provides the backdrop for Sara Gruen's latest novel, Water for Elephants. Veronique de Turenne, a Los Angeles-based writer, has a review.

Barry Bonds hits a 445-foot home run off Colorado Rockies' pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim, delighting the home fans in San Francisco. His 715 career home runs put him second on the all-time list behind Henry Aaron, who passed Ruth in 1974 and finished with 755 home runs.

Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld defended himself and took no personal responsibility for the military's bungled response to Army Ranger Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death in Afghanistan, not by enemy militia, as was initially claimed.