PARIS − The rumors are true: going to the bathroom in France can be confusing − and political. The French toilet, as many American tourists have found out, isn't always in the same room as the ...

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. This is FTW Explains: The Olympics. Have you seen some stuff about the Paris Olympics and how ...

This remote and tranquil Smith River cuts its way through the remote backcountry of the Little Belt Mountains. The stunning canyon scenery, quiet streamside campgrounds, wildlife and excellent trout ...

KFF Health News Peggy Girshman reporting fellow Jackie Fortiér joined a boat tour to spotlight a review of microbes in the ...

When the City of Paris first made its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, organizers promised free public transportation, the extension of several metro lines to accommodate crowds at stadiums ...

As intense heat settles over Richmond for the summer, the murky, green waters of the James River look increasingly enticing. Whether it’s wise to swim in them, however, depends upon whom you ask. Some ...

A man kayaks down the Russian River in Guerneville, Calif. Josh Edelson Associated Press file The Russian River in Northern California has a poop problem, and county officials say drunken beachgoers ...

University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers are using a novel approach to get the poop on one of the state’s most reclusive species. They want to know more about river otters, threatened nocturnal ...