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PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi Is Stepping Down After 12 Years

"Leading PepsiCo has truly been the honor of my lifetime," Nooyi says. Under her leadership, the company shifted to selling more nutritious options such as hummus, juices and kombucha.

'Hive Mind' Mixes Funk, Disco And Neo-Soul, Courtesy Of The Internet

The quintet known as The Internet emerged from the Los Angeles music collective Odd Future. Ken Tucker says their fourth album offers "music for modern lovers who are too smart to settle for less."

Second Lt. Russell Gackenbach was the navigator aboard the Necessary Evil.

Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

Russell Gackenbach was a 22-year-old second lieutenant on Aug. 6, 1945, when he flew in the Necessary Evil, one of three planes in the mission that dropped the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.

In Amsterdam, Even The Tourists Say There Are Too Many Tourists

Fewer than 1 million people live in Amsterdam, but almost 20 million visit each year. A "night mayor" and initiatives to address "overtourism" encourage revelers to treat the city with respect.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on March 6, 2017, presenting his proposed changes to the state's Medicaid-expansion program, which included the addition of a work requirement.

Governor: Arkansas Medicaid spending at ‘zero growth’ for first time in state history

Gov. Asa Hutchinson offered a steady dose of good news concerning the state’s healthcare marketplace on Friday (Aug. 3), highlighted by new year-ending...

Oran Z. Belgrave, founder of the now defunct Oran Z's Black Facts & Wax Museum in Los Angeles, stands in front of the shipping containers that have held most of the contents of his independent African-American history museum since it closed in 2011.

Through A Looking Glass Of Black Americana: The Long, Strange Journey Of Oran Z

For decades, Oran Z collected everything he could about black America, from racist tchotchkes to wax figures of Malcolm X, displaying them in his own museum. Now, his life's work is in jeopardy.

Simone Gbagbo, Ivory Coast's former first lady, awaits the start of her trial in Abidjan in 2014. She would ultimately be sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in the violence that followed the 2010 election — but now the man who won that election, President Alassane Ouattara, has announced plans to pardon her and hundreds of others.

Ivory Coast's Ex-First Lady, Along With Hundreds Of Others, Granted Amnesty

Simone Gbagbo helped her husband's bloody campaign to stay in office after he lost the 2010 election. Now, the man who defeated him is pardoning her — and some 800 others involved in that civil war.

'Into The Hands Of The Soldiers' Explores How The U.S. Contributed To Chaos In Egypt

New York Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick says the Obama White House watched Arab democracy fall, and now the Trump administration is embracing Egypt's autocratic president.

In the past year, thousands of Ofo bicycles have popped up on the sidewalks of Dallas and other cities — but the company has recently been shrinking its operations. These bikes were photographed in Singapore last summer.

Hundreds Of Bikes Dumped At Dallas Recycling Center As Ofo Leaves Market

"Terrible," Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said of the sight of hundreds of bikes in a massive pile. Ofo sold the bicycles as scrap metal.

Devan Southerland and her son, Liam, stroll through the historic Bolton Hill neighborhood in Baltimore, where Southerland wants to buy a home.

In Baltimore, The Gap Between White And Black Homeownership Persists

The gap between black and white homeownership rates has widened in recent decades. Baltimore is a majority black city, but research shows it has a gap of 31 percent, mirroring the national average.

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