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Journalist Oliver Bullough runs kleptocracy tours in London, in which he points out mansions bought by corrupt foreign leaders and oligarchs. Moneyland describes their secretive transnational world.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WGVU listener Hal Babcock of Cedar Springs, Mich., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

The amended order suggests that the court has made no decision on whether the two research chimps at Stony Brook University can be treated as legal persons.

Both the Dow Jones index and the S&P 500 saw gains of nearly 4 percent; the Nasdaq index rose even higher.

The storm caused devastating flooding and landslides on the tiny island earlier this week, but poses less of a threat to Florida, according to National Weather Service forecasts.

The game got off to a bizarre start when the teams went for the wrong baskets. Still, the 76ers managed to avoid tying a record for the worst start to an NBA season.

The U.N. organization said that after it suspended a food-voucher program earlier this month, individuals, the private sector and governments stepped in to raise the money.

Some parts of California are expected to receive up to 9 inches of rain. Parts of Washington state may see more than 10 inches. That would be the most rain the region has gotten since 2009.

Activists are concerned over the future of prisoners reportedly let to by the government. Rights groups say officials attached conditions to the dissidents' freedom.

The militants, who are waging a deadly war in Nigeria, had attacked a Cameroonian military camp, a government official said. Nigeria's neighbors are being drawn into the battle with the group.