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Wealthy families in India spend a lot on weddings. So do lower income families. A member of Parliament is proposing a bill that would tax the rich and help the poor.

Plus a bill for "Dreamers" and a former for-profit college lobbyist leaves the Education Department.

"China's law does not really encourage people to defend themselves, because that would be encouraging them to rise up and resist [authority]," a Chinese lawyer noted.

A bidding war was sparked between the United States and Italy over a 2.5-pound truffle, but the winner might have been the city of Philadelphia, which is trying to shine as a gourmet food town.

Postelection polls paint a picture of a nation that's cautiously optimistic about a Trump administration. However, voters are still heavily divided.

After a five-year winning streak as Hollywood reigning action hero, Tom Cruise falls back to earth with a can't-miss sequel that misses.

Teachers in the U.S. flee the profession at rates higher than other developed nations. Often, the reasons have little to do with pay, parents or students.

In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, New Yorkers, local politicians and scientists face a tough decision: How to spend limited funds to defend themselves in a world where climate change is making flooding from coastal storms ever more likely.

Dern's new film follows a man named Woody who is starting to show signs of dementia. When Woody falls for one of those junk-mail sweepstakes come-ons, he becomes convinced that he's won $1 million and sets out on foot to collect the cash. Dern tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross, " [Nebraska] is the most personal movie I've ever done in my career."

The hard yet fragrant quince cannot be eaten raw, but makes a delicious sauce when cooked down and spiced up. Tammy Donroe Inman, the author of the cookbook Wintersweet, shares her quest for a quince paste recipe — a quest that lead her instead to develop a recipe for a quince sauce.