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Republicans in the Montana House have voted to formally punish Democratic state Rep. Zephyr by banning her from attending or speaking during floor sessions. She will be allowed to vote remotely.

U.S. consumers are enjoying extremely low gasoline prices, but the big drop in oil prices is causing hardship in nations that depend on oil production to fund their governments and social programs. NPR takes a look at which oil producing countries are hurt most and how they're coping.

The sentencing of former doctor Larry Nassar has increasingly put pressure on the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Juliet Macur of The New York Times about the fallout.

Officials have changed their accounts of the alleged kidnapping, after initially claiming the girls were rescued. Four years after Chibok, there are now fears another mass abduction has happened.

In 1886, sailors on a German barque called Paula tossed a gin bottle containing a message into waters hundreds of miles off the coast of Australia. It's been uncovered on Australia's Wedge Island.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to harassment and civil rights attorney Jean Hyams about the legal options available to victims of sexual harassment in the workplace.

First-term Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., is accused of making repeated unwanted sexual advances toward a onetime campaign staffer. Kihuen has apologized and said he takes the "matter seriously."

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Karen Attiah, The Washington Post global opinions editor, about women of color in the #MeToo movement.

And half the world's population doesn't even have access to essential health services, according to a report from the World Bank and the World Health Organization.

Writer Anna Graham Hunter says that in 1985, she was repeatedly groped by Hoffman on the set of a television adaptation of Death of a Salesman. Six women have accused Ratner of sexual misconduct.