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Along Peru's coast, archeologists find the ruins of some 20 communities clustered along three rivers. Some date back 5,000 years. People there grew crops and built huge stone monuments that predate the Egyptian pyramids. It's believed to be the oldest complex culture in the Americas. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.

Vicki Barker reports on the most complained-about ads in UK history.

“We’re a small producer, so any help we can get certainly helps," one local sugar house operator said. "We’ve never operated in the green, we’re always in the red."

Watch hip-hop veterans Mr. Lif and Akrobatik team up behind the Tiny Desk.

Herman Leonard's images made a visual record of jazz artists stretching from Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis. He awaits a look at his ruined New Orleans studio to see what became of his work.

Local environmental experts are concerned about the worsening effects of stormwater runoff on recreation and fishing. They’re sharing their knowledge with the public this week.

Researchers compiled hundreds of studies of tree-dwelling and ground-dwelling ants to make their estimate of 2.5 million ants for every human.

State environmental officials say above normal rainfall across the state in January ended the drought around Cape Cod and the islands, as well as north of Boston, which were the last places in the state where such conditions had persisted.

With temperatures reaching into the 40s and 50s this week in southern and midcoast Maine, some maple syrup producers are tapping their trees and are already seeing early sap runs.

The Town of Stonington has received over $700,000 in federal funding to help replace and repair two of their wastewater pumping stations.