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Grilling is a pillar of the American summer, and it's at the heart of many other cultures as well — from Latin America to Africa. This summer All Things Considered is setting out to explore some of them with the "Global Grill."

A highly sensitive blood test for Ebola exists, so why isn't it being used to test all returning health workers from West Africa? Because the virus isn't in the blood in the first stages of infection.

The six airstrikes did not harm any civilians, the U.S. says. The strikes targeted a camp in a remote area roughly 30 miles southwest of Mogadishu.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ordered health care providers to test recent travelers at risk for Ebola virus. So far none of those tests have come up positive.

Rudresh Mahanthappa's work always seems to be filed under jazz, but it's hard to find a style he doesn't touch: hip-hop, country, metal and soul fused with traditional sounds from India, Africa and Indonesia. And he makes it rock.

A major donor has pledged $300 million to distribute an Ebola vaccine in Africa, as soon as one is available. Vaccine development is proceeding, but there have been hiccups.

Ivory Coast has become the latest target of a terrorist attack in West Africa claimed by Islamist extremists. It was the third such attack in 5 months on hotels popular with foreigners in the region.

A fire spread from Table Mountain National Park to the University of Cape Town, where collections were destroyed at the Jagger Library.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, 58, faces 11 counts of war crimes at a U.N.-backed tribunal hearing crimes associated with Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war. Charges against Taylor include mutilations and sexual slavery.

Although South Africa is making major strides towards democracy and against racism, Youth Radio reporter Fadia Williams says it's still hard for young people there to overcome some of her country's entrenched Apartheid-era attitudes.