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NPR reporter Lisa Hagen and sociologist Karen Guzzo discuss the movement to boost the birth rate. Justin Chang reviews The Shrouds. Burke looks back on a difficult childhood in Of My Own Making.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell is the first to permanently block an executive order issued by President ...

Erin Patterson hosted several of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Within days, three of them were ...

The proposal would cut off rental subsidies after two years for able-bodied adults. Advocates warn if enacted, the White ...

An Illinois landlord who killed a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy's mother in a brutal hate-crime attack ...

Jill Sobule, who raised eyebrows with her cheeky 1995 anthem "I Kissed a Girl," has died. According to her publicist David ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has formally designated the Alternative for Germany party as extremist, a move likely ...

Radio Free Asia is laying off about 90 percent of its staff. It says it can no longer pay people after its funding was cut ...

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a soccer-loving nun born in 1908, is remembered as compassionate and dedicated to her faith.

For 20 years, teens from around the country have come to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud finals.

Proposals to bar members of Congress from trading stocks have stalled for years. But President Trump's public support of the ...