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Anti-abortion candidate Herschel Walker is accused of paying for an abortion. Biden goes to Puerto Rico and Florida.

If Exxon succeeds, shareholder advocates worry the case could usher in a wave of similar lawsuits by other corporations and chill shareholder activism on the issue of climate change.

Mike Johnson makes a power play. The U.S. bans visas for West Bank settlers.

Cowboy boots and fishnets are basically the uniform for this queer line dancing party.

Nearly 18 months into his tenure at DOJ, Attorney General Merrick Garland faces consequential decisions about the Jan. 6 attack and former President Donald Trump.

Bestselling children's writer Allan Ahlberg has died at the age of 87. Many of his books -- like Each Peach Pear Plum and The Jolly Postman -- were illustrated by his wife, Janet, who died in 1990.

The latest issue of "The Strand Magazine" contains rare stories by the iconic midcentury writers Ian Fleming and Graham Greene.

Director Fernando Trueba talks about his Oscar-nominated animated film Chico and Rita,which follows a pair of lovers who leave Havana's music scene in the 1940s to head to New York City. It's now out on DVD.

Kelly says his twin brother, Scott Kelly, who just returned to Earth after 340 days in space, was temporarily 2 inches taller. NASA is studying the pair to explore what spaceflight does to the body.

Inflation is climbing at its highest rate in 40 years. The Federal Reserve has a standard way of dealing with rising prices: raising interest rates. But it hasn't always been that way.

Americans Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering "RNA interference," a way organisms turn off individual genes. The discovery is considered by many scientists to be a breakthrough in modern biology.

The White House says pausing immigration and a variety of temporary work visas will help respond to job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

A new study showed that laughter is a better indicator in determining friendships than even speech. Volunteers were able to pinpoint groups of friends versus strangers by listening to their laughter.

Filmmaker Natalie Nourigat discusses her animated short Far From the Tree, which airs before the Disney animated feature film, Encanto.

A master of the Brazilian version of the mandolin, Hamilton de Holanda is determined to show the world what the instrument can do — and he's found friends in disparate musical worlds who are helping him prove is point.

Gruden resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after news outlets reported on offensive emails he sent when he worked at ESPN. He has accused the NFL of leaking the emails.

Settling into a groove requires patience and subtle tweaks. That's the mood on Wye Oak's latest album, but it's also the narrative of the band's career.

Cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist-composer Thomas Adès play together with uncommon instinct and energy. They shine in a recital of disparate pieces, culminating in a world-premiere recording of an eclectic new work by Adès.

The Florida grasshopper sparrow was on the brink of extinction but now numbers are rebounding in the wild. Birds bred at a zoo have been released onto prairies, where they continue to reproduce.

Two new studies draw on data from more than 12,000 patients to help figure out ways to battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.

On this date 78 years ago, allied troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. This StoryCorps episode is about two people freed from another camp: Theresienstadt.

A muddy river in the Canadian province of New Brunswick is developing a reputation for its waves. A pair of surfers set a distance record, riding the wave of a tidal bore up the Petitcodiac River.

Michelle Raffin's new The Birds of Pandemonium is an impassioned but occasionally jumbled memoir of her adventures in the noisy, smelly, exhausting, rewarding world of rare bird conservation.

Author Adam Brent Houghtaling has put together an encyclopedia of the best music to pair with melancholy moments.

For 30 years, a pair of snow fanatics in Colorado have prided themselves on being on the first chair to head up the slopes every winter. It takes a lot of strategy.