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Ryan publicly declined to run for speaker at least three times this year, but then said he relented after pressure from Republican leaders.

Child marriages don't just happen far away on other continents. They take place in this country as well. And sometimes a judge even approves.

We're hosting a Reddit AMA tonight at 9 p.m. ET with Joann Galst, a psychologist who specializes in fertility issues. We'll be talking about the complex emotional issues surrounding fertility.

With 1.5 million deaths a year, tuberculosis has passed HIV/AIDS.

Once one of the country's most powerful politicians, former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of evading bank rules. Hastert told a federal judge he structured large payments of hush money to an unnamed individual in order to keep those payments and details about past misconduct secret.

NPR's politics team chatted during the debate on Twitter. You can view an archived version here.

Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki and Lindsey Graham tried to make the best of it as they were relegated, yet again, to an earlier debate instead of the main prime-time stage.

NPR kept track of how long every candidate spoke during the third debate. Fiorina ended up with the most time.

Northeastern University researchers wanted to figure out how Uber comes up with surge prices by studying Manhattan and San Francisco. They say the surges work, but maybe not the way they are intended.

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was the focus of student rallies across the country Wednesday night.