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In Bangladesh, another well-known secular blogger was murdered Friday — the fourth such killing this year. Police say the 40-year-old activist was hacked to death by assailants in his apartment.

The Detroit News says that state Rep. Todd Courser sought to spread a rumor that he is homosexual to hide his extramarital affair with a female lawmaker.

The Arkansas Forestry Commission says 37 counties in southern and central Arkansas are under a moderate wildfire danger because of dry vegetation and the…

When Jared Dillian was 23, working for the Coast Guard, and scanning the sea's horizon, he had his sights set on only one thing: Getting to Wall Street and becoming a stud trader.

Dale Bard was a young rock climber in Yosemite in the '70s. Back then, rock climbing was an obscure, expensive passion. And he came across the most unbelievable cash cow you've ever heard of.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he's ending Arkansas' Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood, despite federal health officials warning other states that such a…

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Soufian Almobark, who fled Aleppo, Syria, about his difficult journey to the Greek island of Lesbos, and the squalid conditions in the camp.

Kali Uchis is a Colombian American singer-songwriter who sounds as if Amy Winehouse, Selena, and Aaliyah were all reincarnated as one.

El Sistema, Venezuela's rigorous music training program for kids, has expanded into the U.S. It has plenty of supporters — but it also has some critics.

The band Los Crudos paved the way for a generation of Latino punk musicians to not only play music, but also sing about the social issues they and their communities were experiencing.