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A top Buddhist monk in China was accused by multiple nuns in a report that circulated on social media. He has publicly denied the reports of misconduct.

All Things Considered's Audie Cornish speaks with the teenage New Zealand singer about her new album, Pure Heroine. "Royals" is just about the opposite of anything you'd hear from Lorde's pop peers.

Noah is the most popular name for boys while Emma is the top name for girls. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Laura Wattenberg, founder of Babynamewizard.com.

Utah's Zion National Park draws 2.7 million visitors a year. A major attraction for hearty hikers is the uphill trek from the Virgin River along the Grotto trailhead to Angel's Landing. It's like reaching another world.

The first round of the NCAA tournament kicked off this week, and Gonzaga University's Bulldogs sit at the top of the rankings. Here's what's behind the school's name.

According to the Hollywood Diversity Report from UCLA, films with casts that were less than 11% minority did worse at the box office than their more diverse counterparts.

Fifty years ago, a 23-year-old piano student from Los Angeles took a chance, competing in the first Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Daniel Pollack didn't take home the top prize, but he did carve out a unique career, preserved with bittersweet memories.

Former editor-in-chief of New Scientist magazine predicts that the killer whale will usurp the polar bear as the king of the Arctic by the year 2050.

Americans remember The Four Tops for "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)." But Italians may know it by a different name: "Piangono Gli Uomini." A new compilation spotlights the Italian, German, French and Spanish versions of classic R&B songs.

Italy's women are the top-ranked fencers in the world with the foil. But in a tense Olympic final on Thursday, the U.S. women prevailed for the gold medal.