A judge will decide Monday whether new evidence warrants a re-examination of the convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez in the ...

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Foreign ministers from the world's leading industrialized nations are meeting Monday, with a certain pressure to advance ...

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The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators ...

Two members of a Dartmouth College fraternity and a sorority have been charged in the death of a student who was found dead ...

In Legacy of Lies, El Salvador 1981-1984, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg documents how U.S. foreign policy fueled a ...

An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese military said.

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NPR's Scott Detrow and Tamara Keith have long discussed the merits of brining a Thanksgiving turkey. Chef and cookbook author Sohla El-Waylly joins this year's discussion and offers some tips.