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When an Israeli family was ambushed in their car in the West Bank, two Palestinians came to their aid. One is paying a price now, seen as aiding the enemy.

California is among five states this year where marijuana legalization is on the ballot. But there's concern about if legalizing it will reduce the number of marijuana arrests among African-Americans.

The decision comes days after police killed Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said both dashcam and body-cam video of the shooting will be released.

This may be your worst nightmare: Reports are emerging from multiple states of alarming interactions with people in clown clothing.

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the team talks about how to face fear.

The New York Times endorsed Hillary Clinton on Saturday, but an endorsement that came the day before from a smaller paper may matter more to its readers, for the simple fact that it was unexpected.

The international ambassador for Louisiana roots music died early Saturday morning of lung cancer.

More than 100 years after it was originally proposed, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is opening its doors in Washington, D.C.

Our panelists predict what will be the big surprise out of next week's debate.

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Bill reads three news-related limericks... Bird Brain, Tattoo Toupee, Obvious IPA

More questions for the panel...Fuggs, Cuteness To Die For

Since Brad and Angelina split up, our panelists tell three stories about other famous people fighting, only one of which is true.

In the late 1980s, Curtis filed a patent for a diaper/baby wipe combo, so we've invited her to play a game called "Eureka!" Three questions about inventors and their inventions.

Our panelists answer questions about the week's news...This Little Light Of Mine

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news... How About a Presidential Rebate Instead, Errorist, Brangexit

The presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York is the first of three scheduled this campaign season.

Correspondents, editors and producers from NPR's newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag.

Fuqua discusses his remake of The Magnificent Seven. Critic John Powers reviews the ABC series, Designated Survivor. Opera singer Green recounts his journey to becoming an opera singer.

The chain restaurant that catered to women helped redefine how Americans eat, according to a new book. For NPR's Lynn Neary, it also defined how she did and didn't fit with the counterculture.