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After dozens of health care workers were charged with illegally prescribing opioids in Appalachia, local health agencies are trying to make sure chronic pain patients don't fall through the cracks.

The World Bank funds projects around the globe aimed at alleviating poverty. Along the way, people get uprooted. The World Bank has acknowledged "serious shortcomings" in its resettlement practices.

Now that the federal government has approved the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, will that be enough to sway those who have resisted getting the shot?

Eight of the jurors are white, three are Black and one is Hispanic. They will hear the hate crimes case against Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William Bryan, which examines if race was a factor.

We ask five questions — about a fourteen-year-old actress, an emotionally brutal relationship drama, and more — that we'll get the answers to when the Oscar nominations are announced Tuesday morning.

Black clergy group calls for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to start its superintendent search over, but board leaders say they're already checking records of results.

Attorney General William Barr testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, defending the use of federal agents in Portland, Ore., and his decision to drop the case against Michael Flynn.

British lawmakers on Friday will be given the chance to vote on plans to permit people with terminal illnesses the legal right to end their own life. The law's language has divided parliament.

The International Pole Sports Federation is working to get pole dancing permanently recognized as a sport. Advocates say it combines strength, flexibility, creativity and a whole lot of training.

In a wide-ranging NPR interview, William Barr defended the Justice Department amid accusations of political interference, including recently in the case of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approves a five-year ban on harvesting wild oysters from Apalachicola Bay to give the fishery time to recover from drought and other pressures.

President Obama and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke Friday at the annual AARP convention in New Orleans, Medicare and Social Security topped the agenda for both. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports the organization represents millions of older Americans, who are among the most reliable voters.

Top ten deaths to listen to before you jazz, Blue Note's branding and Marian on Mary Lou. Plus, Dave Liebman recalls his former employer, Miles Davis; 51 gateway albums; Ambrose Akinmusire drops some knowledge; four bloggers on blogging; Dave Holland at large and LCD Soundsystem meets trumpet.

Ransome is well-known and loved for his illustrations, especially for his many children's books. But at age 60 he recently earned an MFA, and is developing a parallel career as a painter.

Banks closed a record number of branches last year as the pandemic pushed more customers to online and mobile banking.

In the last days of the presidential campaign, William Ayers became the focus of attacks against Barack Obama. Ayers, a former member of the radical antiwar group the Weather Underground, talks about the extent of his association with the president-elect and why he remained silent during the campaign.

Fifty-five years after Eloise first appeared, the impish girl who lived in the Plaza Hotel is as iconic as ever. Author Sam Irvin, who has written a new biography of Eloise creator Kay Thompson, talks about the famous storybook character and the eccentric actress behind her.

The nearly all-white jury has begun deliberating the fate of Travis and Greg Michael and William 'Roddie' Bryan. They are accused of murdering Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 near Brunswick, Ga.

Secretary of State William Gardner, who earned a national reputation as gatekeeper of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary, has held the office since 1976.

The new exhibition features the likes of Billie Holiday and other jazz greats, from the 1920s to today. Photos, papers, video and scores are on display and will travel to Los Angeles later this year.