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Alabama's top health official says the state has "literally shrunk." According to preliminary data, it saw 64,714 total deaths and 57,641 births in 2020.

Over 130 critics voted on the best jazz albums of 2018 — celebrated elders dominated the top of the results, but a class of younger musicians is rising.

Towns was widely expected to be chosen first. He and the other top two picks each played only one season in college.

Bad Bunny, who had the most-streamed album of both 2022 and 2023, seems to have another potential juggernaut on his hands. But to top the chart this week he had to hold off an unlikely challenger.

We received nearly 7,000 entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest. Cast your vote for your favorite entry from Top Shelf.

In our weekly series, Lost and Found Sound, a collaboration between NPR and independent producers, we learn about self-appointed disc-jockey Eric Byron.

Nearly 2,000 new top-level Internet domains are becoming available. Which are the most popular so far? And what will become of .com?

Are you tired? Depressed? Overweight? Maybe you’re not getting enough sleep! The Centers for Disease Control says that at least a third of us aren’t…

The Arab Spring held the promise of a new Middle East – more democratic and less prone to violence. But the opposite seems to have happened.…

Downs Syndrome (Ds) is the most commonly occurring genetic condition, caused by three copies of the 21st chromosome, instead of two as in most people. One…

Tuesday, September 16, 2014The American middle class, the backbone of our economy, is collapsing. These are the workers, middle managers, small business…

http://66.225.205.104/CT20110118.mp3Earth: The Sequel A conversation about energy, innovation, green initiatives and the prevention of Global Warming on…

This is the time of year that we pay attention to the presence of ghosts and goblins but our guests say that ghosts are real and that we create them all…

Southern author Cassandra King has been spinning stories about women in the South for over a decade. Her latest novel, Moonrise, was inspired by Daphne du…

Parents-to-be, listen up. Bloomberg News reports a middle-income family will spend $241,080 to raise a child born in 2012. That’s a 2.6 percent increase…

Friday, September 5, 2014We’ve long heard about the difficulties faced by the parents of teenagers, but the ‘tween years can be just as bewildering. Those…

http://66.225.205.104/CT20091130.mp3Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Cold and flu season is here. H1N1 is a primary topic of conversation. Are you taking the…

John Connaughton, Director of the Babson Capital Economic Forecast, has joined us every business quarter this year to forecast the months ahead and to…

Bobby Jones built a basketball career on his ability to guard other players, to the point where Nike created a marketing campaign calling him the…

There has been no winner for 35 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19. That streak trails the record of 41 draws set in 2021 and 2022.