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Adderall and other stimulant drugs help students stay focused, a benefit that hasn't been lost on people without ADHD. Now the nation's neurologists say children and teens shouldn't be be prescribed these drugs for "neuroenhancement."

The incident happened as Vice President Biden came to neighboring Philadelphia for a roundtable on gun violence.

Harold Robbins' 1966 novel The Adventurers featured the lethal and stunning man of mystery, Dax. Author Manil Suri writes that Robbins' novel was his first glimpse into an adult world. What was your first "adult" novel? Tell us in the comments.

Luke Dittrich's new book is part pop science book, part medical ethics essay and part family history: His grandfather was the surgeon who originally cut into the brain of the celebrated Patient H.M.

New guidance against religious profiling by police officers in New York City were announced as part of the settlement. Renee Montagne talks to Hina Shamsi of the American Civil Liberties Union.

The Democratic lieutenant governor easily prevailed over former Rep. Tom Perriello. For the Republicans, staunch Trump ally Corey Stewart nearly pulled out an upset over former favorite Ed Gillespie.

After leading the route, President Trump and his family watched the inaugural parade wind down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.

It was a party 108 years in the making. Fans packed the streets of Chicago to watch the Cubs World Series victory parade on Friday.

A new study suggests the 3.2 million-year-old hominin died when she fell from a tree and fractured her bones. But other paleoanthropologists say the breaks happened after she died.

Music commentator Miles Hoffman remembers classical harmonica player Tommy Reilly on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

The Philadelphia rapper's imprisonment over probation violation had been a lightning rod in a debate over race and the nation's judicial and correctional systems.

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the Showtime miniseries, based on novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Critic David Bianculli finds the show wickedly funny, searingly dramatic and unforgettably gripping.

An attack known as "Olympic Destroyer" is similar to ones initiated by Russian hackers in the past, cybersecurity experts say. A separate attack may have been carried out by North Korea.

In the age of digital animation, Nick Park and his team at Aardman are still animating with their actual digits; this lovingly made tale of a prehistoric soccer rivalry is full of charm.

Todd Haynes follows up Carolwith this New York fable set in different time periods, but "there's little room left for insight and emotion in this overstuffed cabinet of curiosities."

Angela Robinson's biopic of the colorful sexual triad behind the comic-book character is sweet, but so concerned with rendering their kinkiness as bold and important that it forgets to have fun.

Peter Manseau skillfully weaves together spirituality, technology and the legacy of the Civil War to tell the story of a "spirit photographer" on trial for claiming he could take pictures of ghosts.

The Carolina Panthers kick off their season at home against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. The two teams haven’t played since 2015 when the Panthers…

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