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The failure of an experimental drug that targets clumps of protein inside the brains of Alzheimer's patients called into question one of the leading theories about the cause of the dementia.

Mechanical failure is speculated as the likely cause of the Christmas plane crash that killed 92, although not all officials are ready to dismiss terrorism as a motive.

Tonight we'll enjoy Erich Korngold's Violin Concerto, adapted from some of his best-known Hollywood film scores, including The Adventures of Robin Hood.

The automotive industry had a good year in sales. It had an even better year in innovation.

"Opportunity disregarded," is the way author Bob Mehr describes the band's career, which started when they formed in Minneapolis in 1979 and ended when the broke up in 1991.

In Avid Reader, an autobiographical account of his long life in editing and publishing, 85-year-old Robert Gottlieb says in a prefatory note that he…

They were used to clap back at a racist cartoon and express grief for the Syrian war. The world in 2016, captured in hashtags.

The White House announced Thursday a number of actions in response to what it calls cyber-attacks aimed at the U.S. "All Americans should be alarmed by Russia's actions," President Obama said.

The mixed-race genizaros, whose history stretches back to the 17th century, smash the conventional notion that New Mexican identity is defined as either the noble Spaniard or the proud Pueblo Indian.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with John Eligon of the New York Times who embedded with Chicago's Black Disciples gang to learn more about what's causing the spike in gun violence in Chicago.