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After trying one treatment after another for his leukemia, 20-year old Aaron Reid enrolled in a study to test an experimental therapy using modified cells from his own body.

Kelsey Schneck and her fiancé were celebrating when the man who was supposed to marry them broke his leg. Luckily for them the catering company had a staffer who was licensed to marry people.

A couple dozen locals gathered at the Wilmington, N.C. bar Barbary Coast Thursday night as the hurricane approached. The owner says he stocked up on PBR.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston of the South Carolina National Guard about preparations for rescue missions as Hurricane Florence strikes the coast.

Fifty nominated books now remain in contention for prizes in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature — and, in a fresh twist to the annual slate, translated literature.

"We are depleting volumes of water that took hundreds, thousands of years to store. Sooner or later it will run out," says Mexico City's outgoing water system director.

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As Hurricane Florence hits North Carolina, Amanda McKee's only concern is for her animals at 1870 Farm outside Chapel Hill.

The Senate Judiciary committee is slated to vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court next week. He has denied an allegation of sexual misconduct from more than 30 years ago.

The Turtles All The Way Down author says OCD "starts out with one little thought, and then slowly that becomes the only thought that you're able to have." Originally broadcast Oct. 19, 2017.