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Rosemary Navarro, 40, looks through old childhood photographs at her home in La Habra, Calif. Her mother, Rosa Maria Navarro, passed away in 2009 from Alzheimer's.

Early Alzheimer's Gene Is A Curse For Families, A Gift For Science

They couldn't figure out why so many relatives got Alzheimer's in their 40s. Then they found out they share the rare Jalisco mutation. Their tragedy is helping scientists untangle the disease.

Early Alzheimer's Gene Is A Curse For Families, A Gift For Science

They couldn't figure out why so many relatives got Alzheimer's in their 40s. Then they found out they share the rare Jalisco mutation. Their tragedy is helping scientists untangle the disease.

A woman talks with members of the Chicago Police Department at the scene where at least six people were shot on Sunday. Dozens of people were shot over the holiday weekend in Chicago.

Over Holiday Weekend, Dozens Shot In Chicago; At Least 11 Killed

It has been a violent year in Chicago, and Christmas weekend offered no respite. "We have a traumatized city," one woman who works with victims' families tells NPR.

A fatal collision on Interstate 5 North in Del Mar, June 24, 2015.

Fatal Crash Snarls Traffic On Interstate 5 North

An 85-year-old motorist died Wednesday in a predawn chain-reaction accident involving four vehicles on Interstate 5.

A sign asks for $15 minimum wage outside the McDonald's on Tierrasanta Boulevard in San Diego, June 5, 2015.

New California Laws Bump Up Minimum Wage, Tighten Gun Rules

A higher minimum wage, a ban on using "Redskins" as the name of a school team or mascot, and new restrictions on assault weapons are among the latest California laws taking effect with the new year:

From left: Emmanuel Kwame lost his sight to river blindness as a young man in Ghana; a bed net keeps mosquitoes away from a mother and child in a Somalian hospital; extracting a guinea worm from an infected person.

Wins And Losses In Global Health In 2016

The editor of the New England Journal Of Medicine is a big Red Sox fan. And so he framed the year in global health in baseball terms.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health sent a mobile testing unit to a fire station in Wharton, W.Va., in 2012 to screen coal miners for black lung disease.

Lawmakers Seek Better Count Of Advanced Black Lung Disease Cases

In response to an NPR investigation that shows 10 times the number of cases as currently reported, members of Congress are asking three federal agencies to work together to obtain an accurate count.

A scene from MIDSOMER MURDERS "Things That Go Bump in the Night" featuring Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) and Sgt. Dan Scott (John Hopkins).

MIDSOMER MURDERS: Season 8

Airs Thursdays, March 30 - April 27, 2017 from 10-11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

A soldier fires a Carl Gustav recoilless rifle system during weapons practice in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Heavy weapons like these generate a shock wave that may cause brain injuries.

Pentagon Shelves Blast Gauges Meant To Detect Battlefield Brain Injuries

The military hoped the body-worn sensors would identify troops with brain injuries from a bomb blast. Instead, the sensors showed service members may be at risk from firing their own weapons.

A plaque at the main entrance of Second Presbyterian Church in Charleston, S.C., memorializes Confederate soldiers from the congregation who died during the Civil War.

The Charleston Story: A Knotted Mix Of Race, Grace And Injustice

The story "The Holy City" tells itself, which sometimes emphasizes faith and forgiveness and underplays racism, now includes the conviction of Dylan Roof.

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