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Parents in a networking group for missing children were at a strategy dinner Monday night, discussing the terrors of Internet exploitation and the need for better communication with law enforcement, when news out of Cleveland hit somebody's smartphone and reverberated through the hotel conference room.

The country was just beginning to worry about nuclear fallout, and the Air Force wanted to reassure people that it was OK to use atomic weapons. And so on July 19, 1957, five Air Force officers stood on a patch of ground in the Nevada desert and waited for the bomb to drop.

Former SNL cast member Julia Sweeney has written a new memoir of her life as a Midwestern mother. She speaks to NPR's Scott Simon about her decision to adopt from China, how her daughter got to be named Mulan (yes, after the Disney character), and gaining a new appreciation for her own mother.

Survivors of torture may be left with deep psychological wounds that can linger long after their physical injuries have healed. Even so, some manage to carry on despite their horrifying experiences.

The latest in our Broken Border series looks at what border security really means and whether the United States has reached its goal.

Amazon.com is pushing to overturn a California law requiring the firm to collect sales tax on internet purchases from California consumers.

Many years ago, in the early days of public television, there was a man known to kids simply as Mister Rogers. For over 30 years, Mister Rogers would start his show by entering a living room, wearing a suit jacket. He’d walk to the closet and switch it out for a cardigan sweater, all the while singing, “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.”

Each month, the Labor Department issues an employment report. On Friday, that report showed job creation rose in October -- and it revealed something more.

Allegations of the existence of a secret network of doctors and nuns who stole newborn babies and sold them for adoption are reviving a dark chapter in Spain's recent history.

For the anniversary of the Civil War battle, we wanted to re-create the original images.