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NPR's Scott Simon recounts the toll of five years of political violence in the U.S.

Millions of Americans use weed to treat chronic pain, but there's little high quality research on whether it works. New findings suggest it can be effective for low back pain, on par with opioids.

Even years after an arm is amputated, the brain maintains a detailed map of the limb and tries to interact with this phantom appendage.

The banned words list applies to all work done at the largest federal funder of clean energy technology.

In his new book, 'Fair Doses,' epidemiologist Seth Berkley discusses what went right -- and wrong -- with COVID vaccine distribution and whether the world is ready if a new pandemic were to strike.

One hundred years ago this week, the radio barn dance that came to be known as the Grand Ole Opry was first broadcast from Nashville. Being part of the show still matters to country artists today.

With no end in sight to the funding standoff, financial anxiety is growing. One single mom in Colorado raided her retirement savings to get through the shutdown.

Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency because its infant mortality rate has surged. And with Medicaid cuts coming, experts fear the crisis may worsen in other states.

Alexandra is among the people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."

President Trump may have conceded it is easier to send troops into states where governors have asked for them, but Georgetown law professor Stephen Vladeck argues Trump could try to get around that.