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#GivingTuesday pulled in $46 million in charitable donations in 2014.

Love It Or Hate It, #GivingTuesday Has Become 'A Thing'

Ho ho ho, you've shopped till you've dropped a bundle. Now along comes #GivingTuesday. Is this the best way to encourage charity in the holiday season?

We Read Donald Trump's New Book, So You Don't Have To

With presidential candidates' books, substance is beside the point.

Jorje Mendez has lost more than 45 pounds through weightlifting and other lifestyle changes. Trainer Johnny Gonzales, right, helps prediabetic patients at the gym he set up at the Lake County Tribal Health Clinic in California.

California Tribe Puts A Gym In The Clinic To Fend Off Diabetes

The tribal health clinic in Lakeport, Calif., includes a gym where patients of all ages with prediabetes get free fitness training, along with diet advice. The goal: Stop diabetes before it starts.

Mississippi Couple Accused Of Trying To Join ISIS

The newlyweds were arrested at the airport in Columbus on Saturday. The Department of Justice said it had been monitoring the pair since May.

Adam Robert, a boy with albinism, draws under a tree in northern Tanzania.

Tanzanian Diplomat Attacks Film About Attacks On Albinos

He says the documentary, about a boy who had three fingers hacked off for their purported magic power, is farfetched. People with albinism don't agree.

For Ex-Pats In Afghanistan, A Cranberry Dish To Relish Far From Home

In 2011, about 100 Americans living and working in Kabul gathered for a Thanksgiving feast a long way from family. But a dish familiar to many NPR listeners helped bring them a taste of home.

Global warming skeptic Fred Singer is featured in the new documentary, "Merchants of Doubt."

'Merchants Of Doubt' Suggests We're All Being Conned

San Diego magician Jamy Ian Swiss explains his role as a 'skeptical activist' in the documentary

Donald Trump's direct message on bombing ISIS seemed to resonate louder than all the others.

Why 'Bomb The S*** Out Of Them' Sounds Pretty Good To A Lot Of Voters Right Now

Pundits have been wrongly predicting Donald Trump's downfall in the presidential race for months. The latest conventional wisdom says after Paris, he will fade. But that might be very wrong.

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Airs Monday, Jan. 30, 2017 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Mahafreen Mistry at 16, just after she made her decision to say goodbye to math forever.

I Hated Math! But Should I Have Dropped It When I Was 15? #15Girls

She had to decide: Stick with math — ugh — and keep open career options in the sciences or go for the liberal arts. Looking back, she wishes she didn't have to make that choice.

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