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Toxic stress in childhood can lead to a lifetime of health problems and, ultimately, a shorter life. Here's what schools can do to help.

Marilyn Geewax, who recently retired as an NPR business editor, returned to Ohio for her class's 45th reunion. The visit showed how things changed dramatically for retirees in just one generation.

As California battles raging wildfires, "containment" is a term used often by firefighters and in media coverage. But how does it work?

After a decade in the NBA's minor league, Andre Ingram finally got his shot — and he made it count. By the game's end, the rookie with the gray-speckled hair had earned a chorus of "MVP" chants.

Critics pounced after Barr said she was "Ambien tweeting" at 2 in the morning. She also said she believed the target of her tweet, Valerie Jarrett, was Saudi or Jewish or Persian — rather than black.

The president visited U.S. forces who are part of the fight against ISIS, amid criticism of a sudden decision to pull troops from Syria. It's his first such trip since taking office.

With the spate of racist mass violence in recent years, it's helpful to consider past waves of white supremacist activity in the United States and what, exactly, caused those ebbs and flows.

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Understanding the molecular basis of major disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and bipolar is hopeful, because it could help in developing better treatments for them.

The lack of hard currency is a severe problem for the southern African nation.