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Do You Need Extra Screening For Breast Cancer? The Picture Is Blurry

Many women have dense breasts, and they may benefit from other forms of cancer screening beyond mammograms. But none of the options is ideal, and the available data don't make the decision easier.

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Politics

How Do You Teach Politics In The Year Of Donald Trump?

Donald Trump's rise has challenged decades of conventional political wisdom. And that makes teaching political science particularly difficult right now.

How Do You Teach Politics In The Year Of Donald Trump?

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The Two-Way - News Blog

'Early School Leavers' Face Dismal Social And Economic Prospects

40 million young people in the world's largest economies are neither in school, employed nor in any kind of training program. They're called NEETs. Economists say they are a big problem.

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StoryCorps

Years After Police Shooting, Woodcarver's Brother Remembers The Man He Lost

A Native American woodcarver, crossing the street with his carving knife, was killed when an officer mistook him for a threat. "I want them to know him the way I did," his brother says.

Years After Police Shooting, Woodcarver's Brother Remembers The Man He Lost

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Stretched: Working Parents' Juggling Act

Countries Around The World Beat The U.S. On Paid Parental Leave

Out of 193 countries in the United Nations, the U.S. is one of a small handful that do not have a national paid parental leave law. Most of the world reached a standard on this issue decades ago.

Countries Around The World Beat The U.S. On Paid Parental Leave

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Yisrael Kristal sitting in his home in Haifa. Israel. Kristal is a Holocaust survivor and the world's oldest man, according to Guinness World Records. He celebrated his long-delayed bar mitzvah this week at the age of 113. Shula Kopershtouk/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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World's Oldest Man Celebrates His Bar Mitzvah 100 Years Late

Two world wars and the Holocaust derailed Yisrael Kristal's bar mitzvah celebration until he turned 113 years old. His family held the ritual for him this week in Israel.

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New Jersey Commuter Train Was Speeding Before Crash

The train was traveling at twice the speed limit as it entered Hoboken Terminal, according to a preliminary examination of video and data records recovered from the wreckage.

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Prosecutor Leading NSA Secrets Case Is The Ultimate Survivor

Rod Rosenstein has served as U.S. attorney in Baltimore for 11 years, outlasting all of his counterparts in the Bush administration and most from the Obama years, too.

Prosecutor Leading NSA Secrets Case Is The Ultimate Survivor

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Why Busing Didn't End School Segregation

A 50-year-old program in Boston buses students of color from the city into more affluent, mostly white suburbs. But why didn't other place adopt this system of desegregation?

Why Busing Didn't End School Segregation

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Biying Ni cooks dinner in New York City. After coming to the U.S. in 1981, Ni worked as a nanny for many years before retiring in 2000. She continues to make dishes that she grew up with in China's Fujian Province for her friends and family. Bryan Thomas for NPR hide caption

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The Salt

Think 'Chinese Food' Means Lo Mein? Home Cooking Brings More To The Table

A new museum exhibition highlights the vast diversity of Chinese regional cuisines. It features not just celebrity chefs but also immigrant home cooks, for whom the kitchen can be a sphere of comfort.

Think 'Chinese Food' Means Lo Mein? Home Cooking Brings More To The Table

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Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! I Finally Got To Be A Gilmore Girl At Luke's Diner

Like many fans across America, I queued up for hours for a pop-up replica of the show's iconic diner. We were there for free coffee, but the real draw was a taste of the Gilmore Girls way of life.