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In her new book, Stacy Schiff evokes the world of Salem, Mass., and the bitter winter of 1692 when 19 people were hanged for witchcraft. Reviewer Maureen Corrigan calls The Witches a "haunting" tale.

During his decades-long career, oncologist Vincent DeVita helped develop the combination chemotherapy regimen that cures most cases of Hodgkin's lymphoma. His new book is The Death of Cancer.

With 1.5 million deaths a year, tuberculosis has passed HIV/AIDS.

The Nation's Report Card came out today, and the news is not good, especially on the math front.

Hillary Clinton has been talking about women's issues since long before she was a presidential candidate. Throughout the early months of this campaign season, she went out of her way to talk about being a grandmother and how that framed her thinking about the presidency. But in days since her 11 hour testimony before the Benghazi Committee, Clinton has amplified that push for women voters and her talk of making history.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement the Obama administration is trying to sell to Congress includes a seemingly obscure and controversial provision. It's called the Investor-State Dispute Settlement, or ISDS among wonks. NPR explains why that provision is drawing criticism.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is proposing legislation to combat an increasing number of debt collectors who are harassing consumers over debt they no…

Eight candidates are running for four positions on the Syracuse school board. This comes after an impressive showing by Democrats in the primary.Tim…

NPR kept track of how long every candidate spoke during the third debate. Fiorina ended up with the most time.

The Green family, which owns the craft store giant, plans to exhibit its large collection of religious artifacts in the Museum of the Bible.