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About 5.5 million people in the U.S. live with Alzheimer's disease, a figure that's growing fast as baby boomers age.

Jason Dalton, who police believe killed six people in a series of shootings late Saturday night, was also charged with two counts of assault with intent to commit murder and eight firearms charges.

How do these buggers manage to find and feast on even the smallest cracks of exposed skin? Well to start, they're really good at sniffing out our B.O.

In the early 20th century, the Chinese faced draconian immigration rules. But owners of a few types of businesses could get special visas. In 1915, restaurants got on that list. The rest is history.

Author Sonia Shah says that urbanization and air travel put the global population at an increased risk for disease. "Zika is a great example of how new pathogens are emerging today," she says.

Remington and its parent company say they can't be sued for the criminal use of their products, citing federal law.

Hear two tracks from the Appalachian songwriter's striking debut, produced by Teddy Thompson.

"Togetherness" on HBO and "Love" on Netflix tell the stories of train wreck relationships that are just realistic enough for comedy.

“Contracts, contracts, contracts—this is the way to clean it up.” What had been a behind-the-scenes struggle for control of state government broke out i...

It sounds like the plot for a terrible horror movie, but the plan to build a rattlesnake colony on an abandoned island in the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts is real. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Tom French of the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.