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For weeks, the song I Can't Wait by Hillary Duff has been in the top three on Radio Disney stations across the country, but elsewhere the song hasn't even made it to the top 50. How can this be? Some critics say that's what happens when a company controls the recording artist, the record label and the radio network. Others say it's just good marketing. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

Oliver Sacks, the acclaimed British-American neurologist and author, has died of cancer at the age of 82.

Nandita Venkatesan of Mumbai, India, has survived two rounds of tuberculosis though one treatment caused her to go deaf. She now advocates for other TB patients and survivors.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg believes there's value in writing by hand — but he doesn't see why the letters have to connect. "You may as well dictate what song we all have to sing in the shower," he says.

Ailsa Chang talks to journalist and author Luke Harding, who writes for The Guardian, about the dossier from Fusion GPS which outlined President Trump's alleged ties to Russia.

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Candidates meet for final debate of general election cycle

Ahead of Election Day, Illinois statehouse reporter Mawa Iqbal checked in with the Illinois Board of Elections. Here's what you need to know about keeping your voting registration active.

Emerging tools may make it easier for the public to detect fake online videos, and more difficult for generative AI systems to create them.