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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Weekend Edition's Technical Director Stu Rushfield, and his sister Debbie, about their late parents' romance, legacy and values. Their mother, Sally, died Friday.

The Illinois Secretary of State’s office will hold a hearing later this month.

Wiley Cash's new novel follows two sisters whose errant father kidnaps them out of foster care after their mother dies. Cash tells NPR's Rachel Martin about his decision to set the story during Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's 1998 home run battle.

Stephen Lipp has gone through Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Hurricane Harvey in Texas. By now, he's learned a few things about dealing with disaster.

Unit 5 is facing pushback from its high school teachers over the rollout of a new grading system that educators say is confusing parents and students and…

Blues-rocker Anthony Gomes says he's donating a portion of the proceeds of his Friday show at the Castle Theatre to the Twin Cities-based HEAL Foundation,…

San Francisco's homelessness solution is one that was once thought unthinkable: city-sanctioned open-air encampments. The advent of COVID-19 forced city leaders to make the difficult decision.

Margot Kidder's acting career spanned decades, from TV series in the late 1960s to seven films in the past five years.

"Pope Francis was visibly moved as he met the refugees who fled a military crackdown in Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh," NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

A former mayor and his wife, who has been a longtime volunteer and advocate, are among the McLean County Museum of History's newest History Makers.Museum…