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When Father James Martin's dad was dying, a nun named Sister Janice Farnham went out of her way to visit him.

Global music icon Taylor Swift is engaged to football player Travis Kelce, of the Kansas City Chiefs, after about two years of dating. They shared the news on Tuesday in a joint post on Instagram.

Guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds, who was a member of the heavy metal band Mastodon, died this week. For over two decades, Hinds and his bandmates were known within the metal scene for complex riffs and epic storytelling. The 51-year-old was involved in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta.

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews Tangerines, an unconventional war drama that was this year's Estonian nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mississippi state Sen. Derrick Simmons, a Democrat, after lawmakers in that state voted on Sunday to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.

Ten years ago, black Lab mix Abby ran away from home. Now, she has been reunited with her owner Debra Suierveld, who tells NPR's Scott Simon that Abby has fit right back in with the family.

Pasadena Humane has taken in more than 400 pets needing shelter from the fires, cats to cockatoos, dogs to donkeys.

Richard Greenberg, the Tony Award-winning playwright behind Take Me Out, has died at a nursing home in Manhattan. He was 67.

Professors and students at the University of South Florida mapped pitch, rhythm and duration to data about algae blooms and depletion of coral reefs to create an original composition.

Melvin Barcliff, who went by Magoo, collaborated with Timbaland, Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams. He emerged from a Virginia Beach rap crew that produced several future superstars.