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Our summer-long series of road trips continues with a visit to the Integratron, a dome built by a former aeronautical engineer intended to prolong human life using "electrostatic energy." The facility was inspired by a visitation from an extraterrestrial.

It was a day of aftershocks, funerals and frantic rescues Sunday in Morocco. More than 2,100 people are confirmed dead since Friday's earthquake.

After a meteoric rise, GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is now polling in the single digits. But she's still plowing ahead with her campaign, and this week she came out with a memoir. The Minnesota congresswoman talks with co-host Steve Inskeep about Core of Conviction and aiming to win the nomination.

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch appeared before the Leveson media inquiry on Wednesday.

The British tend to believe they invented pretty much every form of sport. They're even convinced they dreamed up the modern Olympic Games — thanks to an exercise-mad 19th century doctor.

Dr. T. Berry Brazelton has been studying babies for the better part of the last century. Now 95 years old, the renowned pediatrician is the author of more than 30 books on child development. He talks about his latest book, and how babies themselves can teach us how to be better parents.

The Town of Normal is helping the National League of Cities observe its centennial. A century ago, most mid-sized and small cities and towns were agriculture support centers, in essence market towns.

As the number of wind and solar farms grow, officials in some Midwest states are taking steps to counter local opposition to the projects,

Illinois public schools wishing to teach their students about the dangers of overdoses and substance use disorder now have a blueprint to do so from the state.

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with Congressional Gold Medals, the highest award given to citizens by Congress.