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The head of the Food and Drug Administration has been on the job for six years and presided over such controversial decisions as relaxing age restrictions on the Plan B contraceptive.

After a Korean Air executive was enraged by a steward's presentation of macadamia nuts in her first-class cabin, a large South Korean market reports an unlikely side effect.

The watermelon has been Oklahoma's state vegetable — not fruit — for nearly a decade. The poor melon has become a political football, as some lawmakers now want to repeal the its title.

Unlike Charlie Brown, the residents of Reading didn't see beauty in a 50-foot spruce with few branches and an unseemly shape.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is expected to hold a press conference about the grand jury decision in the investigation of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

If you're looking to give a book to a friend or family member this holiday, NPR Books editor Petra Mayer shares her picks.

In 2015, we reported on lots of tech news and uncovered some off-the-wall themes and elements of familiar trends. Can you remember or figure out some of the interesting findings from our coverage?

Ben Carson spoke for just over eight minutes during Thursday's 2 1/2-hour Republican debate, according to NPR's count. Host Fox Business Network had vowed to give the candidates equal time.

At the top of the GOP heap in Wisconsin is surgeon Ben Carson (22%), according to the new Marquette Law School Poll. Behind him are business mogul Donald…

Writer Elizabeth Crook turned the massacre into a novel, "Monday, Monday," which tells the story through characters who were there.