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Six people in Memphis have been diagnosed with the measles and there have been numerous outbreaks of mumps.

As a way to encourage communication between people from different countries, Sweden invited people from all over the world to call a number which would connect them to random Swede.

The current method of vaccine production, which requires the incubation of flu virus in chicken eggs, may not be up to the task of protecting people from a new strain of deadly flu.

Iraqis have voted in large numbers in the country's first multi-party elections in more than half a century. A string of suicide bombings and mortar attacks, mostly in Baghdad, left at least 30 people dead and dozens wounded. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

People who lost their family and homes in the surprise incursion into Israel by Hamas reckon with the aftermath.

Freight rail workers had threatened to strike Friday. The unions were unhappy about a policy that penalizes workers who take unscheduled time off, including for medical needs.

After the abrupt ending of Chappelle's Show,Neal Brennan turned to stand-up. "I needed to be more self-determining, and the most self-determining thing you can do in comedy is stand-up," he says.

The actor talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about struggling with typecasting after Happy Days,his family's immigration story and about how he found out in his 30s that he had dyslexia.

School shootings, social media, beauty standards. 13-year-olds Erika Young and Norah Weiner delve into what middle school looks like today in their award-winning podcast.

A hometown hero is being laid to rest in Louisville, Ky., Friday, as Muhammad Ali, the boxer and humanitarian, is being buried. Fans from far and wide have come to the city to pay their respects.