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The Philadelphia 76ers have lost their last 15 games. As sportswriter Stefan Fatsis notes, the team's losing streak has raised a question: Are some NBA teams trying to lose to get a better draft pick?

The authors of a new book argue that efforts to raise achievement for students at the bottom have come at the expense of the most gifted and talented.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is voting on the judicial nomination of Emil Bove, a top Justice Department leader at the center of controversy this year.

After briefly ceding to Sabrina Carpenter, “I Had Some Help" is back on top of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is still No. 1 over on the Billboard 200 albums chart — she’s holding strong at ten weeks.

Genesis is all about luxury, but high-value luxury where you get more than you pay for, or expect to pay. Here in the top-level GV70 Sport Prestige, the styling is fresh, the power raw, and the cockpit elegant.

A curfew has been lifted, the day after a series of explosions hit churches and hotels. David Greene talks to freelance journalist Lisa Fuller in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to freelance journalist Nadja Drost about what the Colombian peace deal, which was ratified Wednesday, means for the FARC rebels. Drost lives in Bogota and is making a documentary about the FARC. She's been visiting FARC camps for two years.

NPR's Jackie Northam was a freelance reporter based in Kenya when the Rwandan genocide erupted. In this essay, she recalls covering those terrible events and trying to make sense of them afterward.

Steve Inskeep talks to Vice Media founder and CEO Shane Smith about the reasons behind the rapid growth of his news and entertainment firm. Vice magazine migrated to videos, the Web and documentaries.

A member of the Count Basie and Duke Ellington Orchestras, Terry also enjoyed a long freelance career which included jazz education and a featured slot in NBC's Tonight Show band. He was 94.