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Marva Whitney Remembered, Heartland Virus, Benedictines of Mary

Marva Whitney Remembered In Kansas CityIconic funk and soul singer Marva Whitney was laid to rest Saturday at Forest Hill Cemetery in Kansas City. She…

Thanksgiving Dinner With A Lighter Touch

The holidays are a time of tradition, especially at the dining table. But America is a nation of blended tastes, so there's also room to experiment,…

Some of the men imprisoned by a criminal gang in Pakistan's illicit kidney trade return to the apartment in Rawalpindi where they were held by force.

In Pakistan, Illegal Kidney Trade Flourishes As Victims Await Justice

Sophisticated criminals prey on the poor, luring them with false promises of lucrative jobs before depriving them of their organs. The "kidney mafias" benefit from powerful political connections.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. He faces questions about the company's influence.

Mark Zuckerberg Offers A Choice: The Facebook Way Or The China Way

At a congressional hearing, the CEO acknowledged he is not "the ideal messenger" for Facebook's digital currency plan, but said innovation is essential to American financial leadership.

Close Read: Reviewing State Of The Union Address

Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep and NPR reporters give a "close read" of President Obama's State of the Union speech. In some cases they are checking facts. In others, they are asking what some parts of the speech really mean.

Marta Elsie Leveron, 19, (left) and her brother Freddy David Leveron, 18, have not seen their father since he left El Savador to work in California in 1999. A new U.S. program allows families to reunite if one parent is a legal U.S. resident. The girl in the middle is Liliana Beatriz Leveron, 16, a cousin of the other two. Her parents are in the U.S. and she's seeking to reunite with them as well.

A Father In California, Kids In El Salvador, And New Hope To Reunite

Unaccompanied minors surged across the U.S. southern border last year, fleeing violence in Central America. This year the Obama administration hopes to forestall a new wave with a quiet new program.

University of Missouri students hang out on MU's Francis Quadrangle in front of the columns Sept. 18, 2020, in Columbia, Missouri.

Here's how undocumented students in Kansas and Missouri can still get college financial aid

Federal and state aid aren’t options for undocumented students in Missouri and Kansas, but they can still find scholarships to pay for college.

An Emotional Gauntlet: Tornado Survivors Start Picking Up The Pieces

As it roared through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, packing winds of up to 200 mph, the twister flattened buildings. Searchers continue to look for survivors and those who were killed.

Lettuce grows in rows stacked on top of each other and bathes under strips of LED lighting at Nebullam in Ames, Iowa.

Indoor farming delivers super-fresh produce to cities, but its energy use creates a 'conundrum'

Vertical farms stack rows of plants on top of each other. Those indoor farms control the lighting, water and temperature to create ideal conditions to grow fresh produce year-round close to customers. But the industry relies on artificial lighting and has a large carbon footprint.

David Folkenflik

David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

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