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It appears to be the first time that Kansas lawmakers have called themselves back into special session using a petition.

"There is no reason to believe this would become a common occurrence," a National Weather Service official says.

Ryan Crocker will depart in mid-summer "for health reasons," the State Department confirms. He has been the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan since July 2011.

The T-shirt's message said, "Rope. Tree. Journalist." The third-party seller who was offering it through Walmart had promised that it would arrive by Christmas Eve.

Increasingly, academic medical centers are joining elite hospitals in mounting national ad campaigns. Their goals include attracting faculty and students — and more patients. But the results of the marketing campaigns are hard to measure, analysts say.

The heavy rainfall has resulted in deadly landslides and flash floods, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

A $99 video game console funded through Kickstarter went on sale this week. Ouya is significantly cheaper than the big-brand consoles and also relies on a different business model. Games are sold through something like an app store, allowing customers to sample them before buying.

Children’s programs across the state are scrambling to deal with grant cuts that take effect at the start of July.The cuts come from a $3.3 million…

Italian food isn't just pasta in red sauce or hearty slabs of lasagna.From fish that's served very simply to bucatini alla gricia (pasta with pork jowl),…

As NPR's senior national correspondent, Linda Wertheimer travels the country and the globe for NPR News, bringing her unique insights and wealth of experience to bear on the day's top news stories.