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Boston Marathon:Grey skies are expected for today's Boston Marathon, but onlookers will be cheering nonetheless. Some 30,000 runners are expected to take…

The Buffalo Bills have fortified their postseason chances by earning their first Thanksgiving Day victory in 44 years. Josh Allen threw for a touchdown…

As a region, the Americas fare quite well in Gallup's new global index of personal well-being, but the U.S. fell from No. 12 to No. 23 worldwide.

MLB:In baseball, in the American League, the Yankees topped Boston 4-1 to clinch an AL wild card spot. Texas beat the Angels 5-3 to clinch a playoff…

After a few moments of review, the top life events people reported in 2013 can read like a 10-sentence short story — perhaps a fable, or a coming-of-age tale. In the U.S., hot topics included the Super Bowl, Pope Francis, and the Harlem Shake.

In the digital age, our online accounts don't die with us. A proposed law might determine what does happen to them. But the tech industry warns the measure could threaten the privacy of the deceased.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Alex Whiting, a former prosecutor at the International Criminal Court and Harvard law professor, to get a sense of how war crimes charges against Assad could work.

Audie Cornish talks to Charlie Jeszeck, who oversaw a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on handling retirement savings when workers change jobs. Jeszeck is the director of Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues at the GAO.

Earlier this week, the NCAA and ACC decided to pull their conferences out of North Carolina, citing the controversial bathroom bill as the reason for their decision. North Carolina State Sen. Tamara Barringer is a Republican who voted for the bill in March, but has since called on lawmakers to repeal the bill. She is one of two Republican senators in the state to do so. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Barringer about why she made that decision.

Molesting or annoying the sea cows is a second-degree offense in Florida. Riding them is out of the question.