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The host of All Songs Considered shares the albums he loved this year. Many of Bob Boilen's favorite albums of 2013 were danceable. Many were intimate. Some managed to be both at once.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny plays the puzzle with NPR Puzzle Master Will Shortz and listener Eric Feinstein from Ossining, New York.

We all know the downsides of being poor. But what about the downsides of being rich? This week, we explore the psychology of scarcity...and excess.

At one of the toughest prisons in America, doubling up inmates in cells designed for solitary confinement can lead to violence, and for some who refuse a cellmate, handcuffs and chains.

Following last weekend’s massive snowstorm that buried most of eastern Massachusetts from Boston to Worcester in as much as three feet of snow, there was…

Sure, the Internet is littered with viral cat videos. But recently some bits of audio have drawn millions of listens. Yet it may be too soon to say we're entering a new age of viral audio.

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes a bill that would have required small businesses to guarantee that employees' jobs would be there for them after they take parental leave.

Twenty bodies have been recovered, while five crew members made it to safety. Authorities say they believe the rest of the 39 people aboard the Conception have died since the boat caught fire Monday.

"A much better system would be to keep families together through their immigration proceedings," Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said. "That's what the Obama administration did in 2014."

Kamala Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, represents a series of firsts — being Joe Biden's running mate is the latest. Political leaders and activists are cheering the pick.