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Over 5,000 Iraqis needed medical care after the country was hit by a severe sand storm. Such storms are not uncommon there, but their increasing frequency and severity has climate experts concerned.

As climate change makes heatwaves more common, NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Brigitte Clements, from the Architects Climate Action Network, about what cities like London can do to adapt infrastructure.

On MTV these days, you're more likely to catch a reality show than any music. As Spin.com editor Craig Marks tells NPR's Scott Simon, Sunday's VMA awards will play homage to television from the past.

Democrats this week introduced a rare procedural move to force a vote on the Dream Act, while Republicans rolled out a conservative-friendly option aimed at resolving the legal status of Dreamers.

Mountain Rose Herbs opened more than 20 years ago as a home-based, mail-order company. Now it sends herbs, spices and essential oils to more than one-quarter of a million customers. The appeal of its organic, zero-waste policies may give this company a necessary edge in a poor economy.

The Hall of Fame catcher known as much for his quotable malapropisms as for his career alongside fellow Yankees legends Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle died Tuesday at home in New Jersey.

When Paul Greenberg started fishing as a kid in the '70s, he didn't have to think twice about dwindling wild fish populations. That was before the world nearly doubled its fish consumption. Four Fish is Greenberg's investigation into the future of the last wild food.

Many communities still operate antiquated water meters that can leave residents with huge bills if a pipe breaks. One Alabama resident had to contend with a nearly $20,000 bill.

New evidence shows bempedoic acid works to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attacks, without the muscle pain that some people suffer when taking statins.

The justices struggled to decide whether to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to the multi-billion dollar Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal--a deal meant to compensate victims of OxyContin.