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After West Nile virus left her paralyzed, the Chicago illustrator had to relearn how to draw. She says that experience was key to the publication of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters.

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Untreated inmates are 12 times more likely to overdose in the first two weeks after they are released. But one drug may offer a solution.

Sharp, 34, was part of the U.N. "Group of Experts" tasked with conflict resolution in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Trump administration may be willing to live with some of the most controversial provisions of the trade agreement, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Federal investigators have begun looking into what caused the wreck 75 miles west of San Antonio. The victims, who ranged in age from 61 to 87, were returning from a retreat.

"I am not impressed that the Congress is sufficiently united to do a careful job," longtime Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton tells Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson.

Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Deirdre Fernandes, business reporter with The Boston Globe, about the bank's practices, and the settlement.

Canada declared the Sinixt extinct decades ago. But the tribe is back in Canada, thanks in large part to a landmark court case.

Some advocates say the new bill isn't enough, and it remains to be seen if the repeal will pass.

In a highlight of its live set for KCRW, the Los Angeles indie-pop group plays the first single from Plural.

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"China's law does not really encourage people to defend themselves, because that would be encouraging them to rise up and resist [authority]," a Chinese lawyer noted.

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U.S. prosecutors say they'll seek to compel Edgar Veytia to forfeit some $250 million if he's convicted. He was arrested this week in San Diego.

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The U.S. secretary of state's remarks at a joint news conference punctuated a day of delicate discussions in Turkey, which is facing a number of issues at home and abroad.

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The sunken Hero, an Antarctic research vessel from the 1960s, is leaking oil into Willapa Bay, where more than half of the state's oysters are grown. And no one knows how to remove it.

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Hear the "Fast Car" singer talk about her self-titled debut album in this 1988 interview from All Things Considered.

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President Trump seems to have given the U.S. military a freer hand — but without apparent diplomatic or political strategies to accompany the increased military engagement.

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The study builds on previous evidence linking loneliness to more serious health problems, but the findings do not link the sheer size of a person's social network to cold symptom severity.

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Also: President Trump invites China's president to his Florida resort, Seattle will sue the Trump administration over sanctuary cities; and David Friedman is the new U.S. ambassador to Israel.

Alabama's humid sense of wonder runs through The Secret Sisters' third album, You Don't Own Me Anymore. Visual folk artists Butch Anthony and John Henry Toney appear in the duo's new video.

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There's new music coming from Black Keys guitarist and songwriter Dan Auerbach — despite the fact that the video for his new song clearly shows he's been abducted by aliens.

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