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A winning ticket has been sold in Los Angeles for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the 3rd largest in the history of the game.

The Justice Department's inspector general has told lawmakers that he is investigating whether one of the agency's lawyers was dismissed over a rumor about her sexual orientation. The inquiry is part of a larger examination of personnel practices under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Pat Benatar and her husband Neil Giraldo about their 35 years as a music-business power couple.

The British rapper made a trip all the way from the UK just for this Tiny Desk performance and powered through a set that made the personal political.

Most hospitals make little effort to screen patients for tobacco use or to help smokers kick the habit permanently. That's a missed opportunity. Starting this month, though, hospitals can choose to adopt tobacco-cessation measures to help them comply with accreditation standards.

Pakistanis angry over President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the country's chief justice hold their largest demonstration yet.

The singer's Tiny Desk performance is a joy to behold.

Robert Griffiths was placed on administrative leave in early October after a female employee at Olentangy High School accused him of calling her derogatory slurs multiple times.

On Friday — the day Swift released her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department — she smashed the all-time Spotify record for most album streams in a single day, with more than 300 million.

The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Indian Lake killed three, injured 27 and traveled for 31 miles.