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The NFL's Historical Focus On Size Of Players May Be Changing

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with The Athletic's Lindsay Jones about Kyler Murray and the evolving viewpoint within the NFL on sizing up NFL quarterbacks.

The El Capitan monolith in California's Yosemite National Park, seen in June 2015. On Wednesday, climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell managed a feat in under two hours that most climbers take days to achieve — scaling the famous "Nose" route up the rock.

Landmark Climb: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell Scale El Capitan In Under 2 Hours

The feat has been compared to the four-minute mile or a two-hour marathon — "but vertically," one climber adds. Still, they beat the impossibly steep odds Wednesday in California's Yosemite Valley.

Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, treats victims of rape, tending to their physical and emotional needs. The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Mukwege and to Nadia Murad for their efforts to combat wartime sexual assault.

'Dr. Miracle' Is The Co-Recipient Of The Nobel Peace Prize

That's what they call Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who's treated thousands of women who were raped during conflict. He is a co-recipient of the 2018 prize.

Columbus Changes Needle Program Amid Community Concern

Susan Perez walks down Scott Street in Franklinton with a baby on her hip and two toddlers following close behind.“It's a drug house right now,” she says…

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Workers at a Minnesota health care exchange prepare for opening day on Tuesday.

Insurance Exchanges Will Open To Scrutiny, Curiosity, Confusion

On Tuesday, a key part of the Affordable Care Act is going live: People will be able to buy health insurance from new marketplaces in every state. Researchers and wonks will be intensely interested. Most of the rest of us will be clueless.

Glenda Lima, a surgical tech at Houston Women's Reproductive Services, performs an ultrasound on a patient on Sept. 30. The patient drove to the clinic from Louisiana, and the ultrasound was to determine whether the woman was less than six weeks pregnant and eligible to have an abortion in Texas, which has enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the United States.

Doctors say the Texas abortion ban is complicating other types of medical decisions

The law bans nearly all abortions, and doctors providing pregnancy care are hoping for more clarity soon, as legal challenges continue.

Vaccine protesters hold signs outside Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, on June 26. More than 150 employees either quit or were fired for declining the vaccine.

Nurses Are In Short Supply. Employers Worry Vaccine Mandate Could Make It Worse

President Biden has ordered more than 17 million health care workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Some health care employers fear losing large numbers of workers who don't want the shots.

Barnes & Noble opened this new store in Pikesville, Md., as it began its biggest expansion in years.

How Barnes & Noble turned a page, expanding for the first time in years

After years on the brink, the bookseller is going for a plot twist: Sales are growing and the chain plans to open some 30 new stores. Here's what's changed.

Sourdough loaves made by Fromartz with a bolted white flour from Anson Mills in South Carolina that he says reminded him of the wheat he'd tasted in southern France.

To Make Bread, Watch The Dough, Not The Recipe

One man's quest for the perfect loaf took him to Paris, Berlin, California and Kansas. What he learned can't easily be captured in words. It's a feeling in your fingers that comes from experience.

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