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People still think that abuse of opioid painkillers is something that criminals do, a study of news media coverage finds. Options like expanded access to treatment are rarely mentioned.

The scientist involved in the name has an appropriately macabre favorite song from the group.

They had initially thought the object 4 billion miles from Earth looked like a snowman. The New Horizons spacecraft flew by it on New Year's Day, and new images give scientists a clearer picture.

The pope underwent "a laparotomy and abdominal wall surgery under general anesthesia" on Wednesday, the Holy See's official news portal says. The pope had complained of abdominal pain on Tuesday.

Nashville has always nurtured a small but serious jazz culture. Meet up with some of its enterprising artists and get a crash course in Nashville's hidden jazz history.

"It was the size of my body, and it was the best thing I've ever done," says biologist and wildlife host Lizzie Daly.

The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank is offering two food distribution days in December and numerous virtual ways to contribute.

We're looking to tell the story of how school and learning have changed around the country. Parents, if you want to help - have your kids create a postcard, and you can send it to us at NPR.

Hungry poll-goers can now fulfill their civic duty and fill their bellies with the help of Pizza to the Polls, an organization that delivers free, hot pies to crowded voting stations.

The court's decision reopened a lawsuit that invalidates a protected area in Brazil's Amazon.