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Doctors hand out cholesterol-lowering statins like breath mints, but like any drug they come with risks. Less heart disease, sure, a slightly higher risk of diabetes, too. So what's a person to do?

Maysles and his late brother David made the 1976 film Grey Gardens, a study of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' relatives who lived in squalor in their decaying mansion. He died last week at age of 88.

It is expected to be a prolific season for Texas Hill Country peaches, thanks to some ideal weather conditions this winter. Jamey Vogel, president of the…

The Chinchorros, who lived between modern-day Peru and Chile, mummified their dead at least 2,000 years before the Egyptians. But some mummies have begun to turn to ooze, so scientists investigated.

Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake is one of seven Senate Republicans who did not sign a letter to Iran warning about a nuclear deal with the Obama administration. He speaks with NPR's Melissa Block.

As they try to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, the White House says it does want Congress to have a role — just not now. So, could Republican interference scuttle the whole thing?

Many more women have joined the workforce, but policies haven't caught up – and that's affecting public health.

Peshmerga forces are attacking ISIS in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, while Iraqi forces and Shiite militias are trying to retake Tikrit.

Some Bexar County residents are part of a group that is trying to stop legislation that would allow the state to override local government ordinances. The…

The prize's jury, in its citation, said the German architect had developed "a most sensitive architecture that has influenced countless others throughout the world." Otto died Monday. He was 89.