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NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and what neurons are responsible.

Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country's military, has died at 81.

The original launched in February 2000 and spawned one of the most successful franchises in video game history. NPR's Susan Stone went hands-on with The Sims shortly after its debut.

Trump has shown an affinity with many of the little guys — what he called in 2017 "the forgotten men and women." But he also has shown an affinity with some of the fattest cats of all.

An NPR listener wonders whether her husband's relationship with a female colleague is too close for comfort. He says she's being competitive for no reason, and that he sees the woman as a 'sister.'

Siegel is the first American to be released as part of this deal. A total of 18 hostages have been released since the ceasefire took effect. Hundreds of Palestinians have been released so far.

The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and Washington, D.C., seeking to block the administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs.

There are several types of fog and they form due to different atmospheric reasons.

A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.