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Modern urban planning sought ways to make life easier. Often, it involved wholesale demolition of large swaths of a city in the service of big “renewal”…

The report comes from Government Executive, a business magazine for senior executives and managers in the federal government's departments and agencies,…

In a spectator's video, referee Gabriel Murta Maciel Barbosa is seen being restrained by another official while he holds his weapon in one hand and points at a manager with the other.

Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share their latest discoveries, from psych pop to gritty garage rock, with plenty of earworms along the way.

The new Daily Show host joked about moving up from the outdoor toilets of his boyhood to indoor toilets. But outdoor latrines actually have their advantages.

Last night, seven weeks after Jon Stewart stepped down as the host of The Daily Show, the new host debuted. Critic David Bianculli says Trevor Noah "gave viewers plenty of reasons to tune in again."

Mahmoud Abbas is set to address the United Nations on Wednesday, capping the day by raising the Palestinian flag alongside those of member states. But back home, his leadership is in doubt.

World leaders agree on at least one thing when it comes to the war in Syria: ISIS is now a global threat that needs to be countered. President Obama chaired a special U.N. summit on the issue, and he says an international coalition is growing — though some countries differ on how to handle Syrian President Bashar Assad.

On Tuesday, students and members of the State College community came together in support of Planned Parenthood after recent attempts by Congress to defund…

Historian Marina Rustow earned a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" — one of 24 winners announced today. She tells NPR's Robert Siegel about her research delving into the Cairo Geniza.