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A South Carolina teen who identified as "gender nonconforming" filed and won a federal lawsuit alleging sex discrimination after DMV officials told her she could not wear makeup in her license photo.

The official cause of death was an accident. Friends believe her husband had beaten her. Yet no one will speak up — part of the hush that descends over domestic abuse in India.

The Brazilian performer was a huge hit with American audiences who loved her outrageous costumes and beautiful voice. But she's been less appreciated in her homeland — until now.

Researchers set hungry mosquitoes loose on identical and fraternal twins. They found that inherited genes do play a role in making you a mosquito magnet.

A jury in Iowa acquitted a man who had been criminally charged for having sex with his wife, who had Alzheimer's. Very few care facilities have policies on dementia, sex and consent.

Donald Palumbo is the Metropolitan Opera's chorus master. He tells Fresh Air about "stagger breathing," the ways singers protect their voices and his own lack of formal training.

A tireless anti-death penalty advocate, Clarke has represented notorious criminals, including Ted Kaczynski and Jared Loughner.

Many Pennsylvania municipalities are already taking steps towards reforming their pension plans. Because municipalities cannot legally break pension…

The human-trafficking measure had been stuck in the Senate because of an impasse over language on abortion funding. That has now been resolved.

Italian criminologist Andrea Di Nicola spent two years traveling with the traffickers. He explains who they are and how they operate.