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The protest follows a series of violent attacks against guards. Unions representing the prison workers are calling for better security and pay raises.

Popular DNA ancestry tests don't always find what people expect. That is because of how DNA rearranges itself when egg meets sperm — and the quirks of genetic databases.

The partial federal shutdown that went into effect at midnight on Friday has a broad impact, from closing Independence Hall to furloughs at the Department of Education.

Calexico singer Joey Burns has spent 20 years in the American Southwest but grew up on SoCal beaches. He talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his band's ninth studio album, The Thread That Keeps Us.

Witnesses said there were at least four gunmen who were wearing army uniforms. A fight with Afghan security forces lasted more than 13 hours before the government said all attackers were killed.

The French president and several celebrity chefs mourned the loss of a man who helped re-imagine French cuisine.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Roger McNamee, a former mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and an early investor in Facebook. He believes the company threatens democracy because it has helped spread fake news.

Senators could not reach an agreement to avert a government shutdown that began Saturday morning.

Take a pinch of Hitchcock, a bit of Gone Girl, stir in a mysterious author and you've got the recipe for something unusual: One of the rare debut novels to hit number one its first week on the market.