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Drug Giant Pfizer To Merge With Allergan In Deal To Lower Corporate Taxes

The deal will create the world's largest pharmaceutical company by sales, bringing together the makers of Viagra and Botox.

After their villages were overrun by ISIS last year, hundreds of Yazidis sought safety on Mount Sinjar, a place they consider miraculous. Many families, including this one, refuse to leave the mountain.

Targeted By ISIS, These Yazidis Refused To Leave Their Beloved Mountain

After ISIS took their villages in Iraq, hundreds of members of the religious minority survived on wild plants and tomato paste through a bitterly cold winter on a mountain they consider miraculous.

Stephanie Deutsch's mother hailed from Long Island where she grew up eating oyster stuffing. Her father was from Texas and loved this cornbread stuffing, which the family continues to make.

Don't Mess With My Stuffing: Thanksgiving's Most Hotly Debated Dish

Thanksgiving for most people in America means family, turkey and stuffing. We asked NPR's readers what stuffing they make. Turns out there's a lot of passion and variety when it comes to stuffing.

French gendarmes patrol outside the Printemps department store in Paris, a city that's still on edge and on a security alert after last week's deadly terrorist attack.

In Paris, Security Checks For Shoppers — And Children

On a famous shopping street in Paris, children climb up to gaze at Christmas displays in shop windows. But inside these venerable stores, security is a top concern.

The youngest child remembered at Chicago's Roseland neighborhood memorial was just one year old.

Amid Growing Youth Violence In Chicago, One Woman Offers A Safety Net

A devastating number of the city's young people have lost their lives to gun violence over the past few years. Diane Latiker has built a program in order to make these children's lives safer.

Brothers Mychael and Jeff Danna composed the music for the new Pixar film <em>The Good Dinosaur</em>. "The entire process of making a music score is additive, so every little detail becomes part of the whole," Mychael says.

The Good Dino-Score: Behind The Music Of Pixar's Latest

Writing music for The Good Dinosaur was a seven-month journey for brothers Mychael and Jeff Danna, not all of it glamorous.

Bryan Bashin, CEO of the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, in San Francisco, started losing his sight in his teens. "Don't just hide," he advises others. "This is not some kind of deep loss. This is just another side of being human."

When A Stranger Leaves You $125 Million

A Seattle businessman left most of his fortune to a blindness organization he never contacted in life. Why the gift? Maybe, the evidence hints, to help others take the psychological leap he couldn't.

Ben de la Cruz

Ben de la Cruz is an award-winning documentary video producer and multimedia journalist. He is currently a senior visuals editor. In addition to overseeing the multimedia coverage of NPR's global health and development, his responsibilities include working on news products for emerging platforms including Amazon's and Google's smart screens. He is also part of a team developing a new way of thinking about how NPR can collaborate and engage with our audience as well as photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, animators, and graphic designers to build new visual storytelling avenues on NPR's website, social media platforms, and through live events.

Nordic items clockwise from top left: sugared cloudberries; Norwegian thick salt-pork pancakes, waffles; thick oven-baked pancake; blood pancakes; pancake torte.

In 'The Nordic Cookbook,' An In-Depth Take On Region's Diverse Cuisine

Looking for a recipe for pickled herring or blood pancakes cooked in reindeer fat? Chef Magnus Nilsson's The Nordic Cookbook has these recipes and nearly 700 others.

Ford Workers Approve Contract With UAW By Slim Margin

With a 51.4 percent vote, the last of the Big Three automakers has approved its new four-year labor contract. The deal, which covers 53,000 workers, raises wages and includes new seniority rights.

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