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Dad jokes aren't just a thing of the present: NPR's Scott Simon has the details on the "Liber Patavinus" - a book of humor for Ancient Rome.

Madelyn Beck is a regional Illinois reporter, based in Galesburg. On top of her work for Harvest Public Media, she also contributes to WVIK, Tri-States Public Radio and the Illinois Newsroom collaborative.

See what albums NPR listeners picked in our year-end poll for the best music of 2013.

Democrats will try the same budgetary process from four decades ago when first-year President Ronald Reagan used reconciliation to achieve his "revolution" in federal fiscal policy.

Monday's WNBA Draft is the latest jewel in the crown of Bueckers, the 6-foot guard who barely a week ago led her UConn Huskies to their first national championship in a decade.

Retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky was suspended from his contracting role with the Army and is under investigation after replying to a tweet from first lady Jill Biden on abortion rights.

It's like sliding off the top of a 15-story building on nothing more than an air mattress. The giant Verrückt water slide stands at 168 feet tall.

After a mostly scoreless game, the Los Angeles Dodgers blasted ahead of the Houston Astros in the top of the ninth inning with five runs, evening up the best-of-seven series Saturday, now 2-2.

A new survey of the best cities for business finds that affordability is more important than being fashionable. As a result, Inc. magazine put Riverside and San Bernardino, Calif., and the New Jersey cities of Camden and Newark high on its list. See the magazine's lists of the best and worst places for companies to thrive.

Hispanic women in California are earning the lowest amount of any race, anywhere, in the United States.