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FDA seems poised to approve a new drug for ALS, but does it work?

In March, experts who advise the FDA questioned the efficacy of an experimental new drug for ALS. In September, they voted to approve it anyway.

Legendary mobster-turned-informant Henry Hill, shown in 2005, died Tuesday in a Los Angeles hospital after a long illness. He was 69.

Ex-Wiseguy Henry Hill Always Had 'A Ringside Table'

Henry Hill, the mobster-turned-informant portrayed by Ray Liotta in the film Goodfellas, died Tuesday at age 69. Author Nicholas Pileggi talks about the colorful figure he profiled in the 1986 book Wiseguy, which became the basis for Goodfellas.

Karolina Attspodina, a Ukrainian-born tech entrepreneur who launched the startup We Do Solar in Berlin, with one of her company's solar panels. Attspodina's work is part of nationwide push to get Germans to use less energy and lessen dependence on Russian oil.

As Germany struggles in energy crisis, more turn to solar to help power homes

A Ukrainian-born entrepreneur in Berlin who launched a startup selling DIY solar panels has seen her business boom, as the country's reliance on Russian gas causes utility bills to skyrocket.

Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Vyasna rights group, stands in a defendants' cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, in 2021.

Here's what to know about the Nobel Peace Prize winners

The winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize are recognized, the Nobel Committee said, for years of protecting the fundamental rights of citizens in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Bart Ehrman's 'Misquoting Jesus'

Scholar Bart Ehrman's new book explores how scribes — through both omission and intention — changed the Bible. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why is the result of years of reading the texts in their original languages.

District Attorney's Death Sets Texas Town On Edge

Steve Inskeep talks to Tanya Eiserer, a reporter for The Dallas Morning News, about the latest on the weekend shooting of the district attorney of Kaufman, Texas. Two months earlier, an assistant district attorney was gunned down on the way to work in the same county.

The aurora australis over Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 2009. A new report from the National Science Foundation finds sexual harassment and assault are a major problem at remote facilities.

Sexual harassment and assault plague U.S. research bases in Antarctica, report says

A new report commissioned by the National Science Foundation finds a culture of silence and fear among employees at U.S.-run facilities in Antarctica.

Larry Haskell has been the Spokane County Prosecutor since he won election in 2014. He says he's focused on the fallout of the Blake decision, which decriminalized drug possession, and police reform laws.

Three challengers to incumbent Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell say his office needs a culture change

A current and former employee are challenging Haskell, as well as a Spokane pastor who renewed her law license to run against him.

U.N. General Assembly votes to condemn Russia's annexations in Ukraine

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield following a vote by the U.N. General Assembly to condemn Russia's annexations in Ukraine.

Quake aid to Syria highlights complications of getting help to a place mired in war

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Joshua Landis of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma about the physical and political hurdles for delivering earthquake relief to Syria.

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