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It was a banner year for the acoustic guitar. NPR Music partner Folk Alley presents the best the genre had to offer.

Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department said the Mississippi officers "caused harm to the entire community who feel that they can't trust the police officers who are supposed to serve them."

Congress may be taking a break for August, but the debate over a health care overhaul isn't. It's just changing venues. For the next five weeks, arguments for and against the plans being put together by President Obama and congressional Democrats will be waged on the airwaves and in individual states and members' districts.

The peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says a pregnancy checkbox on national death certificates inflates the death rate. The CDC "disagrees with the findings."

On America's 249th birthday, we look at the different definitions of America by revisiting NPR's American Anthem series.

Alabama lawmakers propose bills to clarify the state Supreme Court's ruling that frozen embryos are "children." Leaked documents show a Chinese company's hacking operations for the Chinese government.

We kickoff our series Space Camp with a look at space launches. What does hurtling into space feel like? What physics are involved? And what's the "junk" in Earth's orbit?

Officials say they hope their standards can be a model for the country of social studies teaching that is culturally responsive, as student populations grow increasingly diverse.

Menstruation is a taboo subject in China, but women are fighting the stigma with open discussion and campaigns for better access to period products.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - At the U.S. Naval Academy, where the names of the nation's military heroes adorn many buildings, two structures honor the memory of…