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Benjamin Franklin, who has been has been called the most multi-talented figure in American history, spent some 16 years of his life in London. His life and accomplishments there are on display in the newly restored house where he lived.

The conflict in Sudan's western region of Darfur has raged for four years. More than 200,000 people have been killed, and more than two million have been driven from their homes. But there are optimists in the midst of the tragedy.

Two new biographical studies that read like novels explore the familial relationships that shaped two of the 19th century's most beloved authors. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls Great Expectations: The Sons And Daughters Of Charles Dickens "a Gothic nightmare" and Marmee & Louisa "a romance."

NPR's Jerome Vaughn reports from Chicago on the growing popularity of meal preparation and delivery services. The businesses offer healthy meals to customers too busy to cook and calculate diet requirements.

The Break Bakers Build Team USA has won the top prize at the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, a grueling Olympic-style competition held in Paris every three years.

Groups of voters living in states that pollsters consider to be already decided in the presidential race are traveling to battleground states where they can have more of an impact. Hear NPR's Juan Williams.

A home builder in Southern California is battling a softening real esate market by taking advantage of an abundant local resource: actors. The Centex company has hired four actors to play a family "living" in one of their model homes -- a performance called Homelife.

A trailer burned in a fire that crews contained Sunday on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in southeast Montana.The fire started northwest of the…

The singer-songwriter channels Whitney Houston, Alanis Morissette and The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan in her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

The Alt.Latino favorite comes together virtually to perform a handful of songs from the band's latest album, Invisible People.