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When I was growing up, one of my favorite things to do with my grandfather was to go fishing, and especially for channel catfish.One day, when I was about…

A Wichita doctor from Wesley Medical Center is heading home to Nepal. The pediatric intensivist is going on a 4-week medical mission to help victims…

The Kansas Board of Regents says the state's higher education system would lose $48 million from potential spending cuts if legislators do not increase…

A large, international study found that kids born to older parents had higher rates of autism. Having a teen mom or parents with a large gap between their ages also increased the autism odds.

James Billington helped usher the world's largest library into the digital age. The Library of Congress says he will step down on Jan. 1, 2016.

Pope Francis sets up a tribunal to hear cases against senior clergy accused of not protecting children who were abused by priests. A victims' group says the Vatican isn't going far enough.

Gov. Sam Brownback's budget director says state hospitals for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled and the agency that runs them could lose a…

Scientists say the Phoebe ring is "more than 200 times as big across as Saturn itself." They used a special infrared space telescope to get the best look yet at the massive ring of black dust.

While Jeb Bush was governor, Florida had a law requiring some women to list their sexual encounters in the newspaper. What's the controversy all about, and what did Bush have to do with it, exactly?

NPR's Alan Cheuse reviews Paul Lynch's second novel, The Black Snow.