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A man kayaks on Tall Pines Circle in Columbia, S.C., Sunday. Many parts of South Carolina experienced record rainfall over the weekend, triggering widespread flooding.

Death Toll in Record Carolinas Flooding Now At 13

Faced with devastating floods, officials are urging people to stay home and off the roads. Gov. Nikki Haley says she spoke with President Obama about federal help Monday morning.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who is running to be speaker of the House, has some foes in Washington for going after Planned Parenthood and the Secret Service. But his constituents say they appreciate that he stands up for conservative values.

5 Things You Should Know About Jason Chaffetz

The Utah congressman who is challenging House GOP Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is praised for sticking to his core principles and derided for going too hard after Planned Parenthood.

In the past 15 years, states have passed laws intended to reduce the toll of bullying.

Laws To Stop Bullying Can Protect Teens If They're Done Right

Although every state in the nation now has anti-bullying laws, it wasn't clear if they have any bite in stopping bullies, until now. Clear objectives help a lot, researchers say.

Modern, domesticated rice comes in a range of colors, usually described as white, red and black. But collectors have never found black grains in more than a thousand samples of wild rice stored in gene banks. Now geneticists have traced this rare grain's origin and spread.

How 'Forbidden' Black Rice Flourished For Millennia

Once reserved for the exclusive use of Chinese royalty, black rice these days has become the darling of gourmets seeking superior nutrition. Now geneticists have traced where this rare rice came from.

A suspected gang member is detained and accused of collaboration in attacks against the public transport in San Salvador that left nine bus drivers dead and paralyzed the city for three days.

How El Salvador Fell Into A Web Of Gang Violence

Gang violence wasn't always rampant in El Salvador. The Rev. Gerardo Mendez, who works with youth in gang-controlled areas, sat down to talk about how gangs became so powerful in this small country.

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor speaks to the media about the sinking of the container ship El Faro. The Coast Guard has concluded that the ship sank after encountering Hurricane Joaquin on Thursday.

Coast Guard Says Cargo Ship Sank; Body Of 1 Crew Member Found

A relative of one of the ship's crew members says the man likely perished but that the family is still holding out some hope that he could be brought back alive.

Israel Steps Up Security After Deaths Of 8 Israelis, Palestinians

A significant increase in violence has led to the deaths of eight Israelis and Palestinians in recent days, highlighting tensions and prompting an Israeli security crackdown.

Mispronunciations Aside, Computer Speech Has Come A Long Way

We go back in the NPR archives to find a 30-year-old progress report on the development of computer speech from NPR correspondent Ira Flatow. Things have come along quite a bit since then.

Singer Blurs The Lines Between East And West On 'Sounds And Cries Of the World'

Singer Jen Shyu was born in Illinois, but spent years in East Asia, studying regional music, languages and literature. Critic Kevin Whitehead says that Shyu's research echoes throughout her new album.

On Orders From Mao, Researchers Set Off On Nobel-Winning Drug Work

In the 1960s, Chairman Mao Zedong ordered scientists to find a malaria antidote to help ailing soldiers in North Vietnam. Today's Nobel Prize for medicine went to one of those researchers.

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