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A landmark federal study was halted when early results showed that lowering patients' top blood pressure number to 120 or lower led to dramatic reductions in heart disease and deaths.

Aggressively Lowering Blood Pressure Saves Lives, Study Finds

A huge federal study was halted early when a preliminary analysis of the results found clear evidence that lowering blood pressure can slash heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and deaths.

Hillary Clinton waits behind a curtain before a rally at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee on Thursday. She continues to struggle to explain her use of a private email server while secretary of state.

Fact Check: Hillary Clinton's Email Defense Is A Mixed Bag

Hillary Clinton's campaign posted a four-point defense of her use of a private email server as secretary of state. But there's more nuance in those points than the campaign lets on.

Making Sure College Is Worth The Cost

When it comes to choosing public, private or community college, money is only part of the equation.

The Food and Drink Museum will open in its first permanent home – a mini-museum in Brooklyn — in October. The plan is to move into a bigger, final home by 2019. Above, an artist's rendering shows one potential exhibit – on ready-to-eat cereal — in MOFAD's final space. In the foreground is an extruder, a giant machine used to cook and shape cereal.

A Food Museum Grows In Brooklyn

An ambitious plan to create an interactive, world-class museum dedicated to the edible comes closer to reality. The Museum of Food and Drink will have its first permanent home starting next month.

A general view from inside the Grand Mosque shows part of a large crane that collapsed on the mosque on Friday. The civil defense authority of Saudi Arabia has confirmed scores of people were killed and many more wounded.

At Least 107 Dead In Crane Collapse At Mecca's Grand Mosque

High winds apparently caused the crane to topple at a time when Muslims from around the world are converging on the city as part of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

#NPRreads: Counting Casualties And Reauthorization Of The State Department

Also this week: Instead of "hit and run," it's often "hit to kill" in China. And, the demise of the liberal arts degree.

Roller skates and string lights hang from a wooden pagoda in the center of the roller rink in Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront.

To Hook Investors, Philly Baits The Waterfront With Low-Cost Parks

Philadelphia has tried and failed to lure developers to revamp its waterfront. So now it's sprucing it up on the cheap: a roller rink, string lights, hammocks and beer vendors. And it's working.

This year, many of the pistachios grown in California's San Joaquin Valley are missing the green, fatty meat that nut lovers crave. Instead, they're empty inside, the result of drought, heat and weather pattern changes that have messed with pistachio tree fertilization.

Oh, Nuts! Why California's Pistachio Trees Are Shooting Blanks

This year, as many as 50 percent of the pistachios harvested in California could be hollow inside. Blame it on drought, heat and weather changes that are messing with male trees' virility.

Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is fighting back against corruption charges.

Menendez Lawyers Accuse Government Of 'Fixation On Sex,' 'Salacious Headlines'

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is pushing back against Department of Justice charges of corruption. In filings Thursday night, his legal team tried to poke holes in the government's evidence.

Rep. Steve Israel Condemns Use Of Iran Nuclear Deal As A 'Cheap, Partisan Stunt'

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Democratic Rep. Steve Israel, an opponent of the Iran nuclear deal, about what he wants to see happen next.

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