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"Good people with the best of intentions ... can get things terribly, terribly wrong," says legal scholar Adam Benforado. His book, Unfair, explores the intrinsic flaws of the American justice system.

Where do nuclear talks with Iran stand and what legislation will Congress take up when they return from recess tomorrow?

The last thing the GOP wants is to be seen as anti-immigrant, anti-gay and anti-science. The party has vowed to reform since President Obama's re-election, but change is proving hard.

A company is introducing mechanized rice farming to the interior of Malaysian Borneo for the first time. Scientists say the change may damage the bonds between the local people and their environment.

State regulators in Pennsylvania are working on a less-discussed, but no less serious, side effect of oil and gas development: forest fragmentation.

Aetna, the fourth largest insurer in the U.S., bought its rival Humana for $37 billion. What does the merger mean for consumers?

Dr. Ken Murray wrote an essay a decade ago about how the gentler care doctors choose at the end of life stands apart. His work still shapes how some doctors talk to patients about death.

After Tuesday night's debate, Republican candidates are heading right back to the campaign trail. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio hit the ground in both Iowa and New Hampshire Thursday.

NPR's Ari Shapiro asks NPR' pop culture blogger Linda Holmes to put the much-anticipated new Star Wars film into perspective.

Have you ever heard an announcement from the Federal Reserve and felt like you are way under qualified to understand a word of it? That's no accident.