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Erik Friedlander's Block Ice & Propane contains ballads and hymns to a life most Americans could make common cause with, along with people who relate to what is most nomadic in America.

Many menopausal women who are afraid that hormone replacement therapy could increase their risk of breast cancer have turned to the herbal supplement black cohosh an alternative in recent years. But a large, NIH-sponsored study reports that, unlike HRT, the supplement doesn't ease hot flashes or other menopausal symptoms.

British police nearly shot a terrorism suspect after finding him in his apartment, standing in the bath and wearing a back-pack, according to testimony heard in a British court Tuesday. "To this day, I still don't know how I didn't shoot him," an officer said.

Last week, an obituary of Bill Henry, the former major league relief pitcher, was picked up by news wires, only it turned out to be the obituary of a Florida man with the same name who had been impersonating the baseball player for nearly two decades.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Ismail Alabdullah of the Syrian Civil Defense, which is known as the White Helmets, about the group supporting victims of the earthquake.

Mac McClung dominated the NBA slam dunk competition. He is back in the G-League — playing for the Philadelphia 76ers'developmental team, the Delaware Blue Coats.

A major winter storm continued to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions and significant ice from California to the Northeast.

Large swaths of the U.S. have faced an intense winter storm over the past several days. Hundreds of thousands were without power and weather advisories were issued across the country.

An atmospheric river is a relatively narrow channel of wind, hence the "river," that transports water vapor from the tropics to the West Coast, where it's producing rain and heavy winds.

The 50th anniversary of the late Pittsburgh Steeler Franco Harris's "Immaculate Reception" catch is Friday and will be commemorated throughout the weekend by the team. Harris died Wednesday at 72.