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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Norovirus is an infection that can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea. It can come on suddenly and is extremely contagious. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

We spoke with MIT's David Autor, one of the top labor economists in the world, about how AI could revolutionize the job market.

The Fourth annual Makers Faire Detroit takes place this weekend at The Henry Ford. Over 400 exhibitors will be on hand sharing their ideas and inventions.…

With your help, Mo Willems turns his hand at radio cartooning. This time, he looks at a very symmetrical pirate.

A man walked into a bank in Antioch, Calif., and handed the teller a note but she couldn't read it. She called over her manager for help. Deciphering this communication took so long that the man who'd written the note finally walked out the door in frustration.

Jane Austen received just one bid for her hand. Two hundred years later, there were NO bids for her portrait. The painting of a young girl with a parasol was expected to fetch up to $800,000 at auction. It was billed as the only known portrait of the English author. But some scholars had insisted it wasn't Austen at all: her outfit was all wrong and she was too pretty for a writer who celebrated character over beauty.

Theater star Alfred Lunt enjoyed taking center stage in his kitchen from time to time. One of his specialities was cardamom bread. Dean Schmitz, head chef at Andrew's Restaurant in Delafield, Wisc., tries his hand at the egg-glazed treat.

In softcover nonfiction, Chuck Thompson makes the case for Southern secession, and Adam Winkler explores the history of the American gun control battle. In fiction, Rowling tries her hand at a novel for grown-ups.