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Jazz trumpeter and singer Jack Sheldon has died. He was a fixture on the Merv Griffin Show and sang "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill" for Schoolhouse Rock.

Tumbleweeds are common in the desert plateau of eastern Washington state. But a 12-foot high stack of them trapped cars for hours.

A recent study found students may inadvertently choose their college major, in part, based on how tired they were in the subject's introductory course — especially if it was an early morning class.

An enormous number of tumbleweeds blew onto a road New Year's Eve, piling up into a mountain of tangled branches that blocked traffic and even buried some cars, trapping travelers inside.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Obama policy adviser Vali Nasr about whether Iran is exploiting Iraq's anger toward Americans after the U.S. launched airstrikes on an Iranian-backed militia group.

The former secretary of housing and urban development and former San Antonio mayor was among the first to advocate for decriminalizing illegal border crossings. Other candidates followed his lead.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders raised nearly $10 million more than his previous total. Pete Buttigieg announced a sum of $24.7 million, while Joe Biden raised $22.7 million.

Shame and taboo have kept many issues affecting women's bodies from getting the attention they deserve. Women are ready to start new conversations about their health.

This week, we're listening back to some favoriteFresh Air interviews from the past decade. The Nobel Prize winner, who died in 2019, spoke about aging and regret in this 2015 interview.

CNN's Peter Bergen reviews the past decade in foreign policy and tells us where we're headed next.