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In some historical Nativity scenes, the shepherds have grossly enlarged thyroid glands — also known today as goiter. It's an apparent symbol of their poverty and iodine-deficient diet.

50 Cent's son Sire didn't just want a toy from Toys R Us, he wanted the store. The rapper dropped $100,000 to temporarily dub the store "Sire's Toys R Us," and let his son pick out anything he wanted.

The opposition party had its worst election result since 1935. Now its members are split over how to bounce back.

The country's natural population declined by more than 500,000 this year. A number of factors have led to Japan's plummeting birth rate and a growing demographic crisis.

Leading health experts shared the innovations and breakthroughs that they said saved millions of lives over the past ten years.

Those birthday fundraisers on Facebook have brought in a billion dollars for charities, but some Facebook users think the ubiquitous appeals are getting to be too much of a good thing.

At the height of World War I, two British soldiers are given a seemingly impossible mission. LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan talks with NPR's David Greene about the movie 1917.

A community in Massachusetts is learning American Sign Language to communicate with their 3-year-old deaf neighbor.

NPR's David Greene speaks with Mindy Romero from the University of Southern California about how the Democrats running for president are courting Latino voters and endorsements.

We profiled women who were on the front lines of social change this year — from a doctor fighting Ebola in Congo amid gunfire to two forthright beauty queens.