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Alex Honnold has scaled the sheer face of Half Dome in Yosemite, Calif., without the aid of ropes — and entirely alone. Still, he says his big break didn't arrive until a TV producer approached him.

The heads of America's top intelligence agencies — including the CIA, FBI and NSA — gave their latest update on the nature of threats facing the U.S. on Tuesday, from ISIS to Russia to China and others. NPR has the latest on what America's spymasters call the biggest dangers of the moment.

The Mast Brothers have been called the "celebrity hipster chocolatiers" of Brooklyn. Lately, they've been accused of defrauding their customers. But that depends on how their chocolate tastes to you.

Alabama beat LSU in the annual SEC West college football rivalry last night. Mike Pesca, host of Slate's The Gist podcast, joins Rachel talk about it and the scandals plaguing football.

The Republican presidential candidates are in Las Vegas for their latest debate, the first since terrorist attacks in Paris and California refocused the campaign on national security.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Felix Contreras and Jasmine Garsd, hosts of the NPR podcast Alt.Latino, who serve up hot hits from Brazil, the Dominican Republic and California.

A report from doctors in Argentina raises the possibility that a mosquito pesticide could be responsible for an increase in microcephaly in Brazil. But many top scientists strongly disagree.

Trump's successes endanger both Cruz and Rubio. Will this be the debate where they stop fighting each other and take on Trump?

About two-thirds of millennials aged 25 to 32 don't have a bachelor's degree. But most of the conversation around millennials focuses on college graduates and their concerns about student loan debt. So what issues matter most to young people who don't go to college?

Inspired by the new film Crimson Peak, critic Genevieve Valentine digs into our enduring love for stormy nights, eerie castles, romantically exotic monsters, swooning maidens and all things Gothic.