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In 1980, Stevie Wonder helped campaign for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday to become a national holiday. "I never saw it as being political," he says. "I just saw it as being the right thing to do."

Stevie Wonder Reflects On Motown, God And Prince

The one and only Stevie Wonder talks to Stretch, Bobbito and DJ Spinna about making music at Motown Records, pushing for the creation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and missing his friend Prince.

Also: Illinois officials seek federal court oversight of the Chicago police department; flooding paralyzes parts of India; and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer meets the Pope.

Scientists have created a treatment in which genetically modified T cells, shown in blue, can attack cancer cells, shown in red.

FDA Approves First Gene Therapy For Leukemia

The process modifies patients' immune cells to attack their own cancer cells. It was approved to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children and young adults — the most common childhood cancer.

In this Jan. 9, 2017, photo, Christian Picciolini, founder of the group Life After Hate, poses for a photograph in his Chicago home. Picciolini, a former skinhead, is an activist combatting what many see as a surge in white nationalism across the United States. He's doing it by helping members quit groups including the Ku Klux Klan and skinhead organizations. (Teresa Crawford/AP)

Former Skinhead On The Threat Of White Supremacist Violence In The U.S.

Christian Picciolini is a former skinhead and co-founder of Life After Hate, an organization that rehabilitates former neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists.

William Scott (right) and his wife, Teresa, arrived at DaVita Med Center Dialysis in Houston on Tuesday morning, after missing William's appointment on Monday. "It's just good he got in here," she says.

'This Is Surreal': Houston Dialysis Center Struggles To Treat Patients

People with kidney failure typically need dialysis every other day to stay healthy. Delays in treatment can quickly become life-threatening.

<em>Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts</em> asserted a teenage, feminist point of view.

Forebears: The Teenage Wisdom Of 'Lesley Gore Sings Of Mixed-Up Hearts'

Gore's impenetrable confidence singing emotionally complex songs humanized the image of the teen girl, adding an authoritative female teenage perspective to the Top 40.

Conservative Party politician Jacob Rees-Mogg stands in the garden of his mansion in the west of England. Known for his posh, upper-class traits, Rees-Mogg has become an unlikely hit on social media.

Can Britain's Eccentric Rees-Mogg Become The Conservative Party's New Leader?

Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Tory lawmaker, tweets in Latin, drives his mother's old Mercedes and named his sixth child "Sixtus." Critics say his amiable persona distracts voters from his "regressive" beliefs.

The typical asymmetrical lymphedema (lower limb swelling) seen in podoconiosis. The skin on the affected limbs is thickened with warty and mossy nodules. The toes are disfigured with joint fixation typical of advanced podoconiosis disease.

Whatever Happened To ... Those Farmers Who Needed Shoes?

It was a mystery: How did farmers in Uganda contract a nightmare illness? A researcher found the answer. What's the best way to help them?

Tank and the Bangas inside the World Cafe Performance Studio

Tank And The Bangas On World Cafe

The New Orleans band, who won NPR Music's 2017 Tiny Desk Contest, brings its big sound and huge heart to this interview and performance.

A screenshot from Mayor Derrick Harvey's Facebook livestream on Wednesday. "We got some water, y'all. Harvey wasn't playing," the Mayor says in a video that shows knee-deep water inside his house.

Mayor Of Port Arthur, Texas, Streams Video From Inside His Flooded Home

The mayor is far from alone: At least 100 people sought refuge at a Port Arthur civic center — only to see brown, murky water flood the space, leaving water just below the surface of cots.

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