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Randomized controlled trials are a gold standard for good reason, but the notion of causation established here departs from the way we often use causal language, says blogger Tania Lombrozo.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, Shepard cut a towering presence in theater and cinema. He died last week of complications from ALS, a family spokesman says.

Discovery Communications, which owns the Discovery Channel, TLC and the Oprah Winfrey Network, will buy Scripps Networks Interactive, which owns a number of lifestyle shows, for nearly $12 billion.

President Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to an Army medic on Monday afternoon at the White House, nearly 50 years after his heroic actions during the Vietnam War.

In 2015, more than 33,000 drug overdose deaths were caused by opioids. Many of those opioids are coming into the United States from other countries.

"Golden Hill" is British author Francis Spufford's first novel, and is written in an 18th-century style. Spufford joins Here & Now's Robin Young to talk about the book.

Because demand for seafood is rising and wild stocks are not, a hatchery owner in Canada is hoping his model of "responsible agriculture" can keep the prized fish both on the menu and in the water.

Stanford University scientists have found an array of proteins in the blood whose levels correlate closely with the severity of symptoms of the mysterious illness that's increasingly known as ME/CFS.

The rising indie-rock band performed some new, unreleased songs during its Newport set.

The charismatic husband-and-wife duo returned to Newport after a three-year hiatus.