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The Alameda County sheriff says it's a miracle that no passengers or first responders were killed, after a train hit a tree on the tracks.

An Australian study found half that country's wildlife are considered ugly, such a hairy rodents, and that most of the in-depth scientific studies are devoted to charmers, like koalas and kangaroos.

Nearly three years after she sustained a serious injury in the Boston Marathon bombing, college student Victoria McGrath, 23, has died while traveling.

A Mumbai eatery is giving discounts to women who wear very high heels. Cops in a Russian city are pulling over female drivers to hand them roses.

At the height of her addiction to heroin, Tracey Helton Mitchell lived in an alley and sold her body. Now she works as an addiction specialist helping others. Her new memoir is The Big Fix.

NPR Ed's first web comic is about a great art teacher who believes art can teach his students how to build their dreams, and change the world.

Federal prosecutors in Birmingham, Ala., say a former armored transportation company worker has agreed to plead guilty to stealing nearly $200,000. All of it was in quarters.

Bernie Sanders pulled off an upset in Michigan, but Hillary Clinton handily took Mississippi. On the Republican side, Donald Trump racked up three more victories and Ted Cruz won in Idaho.

"The truth is, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two sides of the same coin. They're not going to reform the system. They are the system," Fiorina, who ended her own bid last month, said.

They came from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, seeking asylum in Israel. Many of them were raped and tortured. They didn't want to talk about it — until they came to a basket-making program.