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The college football playoff semifinals get underway Thursday with the University of Mississippi taking on Miami in the Fiesta Bowl. On Friday, top-ranked Indiana faces Oregon in the Peach Bowl.

U.S. Team Pursuit speed skaters will top speeds of 30 mph by pushing themselves around the track mere inches from each other.

Plastic waste litters cities, oceans and even the air. Largely overlooked is how making plastic affects the environment. Plastic is a big contributor to global warming. So are its alternatives.

An outside legal review of NPR's handling of allegations against former top news executive Michael Oreskes found that questions were raised about his behavior even before he was hired.

The economic relief bill provides help to individuals, businesses, hospitals, as well as state and local governments. Here are the details.

The Democratic leadership is diverse, representing the record number of women and minorities first elected. Republicans, however, have a leadership slate made up almost entirely of white males

Sen. Jeff Sessions has been offered the post of attorney general, while Rep. Mike Pompeo and Michael Flynn have been offered the respective positions of CIA chief and national security adviser.

Shuggie's Trash Pie chef David Murphy shares three easy recipes for transforming unloved leftover ingredients into delicious eats.

An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.

So what is it that makes one cookbook stand out over another? Curiosity, for one. A need to learn more about a culture, cuisine, or technique. A desire to perfect a Mexican pozole, Korean pancake, Japanese pickle, or French-style cake.