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Dangerous Infection Tied To Hospitals Now Becoming Common Outside Them

Infections with Clostridium difficile can be difficult to treat and life-threatening. Once a problem seen mainly in health care facilities, the infections are now occurring often in the community.

NPR producer Furkan Latif Khan doesn't like to leave her home in New Delhi without her breathing mask — although one doctor told her it might not help all that much.

What It's Like To Breathe Some Of The Most Polluted Air In The World

In New Delhi, the air has a dusty, burnt taste, says NPR's Furkan Latif Khan. And sometimes the air is so bad she wears a face mask.

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, Texas coach Mack Brown walks onto the field following the Valero Alamo Bowl NCAA college football game against Oregon in San Antonio. Brown coached at UNC from 1988-97 before leaving for Texas, guiding the Tar Heels to their last top-10 ranking before this season.

UNC Hires Mack Brown As The Tar Heels Next Football Coach

Updated 8:55 a.m. Nov. 27, 2018 North Carolina has officially hired Mack Brown as the Tar Heels next football coach.

Migrants make their way across the almost-dry riverbed of the Tijuana River on their way to the El Chaparral port of entry to the U.S. in Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 25.

U.S. Agents Spray Tear Gas At Migrants, Briefly Close Tijuana Border Entry

Many migrants have come to seek asylum in the U.S. — but the process for approval is slow, and resources in a makeshift shelter in Tijuana are running low.

Michael Sprague with the Mass Audubon's turtle rescue program helps recover a stranded sea turtle in December 2014. In recent days, more than 200 turtles have washed up in Cape Cod because of a phenomenon known as "cold-stunning."

Nearly 600 Sea Turtles, Stunned By Cold Spell, Have Washed Up Off Cape Cod This Fall

As of Monday morning, 584 sick and dead sea turtles had been recovered near Cape Cod, Mass., this year. One official says that total might reach 1,000 by Christmas.

A River Plate fan sits on an empty stand at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, after the all-Argentine Copa Libertadores second leg final match against Boca Juniors was postponed on Sunday for the second time following an attack on the Boca team bus by River fans.

An Attack On Players Forces Major Soccer Match In Argentina To Be Canceled — Twice

The second leg of the final of the Copa Libertadores was billed as a glorious highlight in the tournament's history — the first ever meeting of age-old rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate.

Four-year-old Violet (right) supervises as her mom Margaret Siebers pours a first-ever spoonful of honey for 1-year-old Frances to try. Siebers spent much of the end of her pregnancy with Frances confined to bed rest at her home in Milwaukee.

Rethinking Bed Rest For Pregnancy

Research indicates bed rest does not improve birth outcomes and can be risky for the mom. So why is it still prescribed by many doctors and midwives for about 20 percent of pregnant women in the U.S.?

NASA's Mars Probe Is To Land Soon Near The Planet's Equator

NASA's spacecraft InSight is scheduled to land on Mars Monday afternoon. It's expected to deploy a sensitive seismometer and temperature probe to let scientists explore the planet's interior.

U.S. Faces 'Immediate Threat' From Climate Change, Report Says

David Greene talks to Andrea Dutton, associate geology professor at the University of Florida, about a federal report that says climate change is causing more frequent and severe weather in the U.S.

After Referendum, North Carolina GOP Tries Voter ID Again

Emboldened by a referendum voters approved this month, North Carolina's soon-dwindling Republican majorities at the legislature will scramble to approve...

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