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'The Last Voyage of Columbus': An Epic Tale

Scott Simon talks with Martin Dugard, author of The Last Voyage of Columbus. Dugard delves into the rarely portrayed final journey of the famous explorer.

Rural communities with struggling hospitals often turn to outside investors willing to take over their health care centers. Some are willing to sell the hospitals for next to nothing to companies that promise to keep them running.

Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies

Some rural hospitals are in such bad shape, they're selling for next to nothing. One company is snapping several distressed or closed hospitals in rural Tennessee, hoping to turn a profit.

Kathy's sauteed broccoli with Italian sausage and penne. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

These Cauliflower And Broccoli Recipes Are The Cream Of The Cruciferous Crop

Looking for new ways to serve cauliflower and broccoli? Resident chef Kathy Gunst has recipes, including one for Indian spiced cauliflower soup.

Thanksgiving leftover frittata. (Kathy Gunst/Here & Now)

Recipes to make Thanksgiving leftovers even better the second time around

Don't get bored by leftovers. Take all that beautifully cooked food from your Thanksgiving feast and turn it into something brand new.

Jamie Oliver, Up To His Elbows In Mashed Potatoes With 'Comfort Food'

For his new cookbook, the chef compiled soul-soothing, stomach-satisfying recipes from around the world. And this time, Oliver tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer, he worried less about calorie counts.

BPR Classic’s Key Change: Introducing an all-new classical and jazz station for Western North Carolina

Key Change presses play on new era of BPR programming: One that delivers the music you want and the journalism you depend on.

The Milwaukee Bucks' Bob Lanier (16) moves for the basket as Philadelphia 76ers Darryl Dawkins defends during an NBA playoff game on April 13, 1981, in Milwaukee. Lanier died on Tuesday at age 73.

NBA Hall of Famer Bob Lanier dies at 73

The eight-time All-Star, who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA's top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. Lanier had worked for the league as a global ambassador.

Congressional Democrats have included some of their longtime legislative priorities in the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. Republicans accuse it of being an expensive liberal wish list; Democrats say they want a New Deal for the present era.

Democrats Say Relief Programs Could Become This Generation's New Deal

On top of the small business loans and money for health care included in previous bills, the latest round of relief includes longtime Democratic priorities for lifting people out of poverty.

Venezuelan President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez, center, speaks to the press as an image of Colombian businessman and Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab is in the back in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct 16, 2021.

Venezuela halts talks after Maduro ally's extradition to U.S.

Alex Saab's extradition and the subsequent jailing of six American oil executives in Venezuela are a sign that relations between Washington and Caracas could be upended.

All men's NCAA Basketball Tournament games are being held in Indiana in a makeshift coronavirus bubble. Purdue's Mackey Arena in West Lafayette is hosting some of the early games.

From A-To-Z, We Have You Covered For The NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournaments

After the coronavirus led to the cancellation of the NCAA Division 1 basketball tournaments last year, this year's games are on — but with changes including fewer fans, no bands or cheerleaders.

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