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Bernie Sanders, left, and Hillary Clinton confer during a break in a December Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire.

3 Questions Ahead Of Tonight's Democratic Debate

9:10am January 17, 2016

It's the last debate for the Democrats before the first votes will be cast in Iowa, where Hillary Clinton and Vermont independent Bernie Sanders are locked in a neck-and-neck race.

The Hammetts smooth out stray strands of hair on Francis' head.

After The Diagnosis: How Families Experience Autism

8:33am January 17, 2016

by NPR Staff

Raising a child with autism can test families financially and emotionally. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with parents of children with autism, and a young woman who was diagnosed later in life.

YouTube Star Talks Space With President Obama

8:14am January 17, 2016

Rocket scientist and YouTube star, Destin Sandlin, got to interview President Obama. NPR's Rachel Martin asks Sandlin about what the two spoke about. Space, of course!

World News

Aid Groups Witness Starving Syrians

8:12am January 17, 2016

UNICEF's Dr. Rajia Sharhan traveled to the Syrian city Madaya with one of the first convoys in months getting to town to deliver food and medicine. She describes the suffering to NPR's Rachel Martin.

World News

German Attitudes On Border Control In Wake Of Attacks

8:12am January 17, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Jens Spahn, a member of the German Parliament, about sentiments towards migrants in his country since the terrorist attacks in Paris, and the New Years Eve violence in Cologne.

Are Trump's Values Consistent With Evangelicals?

8:12am January 17, 2016

On Monday Donald Trump will give the convocation address to students at Liberty University. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to pastor Darrell Scott about Trump's appeal to evangelical voters.

This Week In Sports

8:12am January 17, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin chats with Mike Pesca, host of Slate's The Gist about football games this weekend, and a certain quarterback who's in the playoffs.

'Fake Missed Connections' A Genre Of Its Own

8:12am January 17, 2016

Brett Fletcher Lauer was lost after his divorce and began posting fake "missed connections" on Craigslist. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to him about his book "Fake Missed Connections."

Gurdeep Shergill and his wife, Sonia, co-host a program on KBIF-AM for the 35,000 Sikh-Americans who live in Fresno.

Sikhs In Fresno Worried After Recent Attacks

5:06am January 17, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

Sikh-Americans in Fresno, Calif., are apprehensive in the wake of two recent attacks in the area on elderly Sikh men.

Yonta, 6, rests with her sister Montra, 3, and brother Leakhena, 4 months, under a mosquito bed net during monsoon season in July 2010, in Pailin province, Cambodia.

Obama's Upbeat Message About Ending Malaria Omits Discouraging Signs

5:02am January 17, 2016

by Susan Brink

His State of the Union address said we should be able to wipe out malaria. Progress has been enormous — but researchers are alarmed by new twists.