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Texas officials say at least 3 people died when tornadoes swept through the state. Heavy hail and tornadoes also hit Oklahoma. The same system lashed Arkansas with damaging winds. Forecasters are now looking out for severe weather in Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama.

The Olympic sport of curling is a combination of bowling, bocce ball, billiards and chess — all on ice, and with some sweeping involved. NPR's Tamara Keith spent some time learning how to curl, and put together this cheat sheet.

Tornadoes swept through two North Texas towns after dark, tearing apart brick houses and knocking out power in a path of destruction that left three dead and 10 injured, officials said Wednesday.

Max Geller led a small crowd in protest of the fact that paintings by renowned French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir hang in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.

Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli has managed issues including mortgage abuses, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and domestic violence in Indian country. With two young children and twins on the way, he's looking to focus on his family.

Stocks were pummeled on Friday with the Nasdaq slumping more than 4% to post its worst month since 2008. Why things have gotten so bad in Wall Street.

Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

This is the first time Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden will be onstage together, and they have a history. Will they engage and on what issues? That and other key questions about the debate.

Voters in Arizona, Colorado and Oklahoma will face ballot measures Tuesday challenging a provision in the federal health care law requiring almost everyone to have health insurance. Critics of the measures say they could complicate health care issues within the states.

NBC's new live weekly show mixes mini-quiz shows, game shows, production numbers, stunt competitions and pranks. Despite all this, critic David Bianculli says it hasn't yet reached its full potential.