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In 1890, a young woman fell in love. Her father didn't approve of the man so they wrote letters and left them in a knothole in the oak. The BBC reports the tree is responsible for dozens of marriages.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on what the U.S. is doing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

A Soviet spy has died at the age of 103. Russians claim he saved the Polish city of Krakow from destruction by Nazis. Polish historians tell a different story.

Efforts to reach a national opioid settlement hit another big snag as many states balked at an $18 billion offer from drug wholesalers.

The highly popular Outlander TV series starts its fifth season on Sunday. Its success has prompted an explosion of "Outlander Tourism" in Scotland, where the series is filmed.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to David Albin, also known as "Rat King Dave," about rodents eating their way through cars and how they can be stopped.

Our panelists predict, after Harley Davidson, what will be the next company to convert itself to a lifestyle brand.

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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with writer Ivor Baddiel about the Oxford English Dictionary's decision to expand the definition of the word "yid."

More than 1,100 former DOJ officials want Attorney General William Barr to resign. NPR's Noel King talks to Mary McCord, a former acting assistant attorney general for National Security, about why.