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In the 1960 presidential election, little focus was given to unrest in the South. So Atlanta activist Lonnie C. King came up with a plan, turning to his childhood friend MLK Jr. for support.

Colorado Democratic Party Chairwoman Pat Waak insists that she will show no favor to either presidential candidate until all states have voted and all pledged delegates have been assigned — despite her own state's strong caucus preference for Barack Obama.

Matt Killingsworth built an app, Track Your Happiness, that let people report feelings in real time.

As French President Emmanuel Macron visits with President Trump in Washington, David Greene talks to Le Monde Editorial Director Sylvie Kauffman about the political challenges Macron faces at home.

This fall, Making a Murderer returns to Netflix for its second season, and a new HBO documentary, The Sentence, is about woman serving nine years in prison for drug crimes her ex-boyfriend committed.

Ursula von der Leyen is the first woman to hold the job. She has no military experience and is best known for social policies such as expanded parental leave. But she has already said that Germany should play a more active role in foreign missions, and that could involve sending troops into conflict zones.

A judge rules the Barnes Foundation's art collection should not be moved from suburban Philadelphia, unless trustees can provide hard data to support the move. The world-renowned art is worth $20 billion, but the foundation says it needs to relocate downtown to avoid bankruptcy. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports.

Imagine a way to lose pounds, but not flavor, by combining the art of cooking, the science of nutrition and the joy of eating. Dr. John La Puma, known as ChefMD, is the co-author of Big Book of Culinary Medicine: A Food Lover's Road Map to Losing Weight, Preventing Disease and Getting Really Healthy.

One of the places in the Caribbean that was hardest hit by Hurricane Irma is St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Irma ripped across St. Thomas as a Category 5 hurricane more than a week ago.

"I've had my eye on that job for a long time," the actor and director said recently. Nearly 250,000 people have signed a petition backing his dream.