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The report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports legalized abortion, puts the rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (ages 15-44) in 2014. Katie Park/NPR hide caption

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The Two-Way - News Blog

U.S. Abortion Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since Roe v. Wade

A report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that backs legalized abortion, puts the 2014 rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age — the lowest recorded rate since 1973.

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Monkey See

Rest Your Greatness: 6 Key Moments With DJ Khaled

NPR's David Greene recently spoke with producer-musician-Snapchatter DJ Khaled about his Jet Ski adventure, his love of pillows, and all the things "they" don't want you to know.

Rest Your Greatness: 6 Key Moments With DJ Khaled

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Shots - Health News

Drugs For Rare Diseases Have Become Uncommonly Rich Monopolies

Kaiser Health News

Drugmakers have brought almost 450 orphan drugs to market and collected rich incentives by doing so. But nearly a third of the medicines aren't new or were repurposed many times for financial gain.

Drugs For Rare Diseases Have Become Uncommonly Rich Monopolies

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A Chinese magazine naming President-elect Donald Trump as Person of the Year is seen at a Beijing newsstand in December. On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly vowed to get tough on China. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Parallels - World News

Trump And China: Intentionally Provocative Or Unprepared?

Trump's campaign comments toward China were extremely strong, and we're likely to learn soon how much was rhetoric and how much will become actual policy.

A waiter walks past a mural of flight MH370 in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in February 2016. The flight mysteriously disappeared nearly three years ago with 239 people on board, and the search for the plane has now been suspended. Joshua Paul/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way - News Blog

Search For Missing Flight MH370 Suspended After Almost 3 Years

In March 2014, the flight vanished from radar with 239 people on board. Search crews have examined more than 45,000 square miles of the Indian Ocean, to no avail.

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Code Switch

As A New Administration Moves In, Will Our Policing Debate Get Uglier?

Scathing federal reports on police abuses, new polls showing cops are divided on matters of race, and a controversial Justice Department nominee all raise the specter of more national rancor.

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The Two-Way - News Blog

Suspect In Istanbul Nightclub Attack Has Confessed, Say Turkish Officials

The suspect was identified as a citizen of Uzbekistan born in 1983. Istanbul's governor says Abdulgadir Masharipov was trained in Afghanistan and appeared to have entered Turkey illegally.

Radio DJ Alan Freed in the 1950s. Freed's pioneering career as a champion of rock and roll was marred by the revelation that he'd accepted "payola" — money from labels to play certain records. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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Music News

In An Ever-Changing Music Industry, Cash For Hits Remains A Constant

In the 1950s and '60s, payola scandals led to congressional investigations. Though today's tactics are more nuanced than handing a DJ a briefcase full of money, pay for play is still alive and well.

In An Ever-Changing Music Industry, Cash For Hits Remains A Constant

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Religion

Muslim-Americans Remain Anxious About Trump Administration

In one community where many emigrated from harsh nations, the president-elect's rhetoric brings worries of renewed repression. Cabinet nominees' opposition to a registry hasn't erased those concerns.

Muslim-Americans Remain Anxious About Trump Administration

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A newer home is undergoing renovations at the end of a block of row houses in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Newcomers began arriving in the neighborhood more than a decade ago. Raquel Zaldivar/NPR hide caption

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Around the Nation

Old Confronts New In A Gentrifying D.C. Neighborhood

In Washington, D.C., a city facing some of the most intense pressure on housing in the country, longtime residents try to negotiate a place for themselves in their changing communities.