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Liberia has been a death zone for those exposed to the Ebola virus. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with correspondent Kelly McEvers about what she saw on the ground, and what she will find hard to forget.

Those who vaccinate children in Pakistan risk their lives. Correspondent Philip Reeves tells NPR's Rachel Martin that the Taliban is gunning down health workers, who are suspected of being spies.

Sixty years of research on campus rape yields scholarly insight into prevention and accountability.

Uruguay's audacious new law not only legalizes pot but also mandates that the government grow and distribute it. Some say the government has pinched more than it can roll.

In Liberia's capital, Ebola precautions are easing and people are gathering again in crowds to hear speeches for upcoming elections. But some say it's too early for Liberia to let its guard down.

Next week, Billboard's chart of the country's top 200 best-selling albums will for the first time include streams and downloads of singles, after decades of only counting whole album sales.

In its endless quest to get goods to customers fast, Amazon has hired squads of speedy robots. In warehouses where human "pickers" walked miles a day, machines now zip shelves of goods back and forth.

Pediatricians have been telling parents for years that soft bedding, such as pillows and blankets, raises the risk of suffocation for babies. But many parents don't seem to be paying attention.

The organization has announced a program called Digital Cookies that allows Girl Scouts to sell Thin Mints, Do-si-dos, Samoas and other cookies through personalized websites or a mobile app.

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit that helps people build affordable housing. Two chapters of the organization on the Western Slope recently merged.…