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The annual Whiting Award for Emerging Writers comes with $50,000 to support each winner's work. It's one of the largest prizes granted to promising new authors.

The newly-incorporated city is asking residents to weigh in on if they want a new name. In other news, Thursday is the Great Utah ShakeOut, which teaches earthquake preparedness.

Utah has now passed 600 confirmed measles cases since the outbreak began last June. The state is currently the epicenter of measles outbreaks in the U.S.

Insurance coverage of blockbuster obesity drugs has been spotty at best over the years, and it looks like things are getting worse, not better. Plans are dropping coverage or restricting it further.

In The Take, an older woman and a younger woman agree to exchange 10 years of their lives through a blood transfusion. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with author Kelly Yang.

Picking up trash in Mangrove forests has become a calling for one Florida man.

Syrian Kurds ran their own autonomous region for 12 years after breaking away from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Now, in the new Syria, they are being forced to relinquish that autonomy, losing much of what they fought for.

An antitrust suit alleged that the company unfairly controlled too much of the live music industry at the expense of venues, artists and fans. The decision could reshape the industry.

A week after Israel struck more than 100 times in 10 minutes across Lebanon, killing over 350 people, we spend time with a family still searching for their daughter in the rubble in central Beirut.

Some U.S. water systems are cutting back on fluoride because of a key chemical is in short supply. Israel is one of its main producers.