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NPR's Scott Simon talks to ESPN's Michele Steele about the College Football Playoff rankings, men's college basketball, and the retirement of Raygun, the infamous Australian break dancer.

We asked listeners to send in their Thanksgiving questions.

Holiday traditions are deeply steeped in many families, but there’s always room for new favorites.

The men's draw is set to feature top contenders for the title. The women's final will see Polish top seed and reigning champion Iga Swiatek face unseeded Czech player Karolína Muchová, who made a surprise run to the final.

A new rule change means new artists are hitting the top 10.

David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

There's been a lot of talk about party unity at the Democratic National Convention, but many progressives who backed Bernie Sanders continue to have misgivings about Hillary Clinton.

Daft Punk picked up trophies for album and record of the year, Lorde won two awards for "Royals," and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis took home four, including Best New Artist.

Siblings — especially twins — sometimes share the strangest traits, like throwing a ball with their head or picking up keys and crayons with their toes. Researchers want to know what's up with that.

In China, the vast following of a folk goddess of the sea illustrates the remarkable rebirth of local popular religion since the Cultural Revolution. Now, China's communist leaders are supporting worship of Mazu as "cultural heritage" and using it to advance their own political and economic goals.