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Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi grew up hunting for jars of fiery Indian pickles in her grandmother's Chennai kitchen. She writes about food and family in her new memoir, Love, Loss and What We Ate.

The stock markets may be sinking, but the price of gold is on the rise — it topped $1,700 an ounce Monday. The spike in gold is a sign that nervous investors think there's nowhere else safe to put their money, economists say.

Sabrina Carpenter currently holds down both the No. 2 and No. 3 songs in the nation according to Billboard Magazine. That puts her in rare company.

Numbers from the World Health Organization put Sierra Leone at the top of the list for cases of Ebola. Yusuf Mackery explains what's being done to prevent infection and raise public awareness.

Arizona lawmakers are considering a bill to prevent cryptocurrency scams and regulate what are known as "crypto kiosks." The FBI says fraud and scam losses nationwide reported by those age 60 and older topped $3.4 billion in 2023, including $128 million in Arizona.

The Mexican government is launching an investigation into a helicopter crash that resulted in the death of one of the country's top officials. NPR's Mexico correspondent Jason Beaubien talks to host Audie Cornish about what prompted the probe.

After 19 seasons in the NBA, Carmelo Anthony retires as the 9th top scorer in the league's history, and holds 3 Olympic gold medals.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie continues to top the box office, and the song "Peaches" from the movie is on the pop charts. It's actor and comedian Jack Black's first solo entry on the chart.

It takes a long time to travel 3 billion miles. On July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will finally get a flyby glimpse of the dwarf planet, as part of a mission launched in 2006.

The tiny European country of Moldova isn't known for much of anything, and especially not its wine. But its winemakers are trying to find new export markets and overcome their post-Soviet reputation.