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Once relegated to one-time promos and marketing campaigns, Twitter is now a tool businesses use to provide customer service. And for some customers, Twitter can be a deciding factor in what companies they do business with.

The Earned Income Tax Credit has been embraced by every president from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama.

Hysterectomy are among the most common surgical procedures for women. With the advent of surgical robots, more doctors and women are opting for that approach. Does a robot, which costs more, make it better?

In rare move clearly aimed at North Korea, the U.S. command in the South announced the practice bomb run by the Missouri-based B-2s.

Thousands of people have been killed in the 9-month-old civil war in Ethiopia. The U.S. accused an Eritrean leader of overseeing massacres, widespread sexual assault, and the executions of boys.

Fatima Bhutto (niece of assassinated Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto) has written several volumes of nonfiction and poetry; her first novel is a delicate but tense political thriller.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., for his reaction to Wednesday's attack on the U.S. Capitol and his concerns going forward.

A bi-partisan group of senators pushed back on a bill slashing unemployment benefits during a committee hearing Tuesday.

The Black Patriots Foundation is raising money to erect a memorial on the National Mall that will honor the more than 5,000 blacks who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Rhonda Roberson, president of the foundation, tells Ed Gordon about the group's vision for the memorial.

The settlement stems from claims that the drug distribution giants helped fuel the nation's deadly addiction crisis. They've also agreed to limits on how they market and distribute pain pills.