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People with a hereditary form of very high cholesterol are much less likely to get diabetes, a study finds. And that offers clues as to why cholesterol-lowering drugs sometimes raise diabetes risk.

Maysles and his late brother David made the 1976 film Grey Gardens, a study of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' relatives who lived in squalor in their decaying mansion. He died last week at age of 88.

A Los Angeles jury has determined that singers Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke lifted portions of Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up" when writing their hit "Blurred Lines."

Israelis and Palestinians have now been living cheek-and-jowl in the West Bank for decades. NPR's Steve Inskeep visited both communities to sample their views in this enduring conflict.

Recent scandals involving student athletes at Syracuse University and other prominent athletic departments remind commentator Frank Deford of speakeasies during Prohibition.

In Washington, D.C., neighbors complained that Edwin Gray's cigarette smoke came through a hole in the row house basement, according to WJLA TV. The precedent-setting court order is temporary.

From WWII Europe, Bill Moore wrote a love letter to Bernadean. When it was found at a thrift shop, Denver's KMGH-TV helped return the letter. Moore said of his late wife Bernadean, "I loved her."

Police say two armored trucks carrying jewels and other items worth some $9.5 million were seized by heavily armed attackers on the highway between Paris and Lyon.

Cumin has been popular since the dawn of written history: It's the only English word that can be traced directly back to Sumerian. Since then it has insinuated itself into cuisines around the world.

Officials and witnesses say an Iraqi force now controls part of northern Tikrit, the city that was taken last June by the self-proclaimed Islamic State.