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Methylene blue used to be an anti-malarial treatment but fell out of favor. Researchers wondered, what if it were added to a current medication?

The economic expansion has come with high corporate profits, but barely any wage growth. Now, markets are in a tizzy over a a recent bump up in wages. But Germany has an even tighter job market without higher inflation, and one measure of job market tightness — the number of people who quit jobs to take new ones — remains low.

In Missouri, the state's embattled governor and GOP legislature are struggling to fund basic services, such as roads, higher education institutions, and health care for disabled. Even some Republicans are worried that the state is following a path that Kansas took earlier in the decade, when the GOP starkly cut taxes — and later had to raise them.

Thousands of jobs with the government dealing with national security and other sensitive issues require applicants to get a background check or security clearance. But the agency conducting the checks has a backlog of some 700,000 applications. Members of Congress say this poses a serious national security risk.

After taking second place in 2014, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are determined to grab gold with a tweaked program that tones down a signature — and some say risqué — move.

The famous fossil calls the Chicago Field Museum home and is moving from the main exhibit hall to a private suite on the second floor.

In many ways, the Korean women's hockey squad is the most interesting team in the world. On Saturday, they hit the world stage in their first game at the Olympics. Korea lost. It hardly mattered.

NPR may not be able to help you with your love life, but we do have something else to offer this Valentine's Day: a playlist of the best love stories in podcasting.

The U.S. team came out skating at a furious pace, pushing Finland well back into their own end and firing off shots on goal.

The White House is dealing with the fallout of domestic abuse allegations against now-former staff secretary Rob Porter. The focus now is on chief of staff John Kelly, who came to Porter's defense.