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For the Japanese, Christmastime means sponge cake. But a nationwide butter shortage has led to mandatory butter rationing, forcing cake bakers to seek out substitutes.

Gambon was best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the Harry Potter movies. The Irish-born actor got his start on stage and worked under Laurence Olivier.

A record number of people watched NCAA women's basketball this year. The Iowa-South Carolina game average almost 19 million viewers.

On Monday, a man beat his own record for the largest pumpkin ever grown in North America. This one was 2, 749 pounds — almost 200 pounds heavier than last year's fruit!

NPR's Michel Martin asks Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut about President Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.

In this interview, recorded June 25, Reps. Tom Suozzi and Brian Fitzpatrick discuss President Donald Trump's housing bill delay and the challenges of bipartisan governing in a polarized Congress.

Voters in at least six states will soon decide ballot measures related to voter ID — the largest number of voter ID measures in a single year. The tally includes three prominent swing states.

Author Marjorie Liu writes adult fantasy novels that explore alienation and identity. And they've attracted a large, diverse fan base. Her latest is the Eisner Award-nominated graphic novel Monstress.

Director Mike Leigh's new film, Happy-Go-Lucky is propelled by a different sort of character: a 30-year-old primary school teacher who likes to party and deflects life's uncomfortable intrusions with an overabundance of good cheer. Not the typical working-class world Leigh usually explores.

A tech meltdown left workers at airlines, banks and hospitals staring at the dreaded “blue screen of death” as their computers went inert in what is being described as a historic outage.