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Months after a boy in rural Afghanistan became a sensation for wearing a homemade Lionel Messi jersey, he's now met the soccer star and watched his FC Barcelona team play.

In a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council, commission chief Yasmin Sooka reported murder and rape on an "epic" scale. "We are running out of adjectives to describe the horror," she said.

Wednesday was the last of six days of testimony from criminal investigators and people who witnessed the murder of nine worshippers in 2015. The man accused of the shooting said he would not testify.

This was a year for redefining expectations and defying conventions in Latin music. Hear 10 songs that represent just some of the highlights.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson discusses the decision with Ann Owen, a professor of economics at Hamilton College.

When you become an adult and want to start your own celebrations, how do you create new traditions without upsetting those who created the old?

Low-income families who qualify can participate in a federal program geared toward early development. But once kids turn 5 years old, they're no longer eligible for the extra food.

The former Poet Laureate recently joined NPR fans on Facebook Live. He talked about the inspiration for a poem imagining a Keith Richards-based mythology, and offered a tip to aspiring writers: Read.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of State. It may seem an odd choice at first, but running a big oil company requires sophisticated diplomatic skills.

Wake Forest University has fired one of its football team's radio analysts, who the school says provided game plans to its opponents. Tommy Elrod is a former player for the Wake Forest Deacons. He had also been doing radio analysis at Wake Forest games, until a school investigation concluded that Elrod had provided play sheets to rival teams.