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Kumar Chandran and Elanor Starmer with their son, Kailas Chandran. The couple's friends are envious of Chandran's paid paternity leave. Marisa Penaloza/NPR hide caption
Seun Dupe sits with her newborn twins in a maternity hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigeria is Africa's most populous country with more than 160 million people. UNICEF estimates that number will swell to nearly 1 billion by 2100. Sunday Alamba/AP hide caption
Inspectors general say they want better access to federal documents and electronic databases. Andrey Popov/iStockphoto hide caption
Government Watchdogs Complain Of Closed Doors Set Up By White House
Once Gateways, Turkey's Border Towns Now Close Doors On Islamic State
Matt de la Peña is the author of Ball Don't Lie, Mexican WhiteBoy, We Were Here, I Will Save You and, most recently, The Living. Random House Children's Books hide caption
Katy Perry at the American Music Awards in 2013. John Shearer/AP hide caption
Letters: A Paper Route Ride Along And Comforting Words From An IT Man
Kumar Chandran and Elanor Starmer with their son, Kailas Chandran. The couple's friends are envious of Chandran's paid paternity leave. Marisa Penaloza/NPR hide caption
Dan Selvig says wetter conditions helped convince his family to shift their plantings to corn. John Ydstie/NPR hide caption
Bob Thomas fills up his pickup truck at the municipal-run gas station in Somerset, Ky. There are no candy bars, 44-ounce soft drinks or lottery tickets sold. The price of gas here is $3.36 a gallon, about 20 cents lower than the statewide average. Emil Moffatt/WKYU hide caption