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The country of El Salvador has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Street gangs control huge swaths of cities, and last year, they flexed their muscle in a startling way.

Bernie Sanders has downplayed foreign policy in his presidential campaign, focusing primarily on domestic economic concerns. NPR looks at how a President Sanders might approach the world beyond our shores.

Known for their love songs and romantic ballads, Reik is ready to shake things up a bit with their upcoming album Des/Amor, which includes a...

Even for an election year, 2016 is turning out to be a particularly unproductive year for Congress. House GOP leaders are struggling to pass a budget — a modest goal at best — while other legislative items are getting punted until after the election.

U.S. lawmakers call for more action to find missing Nigerian school girls, who were captured by Boko Haram two years ago. CNN has what it calls a proof of life video.

For the most part, official help has been slow in getting to Flint, Mich., but one group of first responders is on the ground. A growing number of out of state lawyers are setting up shop in Flint, and they are filing dozens of lawsuits.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Maria Haberfeld, a professor of police science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, about the state of police training in the country.

This election season, like many others, has been filled with scenes of presidential candidates enduring protests and heckling during official campaign events. But it seems few candidates, actually handle these moments well. What should a politician do, when they're at risk of losing control to a protester?

Our credit cards have chips on them. Stores are supposed to be accepting them, but the Planet Money team explores why many aren't.

A diplomatic tangle in East Africa underlines China's growing might on the continent. Kenya faces a lawsuit from Taiwan over the "illegal abduction" of nationals deported to China. China says it's a matter of national security.

The new political thriller series, Occupied, was ahead of its time. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to one of the show's creators, Erik Skjoldbjaerg, about how the show parallels Russia's actions in Ukraine.

Thailand and Southeast Asia celebrate their New Year this week. In Thailand, the holiday is called Songkran, which features the biggest water fight in the world that lasts-officially for three days. It's enormously popular with tourists. This year's festival is tempered by the worst drought in decades, two years of increasingly repressive military rule, and an economy that's heading south.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with poetry critic Tess Taylor about the publication of the sixth book of The Aeneid translated by Seamus Heaney and published posthumously.

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BOULDER, Colo., April 14 (UPI) -- A Colorado wildlife camera captured the moment a dive-bombing osprey knocked an expectant father out of the nest he was guarding with his mate.

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" exploded from the DJ's speakers, its throbbing, signature guitar riff revving up car fever and nostalgia. Iron Butterfly's 18-minute heavy-metal classic was a fitting soundtrack for the classic and future classic automotive iron at last Saturday's 7th Annual Gullo All Ford Show. The event, a partnership of the Conroe dealership and the Northside Mustang Car Club, showcased 113 Ford, Mercury and Lincoln cars and trucks spanning decades of automotive fashion, technology, craftsmanship and sensibilities. Читать дальше...

We're at the beginning of full-fledged gene-editing revolution that has enabled scientists to fashion novel plants and animals with thrilling—and sometimes troubling—ease.

HOUSTON, Minn./WINONA — Lillian Mae (Heintz) Lehmann, 95, of Winona and formerly of Houston died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at St. Anne Extended Healthcare.

HOUSTON, Minn./WINONA -- Lillian Mae (Heintz) Lehmann, 95, of Winona and formerly of Houston died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at St. Anne Extended Healthcare.

HOUSTON, Minn./WINONA -- Lillian Mae (Heintz) Lehmann, 95, of Winona and formerly of Houston died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at St. Anne Extended Healthcare.

The personhood amendment Cruz endorsed "would guarantee a constitutional right to life for every innocent human being, from earliest biological beginning until natural death."

Do you know about Twitter's secret keyboard?

Art, fashion, commerce and celebrity collide in this entertaining documentary from “Page One” filmmaker Andrew Rossi. Using the annual Met Gala and the corresponding launch of a new exhibit at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art as its centerpiece, “The First Monday in May” asks if fashion is truly a fine art or merely a decorative one. The film largely argues for fashion's placement in the pantheon with painting and sculpture, but commercialism and celebrity culture — as well as a few internal detractors like designer Karl Lagerfeld ... Читать дальше...

Panama Canal, energy and mining are all big draws

Rams Coach Jeff Fisher started the team’s press conference regarding its trade with the Titans for the No. 1 overall pick in the draft by saying that Rams general manager Les Snead initiated conversations about trading for the No. 1 pick with Titans general manager Jon Robinson at the NFL Scouting Combine in February. Fisher…

Controversial Leeds owner Massimo Cellino faced calls to quit after a former employee won her claim for unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination against the Championship club.