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Verlon Jose, vice chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation, says President Trump’s proposed border wall would cut through the reservation, with negative impacts.

Justice Ginsburg’s recent surgery recalls more than two centuries of Supreme Court encounters with aging, nervous breakdowns, vanity, and triumphs over adversity.

Democrats and immigrant rights advocates say the president’s proposal to end the shutdown contains big changes to asylum law that they’re calling a “poison pill.”

Three men and a 16-year-old youth have been arrested and authorities say 20 weapons and three improvised explosive devices were seized. The alleged target was Islamberg, near the Pennsylvania border.

Relief pitcher Mariano Rivera’s unanimous selection is an honor that eluded the game’s greats such as Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Willie Mays.

Indigenous groups and human rights activists worry that the violence that raged through their communities in the 1970s and 1980s is making a comeback.

Democrats say they won’t accept Trump’s offer of three-year protections for those under DACA and TPS in exchange for full funding of his border wall. Republicans say Democrats should accept the offer.

After being accused of spying, Jason Rezaian was held in Iran’s notorious prison for a year and a half. Throughout it all, he never considered giving up writing and reporting.

The proportion of those polled who say global warming is “personally important” to them jumped from 63 to 72 percent last year.

The organization surveyed over 30,000 respondents. The findings reflect a disturbing trend of inappropriate behavior in the humanitarian world.

Passengers who get on the train before the morning rush hour will also qualify for free tempura. The offer is an attempt to reduce overcrowding on the city’s most jam-packed route.

WhatsApp has been accused of being used to spread rumors — with serious consequences. Now the ubiquitous messaging app is moving to limit how many people users can forward messages to.

In a long public career, Wofford played a key role in JFK’s election, marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and led AmeriCorps.

When a Russian citizen handed him a memory stick, Paul Whelan thought it contained travel snapshots, his lawyer told reporters. Whelan was denied bail at his first court appearance.

Teachers remain on strike Tuesday, and the tentative deal won’t become official until union members approve it.

Members of the new Democratic majority in the House vow to reverse restrictions that Republicans have imposed on abortions. But the efforts could lead to titanic fights that imperil other legislation.

It’s unclear whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will allow the president to address Congress amid the government shutdown. Trump was originally invited by the speaker to make the speech next Tuesday.

Depending on how narrowly or broadly the court rules, it has a majority now to affect gun rights and restrictions in a dramatic way.

The R&B artist, along with two unnamed men, has been arrested on charges of “aggravated rape” and multiple narcotics offenses.

The court’s decision allows the Pentagon to bar transgender people from joining the military while two lower-court rulings that had blocked the policy are appealed.

The commerce secretary has agreed to be questioned by lawmakers on March 14, after a federal judge ruled that his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census was based on “sham” reasons.

In response, China warns it will retaliate if Canada tries to send Meng to the U.S., where she is suspected of committing bank fraud while trying to circumvent U.S. sanctions on Iran.

Joel Wit, a former State Department official who played a key role in negotiating and implementing the 1994 denuclearization deal with North Korea, writes about important lessons.

Linda Holmes takes a look at the list of this year’s nominees, which includes some heartening nods and surprising snubs.

Writer Jason Rezaian is unsparingly personal throughout the telling of his arrest, imprisonment and trial, writing of his childhood, family, visits with his wife — and fears and insecurities.

Federal regulations for silica dust in coal mines haven’t changed in decades. But since an NPR/Frontline report into black lung, some are calling for a new response.

Many residents of the Queensbridge public housing complex feel they have not benefited much from the area’s booming development. With Amazon, activists are trying to change that story.

A suicide bomber rammed a Humvee loaded with explosives into a compound of the nation’s primary intelligence agency, clearing a path for insurgents who started firing on personnel inside.

British lawmakers urged Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday to make changes to her Brexit plans days after they defeated a previous offer.

Carlos Fernando Chamorro’s newsroom was raided by police in December. International observers say President Daniel Ortega’s government has grown increasingly repressive.

As lawmakers returned to the Kansas state capitol this year, three seats won by Republicans are now in the hands of Democrats. That’s after three suburban Republican women left the GOP.

The interaction between the man and the teen caused an outcry. But a more complicated picture has emerged of the day when several groups of protesters converged at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

From Turkey and Hungary, to India and the Philippines, the voices of nationalism have become dominant forces that begin with the election of a charismatic, influential and powerful man.

Without money from the Delta Air Lines Foundation, Atlanta’s Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park would have been closed for the King holiday, a National Park Service spokesman told NPR.