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Authorities say 60 packages of the drug worth about $77 million on the street were found in a shipping container.

He fled his native country of Bahrain after being imprisoned. Then he was jailed in Thailand and faced extradition charges. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called him “our newest Australian.”

Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and admitted that he tried to tamper with potential jurors. Wednesday’s sentencing could lengthen his time in prison.

The Trump administration is expanding a hard-line immigration policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for their day in immigration court. But the program itself faces a legal challenge.

The chairman of the House intelligence committee says he supports House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s high bar for impeachment but also argued there’s already a strong case against the president.

“I particularly understand the message given by youth, in terms of anxiety and ambition for their own future and that of the country,” said 82-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among dozens of parents who paid large sums of money to cheat admissions standards at prestigious schools, federal prosecutors say.

The session musician’s ubiquitous drums beat a path through rock history. As a member of the Wrecking Crew, Blaine can be heard backing everyone from Frank Sinatra to Neil Diamond and the Beach Boys.

Former Vice President Joe Biden addressed a friendly crowd of union firefighters as he appears on the verge of launching a campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

There are outbreaks in rich countries and poor countries, from the United States to Madagascar. And the World Health Organization says vaccine hesitancy is a top 10 threat to global health.

NPR’s Morning Edition wants to hear from retail workers across the country as part of an upcoming series.

Lee Spencer is not only the first amputee to make the journey solo, he also crushed the able-bodied record by 36 days. “No one should be defined by disability,” he said.

About 7.6 million adults 25 and over attended college in 2018. Among them are a mother of four, a Navy vet and a grandmother finishing what she started more than four decades ago.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. plans to withdraw all remaining embassy personnel this week. The country has been wracked with power outages, and President Nicolás Maduro blamed the U.S.

It may be the last thing on your mind when you’re seeing an artist, but sound pressure levels at a live show can seriously impact long-term hearing. Tiny Desk engineer Josh Rogosin is here to help.

Although federal law prohibits health insurance plans from discriminating against transgender individuals, a Georgia county specifically excludes trans-related health care from coverage.

The rallies follow a bill to cut Russia off from the global Internet. Demonstrators on Sunday chanted, “Hands off the Internet.” About two dozen people were arrested.

The charges against Christopher Hasson focus on his stockpiling of weapons and possession of drugs. Authorities say he holds extremist views and he planned violence.

Blacks and Hispanics are exposed to higher levels of air pollution than whites, yet whites consume more of the goods and services that cause it, according to new research.

She was found in her dorm at Stanford University last week. Her family says it was suicide. “She saw herself as a warrior, and it was do or die,” her sister, Christine Catlin, tells NPR.

The remark made less than a month before Israeli legislative elections prompted many people — including Israel’s president and the star of Wonder Woman — to defend Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority.

The decision to hold the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Wisconsin is a symbolic choice for a party that’s been working to reverse its 2016 losses in the industrial Midwest.

Ordained Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor says that teaching the different religions of the world changed her students’ understanding of faith — as well as her own.

The model has been involved in two deadly crashes in less than five months. An analyst says the crashes are unlikely to drastically affect Boeing’s sales since the planes are ordered years in advance.

It’s the second disaster involving a Max 8 aircraft in less than six months, prompting China and several other countries to ground their fleets of the planes.

President Trump’s 2020 budget proposal, released on Monday, calls for $8.6 billion in new border wall funding, along with increased military spending and deep cuts to domestic programs.

Yes, it’s been said before, but this time it looks to be real. Britain’s Parliament is scheduled to hold crucial votes that will clarify what happens next. Here’s what to know.

Silicon Valley has emerged early as a presidential campaign issue among Democrats at SXSW. Calls to regulate tech put the party in an awkward position, given its reliance on tech donors.

Salvatore Scibona’s new novel is a generational saga, an epic of Vietnam and other places rendered in language that makes even simple things sound mythic. But first, a boy is abandoned at an airport.

A tiny fraction of American women choose home birth, but that number is inching up. And in some social circles it’s downright trendy. One pregnant woman investigates the pros and cons.