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Facebook “was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power,” says Andreas Mundt of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office.

What if human diet drugs curb the appetite of bloodthirsty mosquitoes? That’s the question a new study set out to investigate.

The new bank is set to have its headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. Both of the banks are calling it a “merger of equals,” but the deal is weighted toward BB&T, whose CEO will be in charge.

More skin tones, more kinds of bodies and an emoji to symbolize menstruation are included in the new update. Also, a flamingo.

The Department of Justice is asking its Office of the Inspector General to investigate how inmates in a Brooklyn jail were left in cells without heat or power for days.

Some farmers say they’re buying a popular new soybean seed partly because they’re afraid of crop damage from herbicide drift. A new lawsuit claims the seed maker is violating antitrust laws.

The controversies currently rocking Virginia politics are rooted in a historical legacy of racism that cannot be overcome overnight, says historian Gregg Kimball.

The plan is massively ambitious and faces political blockades. Proponents believe it’s what’s necessary to start saving the world from the threat of climate change and to reshape the U.S. economy.

Some Democrats are pressing to move now to force the administration to hand over the president’s tax returns, but others say Robert Mueller’s probe should take priority over Congress’ review.

Last spring, NPR traveled across the country to speak with teenagers about their many different relationships with guns.

School kids in Seattle and Salt Lake City celebrated a rare snow day. But dozens of accidents were reported. A deputy investigating an accident in Utah was hit by an out-of-control tractor-trailer.

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz called for the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee to eject two fathers of gun violence victims from a hearing after they interrupted his remarks from the audience.

On this day of “zero tolerance” for FGM, how is the world doing in its campaign to halt the practice?

The U.S. government is intervening to stop the creation of a medical facility in Philadelphia where people could inject heroin without risk of overdose. Canada and Europe already have such sites.

The rule would have protected borrowers from ballooning loans with giant interest rates. Now, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposes ripping the rule’s teeth out.

Some antidepressants inhibit a liver enzyme that converts common opioids into their active form. The interaction may reduce the effectiveness of certain opioids for people taking both medicines.

Dennis Christensen was arrested during prayer. “I hope today is the day Russia defends religious freedom,” he said before the verdict. Critics call it a severe crackdown on religious freedom.

The Trump administration has a plan to end the spread of HIV in the U.S. in 10 years. HIV/AIDS advocates say it’s feasible but that the administration’s actions on health run counter to the goal.

Attorney General Mark Herring says when he was in college, “some friends suggested we attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the time.”

The nomination of Treasury Department official David Malpass already has generated controversy in the international development community.

“I reject the federal contention that there exists an overwhelming national security crisis at the Southern border,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said.

The president’s State of the Union address laid out a series of goals, including lowering prescription prices, pursuing an end to the HIV epidemic and increasing research for childhood cancers.

“Victory is not winning for our party,” he said. But, like other presidents before him, Trump alternated his open-handed gesture with occasional hard jabs at the opposition.

Google advertised its new job search tool for veterans during the Super Bowl. The goal is to help vets get hired. But how many veterans work at Google?

A misplaced Grammy nomination meets classic blaxploitation as hip-hop’s rising star recalls the watershed period in her journey to self-discovery.

The U.S. said last week it would stop abiding by the Cold War treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles. “Our response will be symmetrical,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

This week on “Ask Code Switch,” we’re talking about who gets to define beauty norms — and what it means to push back on them.

The president made the case for his agenda, not bowing to the new divided-government power dynamic in Washington. And he did not appear ready to negotiate to avoid another partial government shutdown.

Archaeologists are rushing to uncover, document and preserve centuries-old objects, as new hotels and office buildings go up in the ancient former capital of Japan.

The U.S. and North Korea will meet in Vietnam, Trump told lawmakers during the State of the Union address. The countries will work toward details of denuclearization missing from last year’s meeting.