HOLIDAYS WEEKENDS

A growing crowd of Central American migrants in southern Mexico is resuming its advance toward the U.S. border on Sunday.

The rebels also abducted a dozen children, Congo’s military said. The attack comes after two medical workers were killed Saturday while manning a port of entry to try to control the spread of Ebola.

Don McGahn’s tenure was capped by shaping Brett Kavanaugh’s fight-back rebuttal against allegations of sexual assault. The office has been a perch for major figures from John Dean to Alberto Gonzales.

More than a week after Hurricane Michael made landfall as a Category 4 storm, cities and towns are facing the daunting task of trying to rebuild.

NPR’s Lynn Neary drops in on a cooking session with America’s Test Kitchen Kids editor in chief and an 8-year-old chef to try one of more than 100 recipes for foods that kids love to eat — and make.

Fellow Jews in the country are baffled by a small Jewish faction within the Alternative for Germany, a party accused of racism and of downplaying the Nazis.

The 1987 INF treaty banned ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with an intermediate range. For years, U.S. officials have accused Russia of violating the treaty.

A new study shows that slow rates of diagnosis and delayed access to treatment are the norm around the world.

Los Angeles held off Milwaukee 5-1 in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers will go to the World Series for the second year in a row, this time facing the Boston Red Sox.

Mexico has begun allowing members of a mass migrant caravan to cross its border, following violent clashes between the migrants and Mexican police on Friday.

According to one website, at least 300 people are still unaccounted for on the Florida panhandle in the wake of Hurricane Michael.

After no one won the jackpot in a drawing on Friday night, the winnings surpassed the record $1.586 billion for the Powerball prize in January 2016. The next drawing will be on Tuesday night.

Three days after his lieutenant governor resigned for an “inappropriate overture,” Bill Walker, polling far behind the Republican candidate, dropped out of the race to endorse Democrat Mark Begich.

The president goes to places where he can make the biggest impact for Republicans, which has largely meant avoiding suburban swing districts and focusing his attention on places he won in 2016.

An obit for a young mother who died after struggling with addiction gained national attention this week. Her sister wants to remind readers: “So many people with addiction don’t resemble the photo.”

NPR’s Scott Simon reflects on the praise that President Trump heaps on authoritarian leaders.

President Nixon 45 years ago precipitated the departure of the attorney general, deputy attorney general and Watergate special prosecutor as the criminal investigation of his administration escalated.

An exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art finds political power in dizzying patterns from the Kuba Kingdom — located in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democrats have placed their chips as they try to unseat Republicans — but not on Russia red. Meanwhile, a liberal billionaire outsider has built a massive organization intent on impeaching Trump.

Also this week, dozens of lawmakers ask Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to look into the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Home to 11,000 airmen and their families, the base sustained catastrophic damage when Hurricane Michael came through Florida earlier this month. Residents don’t know if they will ever go back.

For generations, the Khashoggi family has had close ties to the Saudi royals. Over a long career, Jamal Khashoggi was a loyalist who worked for the monarchy — and a critic who urged reform.

The tentative deal would compensate current and former female students who were patients of former USC gynecologist George Tyndall. He has been accused by about 500 women of sexual misconduct.

Microcameras installed in public bathrooms for surreptitious filming are an everyday concern for women. Police say the number of “illegal filming” crimes sharply increased between 2011 and 2017.

The intelligence agencies said the threat of foreign interference persists; DOJ unsealed a criminal case against a Russian accused of being the top accountant for Moscow’s disinformation effort.

President Trump’s former campaign chairman continues cooperating with the Justice Department after his plea agreement, but it isn’t clear when prosecutors might be finished with him.

One official said the local response was on par with a “war footing” as emergency workers tended to the dead and injured among crowds celebrating a Hindu festival.

The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo will take seven years to reach the innermost planet in our solar system, where temperatures at the surface can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

Two rules have forced closure of all but one Planned Parenthood center in the state. Abortion-rights supporters say it is an example of an “abortion desert” that could result if Roe is overturned.

A new study looks at how tuberculosis has traveled the world — and the lessons that can be learned about treatment of drug-resistant forms.

It took just over one-third of a year for the Scottish cyclist to cover some 18,000 miles on her bike, enduring everything from flat tires and worn-out gear to being wary of bears in Canada.

The Dave Meyers-directed visual is a kaleidoscopic view into Scott’s psychedelic, whiplashing Astroworld, with an assist from Drake — and the entire city he’s from.

The tests are traumatic and unreliable, the United Nations said in a statement this week. In Afghanistan, there’s a campaign to bring the practice to a halt.