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The opposition leader says he’ll return to Venezuela to rally supporters and continue his push for the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro. His return to the country could spark a showdown with Maduro.

New Orleans krewes stage parades through the city in the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras. This year, a krewe formed by Mexican immigrants, Krewe de Mayahuel, showcased Mexican history and art.

Getting rid of the legislative filibuster — the rule requiring at least 60 votes to advance a bill — is what many activists say is key to passing a progressive agenda. But not all Democrats agree.

It’s well known that junk food ads on TV can strongly influence what kids want to eat. A study finds social media influencers can have the same effect on kids, but not when it comes to healthy foods.

Lee County, Ala., was hit the hardest, where at least 23 people were killed and several injured after at least two tornadoes reportedly ripped through the state, officials say.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been in power since 1999 and has changed the constitution in order to stay in office multiple terms.

Every year, African-American members of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club paint their faces black for the city’s Mardi Gras celebrations. Now, they’re facing calls to end the practice.

Normally a close ally of President Trump, Paul becomes the fourth Republican who plans to vote with Democrats in opposition to the President’s declaration of a national emergency.

Astronauts in the station opened Crew Dragon’s hatch and entered the spacecraft on Sunday, in a significant moment for both Elon Musk’s company and the future of commercial space exploration.

People with eating disorders are too often portrayed as white, skinny young women. One group is trying to spread the word that eating disorders affect people of every race, gender and body size.

Nearly 130,000 homes in the U.S. still burn coal for heat. Despite decades of decline and concerns about climate change, companies in the coal home-heating business are optimistic about the future.

Democrats were stunned to lose the state to Donald Trump in 2016. This time around, presidential candidates are treating the previously blue state like a battleground.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar made jokes about a report of her eating salad with a comb while Ivanka Trump made fun of Democrats’ Green New Deal at the Gridiron dinner for Washington journalists and politicians.

The poster was on display at West Virginia’s “GOP Day” on Friday. It provoked an argument, an injury, the resignation of a staff member and potential disciplinary action against a lawmaker.

NPR’s Michel Martin talks with journalist Soledad O’Brien about her recent reporting on eating disorders among male athletes. O’Brien said social media played a big role in these eating disorders.

The president spoke for more than two hours at the annual gathering of right-wing activists, and also touched on foreign policy during a fiery speech to his conservative base.

Nearly a year after Sacramento police fatally shot Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man who died in his grandmother’s backyard, DA Anne-Marie Schubert presented her office’s findings on Saturday.

“Since yesterday, we have heard no more voices from inside,” said a local disaster official. Eight miners have died, and about three dozen more are thought to remain underground.

Not all women in the commercial sex industry have been victims of sex trafficking. But that’s where many victims of trafficking end up. One woman who got out has begun a program to help others.

Michael Cohen was just the beginning. Lawmakers probably want to hear next from his infamous onetime real estate partner Felix Sater as well the Trump company CFO and the president’s other associates.

A new report highlights the lack of school choice options for American Indian and Alaska Native students. Also this week in education news, why white school districts have so much more money.

The decision by United Methodists to reaffirm a traditional stand on homosexuality and marriage leaves the church’s future unclear.

In its trek back to the Women’s World Cup in June, the defending champion U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team is playing this weekend in a ‘friendly’ game against number four England.

It’s a test flight with only supplies and a test dummy named Ripley aboard. SpaceX wants to demonstrate the potential for a company to carry astronauts into orbit.

The Chicago Police Department, under fire for years over its use-of-force policies, will try to establish trust in communities that have complained about treatment by officers.

Legislation introduced in Texas this week would force the state’s health care providers and health insurers to mediate payment disputes before they send bills to patients.

After two fiery attacks on its treatment centers in Democratic Republic of the Congo, the medical charity is putting its operations there on hold — and rethinking its role.

Though hardly what the president had hoped for, the agreement on offer would have been a step away from the taunts and threats of 2017 and should have been taken, writes nuclear expert Jeffrey Lewis.

Millions of government workers and contractors hold government clearances, and the president can grant them to anyone he wants — even, as one expert said, Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A federal judge says now that women can serve in combat, they should register with the selective service as men do. The current male-only registration, he says, is unconstitutional.

The U.S. has sought Meng’s extradition since she was detained in December. The Chinese embassy in Canada called the decision “a political persecution against a Chinese high-tech enterprise.”

Store managers are told to make “every effort” to offer new job options as the greeter position goes away. Workers and their families tell NPR about chaos and anxiety of being in limbo.

The rookie musher and her team of rock-star racers, with their own social media following, face heavy snow, subzero temperatures and 938 miles of Alaskan wilderness.