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Israel's prime minister denounced a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoting Israeli soldiers saying commanders ordered ...

Fans of fireworks may face higher prices this Fourth of July. That's because most fireworks are made in China and importers ...

NPR's Scott Simon remembers the astonishing career of former White House press secretary and long-time public broadcasting ...

From trade talks to the fate of his legislative agenda, what happens over the next 10 days or so, domestically and abroad, ...

Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no ...

A new Trump presidency and the Ukraine war have pushed Germany to change its constitution to spend more on its military.

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In Meg Medina's new novel, a young girl becomes a sea ghost and must learn to find meaning in the afterlife. She talks to NPR's Scott Simon about "Graciela in the Abyss." ...

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