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In Legacy of Lies, El Salvador 1981-1984, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg documents how U.S. foreign policy fueled a ...

On-air challenge: Every answer today is the name of a famous person in which the first two letters of the first name are the ...

BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...

Negotiators at a global climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, struck a last-minute deal for wealthy countries to help their ...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brooke Rollins, head of the America First Policy Institute, to oversee the Department ...

A major storm dropped more snow and record rain in California, while on the opposite side of the country blizzard or winter ...

Israel has voted to end cooperation with UNRWA, the United Nations agency providing aid to Palestinian refugees. The move threatens key services for hundreds of thousands of refugees in the West Bank.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Sebastian Korb, a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Essex, about a new study showing that even forcing a smile can improve a person's mood.

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