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For centuries, dengbej songs served as news bulletin, history lesson and evening's entertainment all in one. Master singers continue to perform. But efforts to preserve Kurdish culture have suffered.

President Trump appeared to confirm reports that he approved covert CIA operations inside Venezuela.

For years, the Kremlin has been cracking down on the internet. It has banned Facebook and Instagram. Now, it's pushing a new app called "Max" for a wide range of internet services.

Because of the shutdown, the federal government is belatedly releasing new Consumer Price Index numbers, which the Social Security Administration needs to adjust for next year's benefits.

The FBI says card shuffling machines were hacked to cheat at poker as part of a major illegal gambling scheme. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to a reporter who's been covering the machines' vulnerabilities.

A new report exposes stories by writers who don't seem to exist, with bio photos that are stock images, at the revered sports magazine.

A federal judge in San Francisco has temporarily halted the Trump administration from laying off federal workers during the shutdown, concluding that the administration likely acted illegally.

Ismail Haniyeh, who was the Palestinian group’s political leader, was in the Iranian capital for the inauguration of Iran’s new president. Hamas blamed his assassination on Israel.

Now that Vice President Harris is the likely Democratic presidential nominee versus former President Donald Trump, the map of competitive states in the election is a repeat of the 2020 battlegrounds.

The Senate failed to advance two separate partisan bills to address health care costs for people who buy plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace.