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In late April, the Trump administration announced a new executive order that directs the Interior Department to review the designations of certain…

This weeks #NPRpoetry Twitter submissions celebrate Mother Earth.

Angered by Senate approval of a constitutional amendment allowing multiple presidential terms, demonstrators set fire to the legislative building and clashed throughout the capital of Asuncion.

The 17-year-old was expected to lead the U.S. tennis team at the Tokyo Olympics. A positive coronavirus test has dashed her hopes of competing in the Games.

The Vatican has long considered abortion such a grave sin that only bishops can grant absolution. The pope changed that temporarily in 2015; now he's extended the change indefinitely.

An indefinite mask mandate went into effect last night for San Luis Obispo County and local businesses are now enforcing it.The mask mandate applies to…

Psychologist and author Kay Redfield Jamison has firsthand knowledge of mental illness. She believes her own battle with manic depression has made her a better teacher and a more empathetic person.

In 1962, Marvel Comics introduced the character of Spider-Man — a teenager bitten by a radioactive spider who becomes a vigilante crime fighter. It took only a few years for the superhero, created by Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, to become a sensation in comic books and in a TV cartoon series. In 2002, director Sam Raimi brought him to the screen with blockbuster results. Now comes Spider-Man 3 — which, at $300 million to $350 million dollars, is reportedly the most expensive movie ever made.

Brightness has never seemed as menacing as it does in Sunshine, a sci-fi nail-biter about a future Earth's scramble to reignite a dying sun. It's the latest from 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle.

Wadjda tells the story of a 10-year-old Saudi girl determined to have a bicycle in a culture that frowns on female riding. Writer-director Haifaa al-Mansour says she wanted to put a human face on the situation of women in Saudi Arabia, where driving is not permitted.