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People were forced to leave their pets behind during Hurricane Katrina, creating an unprecedented animal welfare crisis that ...

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Inside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Monday, tensions over the potential for federal overreach broke into ...

Australian leader Anthony Albanese accused Iran of organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia, saying the country would ...

Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday ...

NPR talks with Christopher Purdy, an Army National Guard veteran and veterans' and democracy advocate, about Trump's order calling for creation of a "specialized unit" of D.C. National Guard troops.

After a hiatus of more than a year — during which she insisted she had not retired — Venus Williams returned to the highest level of tennis, with a first-round match at the U.S. Open on Monday.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, was taken into ICE custody Monday after an immigration check-in. A judge later ruled he cannot be deported for now.

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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, about President Trump's executive order that seeks to punish people who burn the American flag.