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Political unpredictability in the region hampers all kinds of businesses: from stone-cutters and shoemakers to IT. Business owners in the West Bank say Secretary of State John Kerry's commitment to remove barriers to commerce might go further than actual cash.

Russian spies have penetrated U.S. government computer networks. Russian criminals have hit the U.S. gasoline and meat supplies. Can the president figure out how to stop the non-stop intrusions?

The Expanding Housing Choices forum will provide recommendations for missing "middle" housing and will focus on ever-changing housing needs due to an…

An Iraqi nuclear scientist who spent years in the Abu Ghraib prison under Saddam Hussein has emerged as a top U.N. choice to become prime minister in Iraq's interim government, an Iraqi official says. A moderate Shiite, Hussain al-Shahristani is known for his management skills and has no formal ties to any Iraqi political party. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt.

Applications for admission to Creighton University have topped 10,000 for the first time in the school’s history.Mary Chase, Vice Provost for Enrollment…

President Biden is hosting key lawmakers in the Oval Office all week, hoping to forge an agreement on infrastructure.

The hopeful message of the moment is that in various ways we are finding our way — maybe even approaching the normal that we never imagined we could miss so much.

Originally a popular Tumblr, Pop Sonnets makes iambic hay out of modern artists like Kesha and Eminem. Critic Tasha Robinson explains why Sonnets isn't your average impulse-buy humor book.

Scientists are worried about the elusive members of the weasel family that live in parts of Olympic National Forest in Washington state. To see whether martens are endangered, volunteers are installing remote camera traps to take photos of the animals.

Lawyers in Pennsylvania are working furiously to help file petitions for the state's juvenile lifers before the end of the month. A recent Supreme Court ruling struck down mandatory juvenile life terms, and hundreds of Pennsylvania prisoners are hoping they can get new sentencing hearings.