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If an agreement isn’t reached by Friday at midnight, the government could partially shut down again, just three weeks after the end of a 35-day partial government shutdown.

“We are tired of the shutdowns and the showdowns, of the gridlock and the grandstanding,” said Klobuchar, who was reelected to her third Senate term in 2018.

The artist whose massive wooden structures have become a fixture at the annual Burning Man festival is now constructing a Temple of Time to help mark the first anniversary of the shooting.

Virginia’s governor and attorney general face calls to resign amid revelations they appeared in blackface decades ago. That’s reviving a conversation around the history of blackface in our culture.

Psychologists and the FBI say they are getting a better understanding of the mix of factors that lead some kids to open fire on a classroom. The shooting can be an act of desperation fueled by anger.

Gizmodo’s Kashmir Hill spent six weeks trying to cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple out of her life completely. “Spoiler,” she says. “It’s not possible.”

Vegetable-based dishes may be better for the Earth but don’t always sound seductive on menus. Marketers, researchers and food chains think they know how to get meat lovers to make the swap more often.

Violence broke out Saturday as yellow vest protesters kept the pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron’s government, for the 13th straight weekend of demonstrations.

A rare winter storm in Washington state prompted its governor to declare a state of emergency. More than 200 flights were canceled on Friday and drivers are being urged to stay off the roads.

Also this week, Sen. Lamar Alexander proposed a new system for keeping colleges accountable and simplifying the application for federal student aid.

Ethan Lindenberger had never received vaccines for diseases like polio or measles because his mom is anti-vaccine. Now he’s 18, he’s finally getting his shots.

When the AIDS crisis started in the 1980s, the official response was tepid. Then activists channeled their anger into into one of the most effective protest movements in recent history.

The Central American country has been in turmoil since last April, when President Daniel Ortega launched a brutal crackdown on protesters and other opponents.

The well-liked Republican leading a deep-blue state is an outspoken critic of President Trump and has denounced the “debilitating politics of Washington.”

For the past few years, there hasn’t been enough natural snow in Mora, Minn. to carpet the forests for a famed cross-country ski race. Local farmers now volunteer to make snow for the trails.

“What we’ve achieved so far is significant. But these are small, two or three small steps in a long journey,” Zalmay Khalilzad said in a hoarse voice, the result of 42 hours of talks with the Taliban.

Government data reflect a slight dip in arrests even as authorities see more Central American families trying to enter the U.S.

Officials have been “thinking a lot about voter access and democracy,” says City Manager Eric Wobser, “and so we thought it was a really natural switch.”

The sexual assault claim released Friday comes days after the first surfaced against the state’s lieutenant governor. Now, state lawmakers in Justin Fairfax’s party say it’s time for him to step down.

The Virginia governor’s declaration comes roughly a week after the state Capitol was thrown into disarray by the revelation he appeared in blackface decades ago.

From the educational to the artful, the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog is reopening in New York City, featuring lots of artifacts about our furry, four-legged friends.

How can I find out if my plastic waste is really being recycled What makes some plastic recyclable and some not? Here are answers from the NPR correspondents working on “The Plastic Tide” series.

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Rep. John Dingell was instrumental in expanding the Medicaid program, reshaping Medicare and modernizing the Food and Drug Administration. He died Thursday night.

The nonprofit group Plan International UK has been lobbying for an emoji to represent menstruation since 2017. And now they have one — although not everyone is a fan of the design.

So far this year, 55 measles cases have been confirmed in Washington state, most of them in unvaccinated children. The outbreak’s epicenter is Clark County, Wash., just north of Portland, Ore.

Princess Ubolratana Mahidol hoped to shatter a long-observed division between royalty and politics. But the king, her brother, says her candidacy is “inappropriate.”

Domineque Ray said the state was violating his constitutional rights by only offering a Christian chaplain. The high court ruled 5-4 that the execution could go ahead as planned.

The Great Lakes are one of the world’s largest sources of fresh water, but many Americans in surrounding cities face a dark irony: They can’t afford their rising water bills.

Political fights over health care continue to flare. In Utah, angry voters say lawmakers are disregarding their wishes by trying to limit the scope of a ballot referendum that expanded Medicaid.

The early days of the 2020 Democratic primary are being dominated by progressive candidates in Congress, but a crop of governors considering bids would run on records of bipartisan governing.

After gay and bisexual men, black women are the group at highest risk for HIV transmission. Here’s how women are teaching each other about the most effective ways to prevent infection.

The proposal to address climate change is short on specifics and wildly ambitious. Seasoned energy experts doubt it can work, but give it credit for energizing young activists.

Whether the party’s focus on voting issues has an effect on the nuts and bolts of the next presidential election remains to be seen.

The board of directors made the decision to close the facility after state officials ordered third-party oversight of daily operations, following the unexpected pregnancy of a patient.