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The suspect was allegedly recruited by a Russian intelligence officer and engaged in criminal activity since 2017, the Swedish Security Service says.

For years, NASA has had to rely on Russian vehicles to get astronauts to the International Space Station. That could soon change if the flight test of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule succeeds.

It’s a major blow to the long-serving prime minister, who faces charges that include bribery. However, he still has a chance to hold off any indictment during a court hearing.

André Previn died Thursday morning in Manhattan. He was a composer of Oscar-winning film music, conductor, pianist and music director of major orchestras.

The proposed tax credit would go toward donations to private school scholarships and other school choice initiatives. Critics say such programs funnel money and students away from public schools.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine lays out how to cut child poverty in half in 10 years.

The U.S. economy expanded at a solid 2.6 percent rate during the last three months of 2018, but growth was significantly lower than it had been earlier in the year as the boost from tax cuts waned.

Is Santa real? Will you ever die? Children ask questions that can induce knee-buckling panic in adults. NPR’s Life Kit and Sesame Workshop have research-tested strategies to help you with the answers.

A convicted murderer developed dementia while on Death Row. The Supreme Court blocked his execution for now, asking a lower court to determine whether the man understands why he is being put to death.

In 1991, the Supreme Court upheld restrictions on family planning providers that are similar to rules proposed by the Trump Administration. But Trump critics say the legal landscape has changed.

Fame in hand, Mark Hollis led Talk Talk away from the ’80s pop-rock that had made them and got weird, crafting two albums of intricate, desolate beauty. Afterwards, he ditched the machine completely.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is reintroducing a bill on Thursday that would make marijuana legal at the federal level, the latest progressive legislation embraced by White House contenders.

Michael Cohen, formerly President Trump’s personal lawyer, used his public testimony to detail how far he went to protect Trump. Republicans questioned his credibility and motives.

Talks between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended early Thursday. Trump cited continued sanctions against North Korea as a sticking point.

In a rematch of the 2015 World Cup final, the Americans had many chances but settled for a draw. As the U.S. looks to defend its World Cup title this summer, its lineup remains a work in progress.

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, continuing the denuclearization talks they began eight months earlier in Singapore.

Texas officials later acknowledged that their list wrongly contained the names of U.S. citizens. The judge criticized what he called the state’s threatening letters to suspect voters.

The federal indictment represents a “significant blow” to Las FARC, one of the island’s most notorious and brutal drug trafficking rings, officials said on Wednesday.

The hearing with Michael Cohen, the president’s former personal attorney, included plenty of infighting among lawmakers and explosive charges of racism toward the session’s close.

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov links the attacks to Russia’s need for its own Internet. It is a “geopolitical angle to try to defend their own steps,” says Internet freedom expert Sanja Kelly.

Senior officials in Berlin who oversee the trans-Atlantic relationship tell NPR there continue to be concerns about the “German-bashing we hear out of Washington.”

Leslie McCrae Dowless was charged with obstructing justice for allegedly collecting absentee ballots for the GOP candidate in a congressional election.

Like a square peg in a round hole, a fat rat learned the hard way about squeezing through a too-tight space in Germany over the weekend. Luckily, the fire department had its back.

Progress against malaria has stalled. Now a team is trying a new tactic.

The measure would limit rent increases to 7 percent annually, plus inflation, and offer renters more protection from eviction. Supporters celebrate as critics fear it will diminish housing options.

The VA has published new rules on how it will spend billions of dollars on private health care. Proponents say it will give veterans more choices, but others fear it’s a move toward privatization.

A train locomotive crashed into a barrier at the main train station in Egypt’s capital Cairo. Then, authorities say its fuel tank exploded, sending flames through the crowded travel hub.

“I knew I should stop loving him,” says Ri Yong Hui. “But I couldn’t.” She met Pham Ngoc Canh in 1971, when he was in North Korea on an internship. After years of separation, they married in 2002.

Both sides claim to have shot down the others’ warplanes in what amounts to a major escalation of tensions between the rival nuclear powers.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un are going for round two as the U.S. seeks to achieve the historically elusive goal of denuclearization by North Korea.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari won a second term, the country’s election authority said Wednesday. But his main opponent quickly said he would challenge the result in court.

Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, both African-American women, got the most votes out of 14 candidates in Chicago’s mayoral election Tuesday night. They’ll head to a runoff election on April 2.

In an extremely rare rebuke, a government ethics watchdog refused to certify Ross’ recent financial disclosure. But he’s still in office even as other Trump officials have resigned for ethical lapses.

In prepared remarks, the president’s former lawyer calls him “a racist” and “a conman,” while apologizing for previously lying to Congress. House Republicans are expected to attack Cohen in response.

The Democratic former vice president said that he still has to decide “whether or not I am comfortable taking the family through what would be a very, very very difficult campaign.”