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Vázquez assumed the governor’s chair after previously saying she wasn’t interested. Now she says the island deserves “certainty and stability.”

The bomb attack outside a police center came as talks continue between the U.S. and the Taliban, and sparked fresh security concerns in the lead-up to Afghanistan’s presidential elections next month.

Tennessee’s innovative Medicaid program is offering bonuses to mental health providers who help make sure their Medicaid patients get preventive help and treatment for physical ailments too.

In the West African nation of Gambia, people are tuning in — on TV, radios and cellphones — to testimony about alleged abuses by former president Yahya Jammeh.

Brown, 31, was released from a Tennessee prison after serving 15 years of a life sentence for killing a man when she was a teenager. She was granted clemency in January.

Stocks slid early on, amid escalating fears that the U.S.-China trade war will further damage a worldwide economy that’s already slowing. But the market recovered by day’s end.

A lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania this week could be the first in a wave of new sexual assault allegations against the Boy Scouts of America.

As tensions deepen, the flow of tourists, students, researchers and entrepreneurs has slowed between the U.S. and China.

Americans have a torturous relationship with fast food. We vilify it but also view it with a nostalgic lens. A new book explores this complicated yet seemingly unshakable bond.

Earlier this week, Japan alerted its citizens in the U.S. to beware of “gunfire incidents,” while Uruguay issued a travel warning citing the “indiscriminate possession of firearms” in America.

The president’s divisive rhetoric has drawn criticism from the same places he is heading to serve as “consoler-in-chief” after two mass shootings.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell isn’t budging on his opposition to a bill expanding background checks. But other GOP lawmakers who opposed earlier restrictions are now saying it’s time to act.

After the excitement and thrill of the U.S. victory in the Women’s World Cup, attention shifts back to the NWSL — the 7-year-old pro league in the U.S. Will the enthusiasm lead to sustained interest?

David Crosby, Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis and Michael League are The Lighthouse Band, and together they harmonized the heck out of the Tiny Desk.

Prime Minister Imran Khan said India’s revoking the Muslim-majority territory’s semi-autonomy will increase cross-border tensions and could lead to “ethnic cleansing” of Muslim Kashmiris.

At least 22 people died, including citizens of the U.S., Mexico and Germany.

A federal judge says the government must prioritize the release of documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act about the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Guards said they saw a woman acting nervous as she neared the exit Saturday. They discovered she was a man, a drug trafficker facing decades in prison. Now authorities say he took his own life.

China’s currency and the U.S. stock market stabilized Tuesday, after a dramatic drop the day before. Experts say the Trump administration was wrong to accuse China of currency manipulation.

Vin Gupta, a critical-care physician with military experience and a scientist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, talks about the U.S., Mexico, South Africa and Afghanistan.

Ohio’s Republican governor is proposing new gun control laws in response to the deadly mass killings in Dayton. This would be a big change for the Ohio GOP if he gets his way.

“We have uncovered evidence … that the shooter was exploring violent ideologies,” the FBI said. A list of organizations found on the gunman’s digital media may have indicated potential targets.

U.S. officials say the Pakistani man committed the crimes as part of a business to unlock and resell stolen phones. At least three employees accused in the case are cooperating with authorities.

It may not be a coincidence that several mass shootings took place in one week. Research shows perpetrators are often inspired by media coverage of other shootings.

In war-torn Yemen, mothers who bring a sickly baby to the hospital are often reporting that they are unable to breastfeed.

Studies are revealing new, unintended threats that neonicotinoid pesticides pose to insects. The chemicals, widely used by farmers, are difficult to control because they persist in the environment.

Austria’s top court says Gerlinde Pommer should receive $908,000 from the government in exchange for the property. “Part of the house should be used for educational purposes,” a local historian says.

NPR’s newsroom is reducing some jobs as part of a restructuring move that is also adding positions in other areas, NPR’s editorial chief announced Tuesday.

For anyone struggling to use “they” as a singular pronoun, linguist Geoff Nunberg says: Just practice. He believes human language processing capacity is far more adaptable than people realize.

Gun control groups say the National Rifle Association has been “distracted” by recent investigations, financial troubles and turnover. But the organization clearly still holds sway in Washington, D.C.

Bessie Smith could wrap the blues around anything. She was the voice of freedom and of dislocation, heard by black audiences on the vaudeville circuit and white ones at Manhattan parties.

Federal judges said a lower court was wrong to dismiss the former vice presidential candidate’s lawsuit against the newspaper over an editorial that linked her to a 2011 mass shooting.

President Trump wants to expand laws that allow courts to intervene when someone shows signs of pending violence, and lawmakers are getting behind the idea. But are these laws effective?

The president struck a somber tone about the latest round of mass shootings in this country and talked about pushing for an end to them. But tone is one thing; action is another.